Rainforest Charles Blackman text by Al Alvarez ideas It is the element of

It is the element of surprise and joy in what the children see and feel that makes this book unique

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Rainforest Charles Blackman text by Al Alvarez ideas It is the element ofAlvarez, Al (Charles Blackman, illus.) Rainforest Macmillan, Melbourne Vic., 1988 Hardcover . 'By nature, Blackman is a lyric artist who tends to work fast and to rely a great deal on his technical virtuosity. The rainforest paintings, however, are different. He told me he had painted them in one long burst, but only after a five year gestation period, and each had taken him weeks, not days, to complete. Behind them is the same lyric impulse that