Autumn Street

by Lois Lowry

Dell Books

Original Oil Painting on Illustration Board: 34” x 21”
- Not available for purchase or printing

I hired a couple of professional kid models, dressed them for winter and had photos taken from behind so you couldn't see their faces. Unfortunately, I discovered only later, in the book the little boy was black and the little girl was white. I was informed that (in the early 1980's) mixed racial grouping would not sell well, therefore, the cover-up. Nevertheless the painting in itself expresses a beautiful feeling.