Twist & Shout is a giclee print of an original illustration used as a sample piece for an upcoming children's book - THE MUSIC, THE PEOPLE, written and illustrated by award winning artist Sean Qualls. The book will be published in 2017 by Penguin Random House. The image is printed on 24x36" heavy stock, 300lbs, ph-neutral, oba-free, watercolor paper with archival inks with generous white boarders. The print is one of a kind trial proof for a larger print run. The actual image size is17x30. It's hand signed by the artist and ready to frame.

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Sean G. Qualls is an award winning, Brooklyn-based artist, children’s book illustrator and author. He has illustrated a number of  highly acclaimed books for children, including Giant Steps to Change The World by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis-Lee, Little Cloud and Lady Wind by Toni Morrison and her son Slade and Before John Was a Jazz Giant, for which he received a Coretta Scott King Illustration Honor. Sean also created the art for Dizzy by Jonah Winter and Skit Scat Raggedy Cat by Roxane Orgill. His work has received two Blue Ribbon citations from the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books where he was also cited for his “serious craftsmanship” and an “original style.” Qualls has created illustrations for magazines, newspapers, and advertisements. His work has been shown in galleries in New York and across the country. Sean draws inspiration from an array of influences such as movies, television, childhood memories, aging and decaying surfaces, architecture, old buildings, nature, folk art, fairy tales, Americana, black memorabilia, outsider art, cave paintings, collectibles, African art, golden books, vintage advertisement graphics, psychology, mythology, science fiction, music, and literature. His most recent titles include Emmanuel's Dream (Schneider Award) written by Laurie Ann Thompson and The Case for Loving and Two Friends both of which he illustrated with his wife, illustrator/author Selina Alko. He lives in lives in Brooklyn (where you can find him DJing on occasion) with his wife and their two children.