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Like a bird migrating south every winter, Max Grover has been exploring Mexico and the Southwestern U.S. This exhibition of new acrylic on wood paintings highlights his take on south of the border customs and flavors. Loteria is a major work in the exhibition inspired by the traditional Mexican game of chance, similar to bingo, but employing colorful iconic images instead of numbers. The Grover version of Loteria uses images from the Grover lexicon: the red car, coffee pot, baseball player, airstream trailer and more. Sophisticated, playful, well-known and loved by “kids” of all ages for his witty books, watercolors, and acrylics, these new paintings showcase Max Grover’s mastery of color, composition and the visual pun.
Max Grover has several books to his credit: "The Accidental Zucchini" (1993),
"Amazing and Incredible Counting Stories" (1995), "Circles and Squares Everywhere" (1996), "Max's Wacky Taxi Day" (1998), as well as well-known tales and poems that he has made colorful and contemporary.
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Biography
Selected Collections: Ashforth Pacific, Portland, OR Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, WA Legacy Childrens’ Hospital, Portland, OR Kaiser-Permanente, Portland, OR Stoel, Rives, Boley, Jones & Gray, Portland, OR Leland Investment Co., Portland, OR Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland, OR Smith & Davis Attorneys, Portland, OR McCall Oil & Chemical, Portland, OR Karakas, Van Sickle, Ouellette, Portland, OR Stroebe, Zine, Portland, OR Cellular One, Portland, OR University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA Wildwood Restaurant, Portland, OR Shriner’s Hospital for Children, Portland, OR Portland, Department of Transportation, Portland, OR Doernbecher Childrens’ Hospital, Portland, OR Commissions: 2001 Metropolitan Family Service Classic Wines Auction Artwork, Portland, OR 1998 Seattle Men’s Chorus Posters, Seattle, WA Friends of Trees “Seed the Future” poster, Portland, OR (also 1997 - 2001) Portland Arts Festival Poster, sponsored by the Portland Rose Festival Assn, Portland, OR Publications: The Accidental Zucchini, an Unexpected Alphabet, Browndeer Press, Harcourt Brace, 1993 Miss Mabel’s Table, Browndeer Press, Harcourt Brace, 1994, by Deborah Chandra, illustrated by Max Grover Amazing & Incredible Counting Stories, Browndeer Press, Harcourt Brace, 1995 Circles and Squares Everywhere, Browndeer Press, Harcourt Brace, 1996 See Them Go!, Red Wagon Press, Harcourt, Brace, 1997 Max’s Wacky Taxi Day, Browndeer Press, Harcourt Brace, 1997 So Many Kinds of Shoes!, Red Wagon Press, Harcourt Brace, 1998 Where Go the Boats?, Play Poems by Louis Stevenson, Illustrated by Max Grover, Browndeer Press-Harcourt Brace & Co., 1998 The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore, illustrated by Max Grover, Browndeer Press/ Harcourt, Brace, 1999
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