Carl Chaiet

Carl Chaiet is an American artist and illustrator.

Biography

Carl Chaiet was born in Mount Vernon, New York on January 12, 1951. He attended Hunter College as an undergraduate, Lehman College for graduate work, and New York University for his doctorate in Aesthetics. He taught art in the New York public school system for many years. During this time, he worked in a variety of mediums throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, primarily sculpture and painting, before teaming up with his wife, Lynn Kearcher, to create the Earnest and Telford series for which he is best known.

Earnest and Telford

Telford, a renowned lexicographer, and his 6'3" bird-butler, Earnest, investigate the worlds of language and culture, generally in order to solve some sort of mystery. They are the central characters in three books illustrated by Carl Chaiet and written by Lynn Kearcher: "Being Earnest" in 1998, "It Could Have Been a Rose" in 2003, and "Man's First Word" in 2007.

Awards

*1976: Society of American Graphics Award
*2003: Salmagundi Art Club Graphics Award

References

External links

* [http://www.carlchaiet.com/ Carl Chaiet's homepage]