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Skip Ploss Author/Illustrator's Interests
General
Writing, art, community theatre, trebuchets
Music
Jazz: Dave Brubeck, Chris Brubeck, Dan Brubeck, Acoustic Alchemy, Hiroshima...more.
Blues: bb King, Gary More, Buddy Guy, more...
Pop/Rock: Dire Straits, Jeff Beck, Yes, Lisa Loeb, Steely Dan, Better Than Ezra, HEM, No More Kings, Dirt Poor Robins, All American Rejects, Silverchair, Paolo Nutini, Lenny Kravitz, The Traveling Wilburys, The Killers, Future of Forestry and more.
Movies
Outland, Silverado, 1776, Shrek, The Seven Ups, Bullit, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, The Producers, Sketches of Frank Gehry, Star Wars (all 6).
Television
Family Guy, Futurama, Myth Busters, Mock The Week (youtube), Thank God You're Here, Two and a Half Men, TopGear.
Books
Anything by Chris Moore, Douglas Adams, Arthur C Clarke or David McCullough (that's a nice spread). Lamb, The gospel of Judas, Dirty Job, DaVinci Code, Picasso and Matisse, John Adams, 1776, 1491, 2001, 2010, Angels and Demons.
Heroes
The kids and teachers I work with.
Le Corbusier, Frank O Gehry, The Harvard Five, Picasso, Matisse.
Many more.
I am an educational aide in a k-2 school in Fairfield County Connecticut. In 2006 I also became a published author having published my first three books for children. In June 2007 I released Abstracts 2: more minimalist scribblings.
If Picasso Were a Fish was released in May, If I Had a Gift was released in July and Abstracts in August 2006.
If Picasso Were a Fish takes the subject of a fish and looks at it through the artistic styles of 15 artists from Picasso to Pollack.
If I Had a Gift is about a kid who wants to give a friend a great gift and ends up giving friendship which is the best gift of all.
Abstracts: minimalist scribblings was conceived after a visit to The Hawthorne Cedar Knolls school in Hawthorne New York where I spent two wonderful mornings talking about art and cartooning with students of their summer program.
Abstracts 2: more minimalist scribblings was in response to the, well tremendous response, to the first Abstracts. Since the book is truly interactive with children from 2-10 it has become the book I read the most to the kids where I work. So Abstracts 2 seemed to be something I needed to get finished.
Who I'd like to meet: Other children's authors and consumers who can read or like pictures...yes.
Also, Sharon Creech and Mo Willems who are both unbelievable children's authors. Frank O Gehry, Michael Graves (great designers), Chris Moore, David McCullough and Dan Brown.
If you'd like to go to my online stores you can: Cafe Press is where I have designs on things.
Please Note: The language, discussions and pictures expressed on the pages by the people in my friends section below are not controlled by me and therefore do not reflect my opinions or feelings. Click on them at your own risk. The "Top 8" are screened and should be ok but again, no promises.
Skip Ploss Author/Illustrator's Friend Space (Top 17)
Yeah, and it's a 65 Honda. Representing the civic past.... okay maybe not the civic, but at least my civic. To my right is a small truck... I'll email it to you.
Ahoy there Skipper good to 'av another pirate on board. I've just had some adventures published too so if you fancy reading about treasure and jam I'll be giving you the nod and the ferret around about.........now. Good travels to you and yours, Hairy Mole the Pirate.
