ABOUT SCHIM SCHIMMEL
Acclaimed wildlife artist and author of "Dear Children of the Earth" from 1993.
He taught watercolor, oil, and acrylic landscape painting to students for over a decade.
He was a pioneer of the eco-surrealism school of art. Many artists have since followed his example.
He spent his childhood studying watercolor painting with his father.
He and children's author Maurice Sendak were contemporaries.
