I AM AN ILLUSTRATOR.
I make no pretense of being an "artiste".
If I’ve ever been touched by a muse, it must have been as she passed in a crowd, and I probably thought I was being groped some nasty old man. It did not result in the fabled divine inspiration I’ve heard others claim.
I am not seeking to enlighten the world, share a newly recognized truth, plumb great depths of the human soul, nor express my inmost feelings.
I draw pictures. Sometimes I paint them.
If they’re to be published along with a story,
I hope they’ll illuminate it a bit and make the reading of that story a bit more enjoyable.
If they’re not, then it’s my hope that they’ll stand on their own without need of explanation
. . . by me or anyone else. . . now, or in some unforeseeable future.
That’s what I do.
I enjoy what I do. I hope it shows. And I hope other people will enjoy it also. If they do, then I’ve succeeded.
How’s that for refreshing simplicity?

George Barr

                  
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