The First Noel

This book, together with the Provensens' illustrations for [b:The Color Kittens 237346 The Color Kittens Margaret Wise Brown https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1420795657s/237346.jpg 2986158], is one of the main pillars upon which my idea of painterly beauty rests. Really, the Provensens spoiled me at a very young age. They influenced my whole aesthetic sense, and I am grateful to my mother for providing me such beauty, and for having done so deliberately.