Bryan Collier

BRYAN COLLIER began painting at the age of fifteen and earned a BFA with honors from Pratt Institute in New York. He is the illustrator of over twenty picture books, including Caldecott Honor Books Martin's Big Words (also a Coretta Scott King Honor Book) and Rosa (also a Coretta Scott King Award Winner), as well as the New York Times bestselling Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope. He lives in Harlem, where he directs mural programs throughout the city for any child who wants to paint. 

From the dust jacket of Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave