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How does a child grow up to become an artist? Where does the journey begin? For Neil Waldman, it began with a mother's treasured book from an art museum in Russia, a book whose soft velvet cover and shimmering golden title drew the young boy to it like a magnet. Upon opening the book for the first time, Neil came upon the work of a man who signed his paintings "Vincent." The discovery would transf... More

How does a child grow up to become an artist? Where does the journey begin? For Neil Waldman, it began with a mother's treasured book from an art museum in Russia, a book whose soft velvet cover and shimmering golden title drew the young boy to it like a magnet. Upon opening the book for the first time, Neil came upon the work of a man who signed his paintings "Vincent." The discovery would transform the lives of all four Waldman children. Drawing and painting would soon be more than a hobby. It would become their passion, and, unexpectedly, their means of survival. Through it, Neil and his siblings would discover a secret pathway that led inward, away from the frequent outbursts of their warring parents, into the quiet lands of creativity and imagination. With more than forty fine-art reproductions of the drawings, paintings, and prints of the Waldman family artists, this is the story of four children who survived a turbulent childhood and grew up to become renowned artists, writers, and teachers.

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