Brad Sneed
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Smoky Mountain Rose - An Appalachian Cinderella (jacket front illustration)
Watercolor
- Framed
- 19 " x 14.5 "
- Original illustration created for the picture book, Smoky Mountain Rose - An
Appalachian Cinderella, published in 1997 by Dial Books for Young Readers.
Jacket flap copy:
Now lis'en. I reckon ye heard o' Cinderella, but lemme tell ye a story 'bout a sweet li'l thing named Rose. Well, she was livin' in Tarbelly Creek, in the heart o' the Smoky Mountains, with her daddy, her stepma, and her two stepsisters, Annie and Liza Jane.
Then one day her daddy up and died, and Rose's life became just about as hard as it could be. Now it so happened that on the other sid o' the creek, this real rich feller by the name o' Seb gets the bright idea to invite all the neighbor-people to a fancy ol' party, thinkin' he might find himself a wife. Ye know that part. Well, of course, Annie and Liza Jane are dreamin' about dancin' the night away with Seb. They been orderin' up from the catalog sure as they been orderin' Miss Rose round the farm. And it ain't till the night of the shindig when Rose starts a-cryin' that one of the hogs comes moseyin' up to the fence and starts talkin' to her. And that hog just happens to know a little magic...
Alan Schroeder's unbeatable story-tellin' and Brad Sneed's fine paintin' fit together neater'n a jigsaw. In fact, this is 'bout the best tellin' o' Cinderella we ever saw blow through Tarbelly Creek.
Art note from Brad:
I chose to portray the climax passage in the story when considering the jacket
illustration. Rose has fled the party and is running towards the distant wagon, one
bare foot exposed. Gleaming in the moonlight, the glass slipper having been flung
from Rose's foot, rests prominently in the foreground. The compressed space,
exaggerated unusual perspective, and dark blue and green hues, accentuate the
action and drama of the scene.
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$1,350
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