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BIOGRAPHY internationally renowned illustrator for 25 years. Her thoughtful,conceptual illustrations for publishing/editorial,advertising and institutional have been commissioned and awarded around the globe. Sally's impressive client list includes American Express Bank,Northern Trust Bank,Chase Bank,TV Guide,The Washington Post,The New York Times,The Wall Street Journal,Harper Collins,Simon & Schuster,Concordia,Kraft,Microsoft,Tenneco,Monsanto,UPS,and IBM,and scores more. Her artwork has been included in several permanent collections,including the permanent collection of The Museum of American Illustration. Her first children's book,Brave Margaret,for Simon & Schuster wasreleased February 1999 and she has since added over 20 titles to her credit. She has most recently completed 35 paintings for a historical biography to be released in commemoration with the Jamestown settlement anniversary celebration. The book will be released in 2007 by Penguin Putnam Publishers.In addition, Sally illustrated The Great Expedition of Lewis and Clark for Ferrar Straus and Gerard’s commemorative edition for the anniversary of that Discovery in 2002 and an educational volume on the first children of the White House titled First Kids by Random House. Sally has a B.F.A.from the Columbus College of Art and Design and a Master of Arts degree from Syracuse University. She has taught at Maryland Institute College of Art,Ringling School of Art,Rocky Mountain School of Art,and the Portfolio Center in Atlanta. She established Art at Large Inc.in 2003,to produce large scale commissioned original works for interior and exterior wall spaces.
ABOUT "Anne Catharine Green" This image of Anne Catharine Green pays homage to her as the first woman printer/ the Province, she printed all public documents and the currency of the colony. Green courageously expanded her husband’s business, the Jonas Green Print Shop, after his death, serving as editor and publisher of the Maryland Gazette, which is still in circulation today. Prior to the Revolution, she fueled the debate for independence, serving as a voice for the patriot cause. The Jonas Green Print Shop and home on Charles Street in the city, where she raised four of her fourteen children, continues to be occupied by her descendents and can be visited by appointment. Anne Catharine Green was a courageous and visionary Annapolis woman who contributed to our country’s fight for freedom by acting as a force for change, dissension and economic independence. Sally Wern Comport’s two dimensional artwork “Shaping a City” on the Newman Park fence celebrates the foundation of our city: the working class, its farmers, its watermen, factory workers, carpenters, and other highly skilled tradesmen, and suppliers of goods and services who helped build Annapolis and the Naval Academy and fostered the city’s vital role in our country’s development. City planners and developers provided incentives for all of the working classes to own property, ultimately providing homes and emancipation to many African American citizens. Take a short walk across the street, in season, to the farmers market and year round across the bridge to Eastport; a neighborhood rich in maritime history. Visit the boatyards, the Maritime Museum, the Barge House and a vibrant community still retaining its own special identity.
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