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Adele Crouch is a self-taught artist, working in: Acrylics, Oils, Colored Pencils, Graphite and Charcoal. She has been selling her work for more than 40 years. During the last 30 years, Adele has sold and displayed her work in galleries and other businesses in northern and southern California, Washington, Idaho, Tennessee, Arkansas, New Mexico and Arizona.
Her interest in art was inspired by a history lesson which featured Michelangelo when she was nine years old. Three of Adele's relatives, her grandfather and two aunts, were artists. This helped in giving her incentive to study and enhance her abilities in the field. She is currently a student at Cochise College pursuing a degree in Humanities and a minor in Art History. The fall semester, 2008, she took her first courses in art. These two courses, Fundamentals of Design and Design & Color, are the beginning of Adele's formal training.
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Adele Crouch and her husband, Doug, are retired and living in the home they built in an area they jokingly refer to as "the middle of no-where." They are enjoying their retirement years in the peaceful foothills of the Dragoon mountains in southeast Arizona. She is an artist, as well as being an author and spends much of her time lost in the world of painting. She is currently the featured artist at the Korner Store, on the corner of Jefferson and Highway 191, in Elfrida.
Adele's memories of her grandmother are filled with warmth, happiness and love. "My Grandma Tony was one of those story-book grandmas. She was cheerful and loving and her house always smelled like fresh baked bread. She had a 'snuggle up' lap and plenty of affection to go around for all of her grandchildren", Adele comments. Her passing was difficult, but did not dim the wonderful memories Adele still carries in her heart.
One night, many years after her Grandma Tony's death, Adele woke to the sound of her grandmother's voice in her head. She got up, went to her computer and typed what was streaming through her mind. The end result, How The Fox Got His Color.
It would be over twelve-years before she found a publisher she confidently felt would do her book justice. When she saw Naren Aryal, of Mascot Books, on T.V. talking about his new book Bo, America's Commander In Leash, she knew instantly this was the right person. She went online immediately, did some searching, and located Mascot Books. She made contact with Mr. Aryal and sent him a copy of her text. The rest is history. Mr. Aryal assigned an editor, Brad Vinson. Brad found an illustrator on their staff, Megan Gibbs, who was not only passionate about the story and its contents, but an excellent artist as well. Adele, Brad, and Megan worked closely over the next few months getting the illustrations and the text layout just perfect.
How The Fox Got His Color is a fun book for children, ages pre-school through elementary school. Although older children, adults, and English as a second language students will also enjoy it.
Feel free to send Adele your comments about the book at
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