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MAY 13, 2009
GUIDED BY VOICES' TOBIN SPROUT RELEASES A CHILDREN'S BOOK...
PASTE MAGAZINE

One former Guided By Voices member in particular probably has the best children’s book author name in the business: Mr. Sprout. As luck would have it, Sprout has traded the microphone for a pen (for a moment, anyway) and put his talents (and name) to the test in his first children’s book, Elliott.
With his experience as a photo-realist painter, Sprout wrote and illustrated the book with images that evoke a dreamy magical world contrasted by heavy-shadowing and 3D figures. For example, the haunting bunny on the cover shows fear in his hollow eyes at the approaching monster among light and dark brown shades. You can order one of the limited signed copies of Elliott through the Curly Tale Fine Art gallery.

"With An Oink Oink Here"
Oil On Canvas
12"x14"
$2200
"Two Fish"
Oil On Canvas
8"x 10"
$1100
"Old Geffen Out Board"
Oil On Canvas
10"x 8"
$800
"Kipper Takes Himself for a Walk"
Oil On Canvas
8"x 10"
$1100
Tobin Sprout
"Buster Gets The Mail"
Oil on Canvas
21"x 19"
2016
$3400
"I'm A Giraffe"
Oil On Canvas
24"x 12"
$2800
"Elliott and the Dream Machine"
Oil On Canvas
14"x 12"
$3200
"Cop"
Oil On Canvas
10"x 8"
$1100
"Bunny Sitting on the Trail"
Oil On Canvas
8"x 8"
$800
"Birthday Boy"
Oil On Canvas
10"x 8"
$1100
"April Drawing"
Oil on Canvas
14"x14"
$3000
"Buster Gets the Mail"
Oil on Canvas
$3400
"Wrestlers"
Oil On Canvas
14"x 14"
$3000
"HELP"
Hand Carved and Painted Frame
Oil on Canvas
19"x 17"
$4400
"Wednesday"
Hand Carved and Painted Frame
Oil on Canvas
14"x 12"Framed
$2200
"Long Fish"
Oil on Canvas
10"x 20"
$2600
"Shaking Elliott Out"
Giclee' on Paper
$300
"Rats"
Giclee' on Paper
$300
"Elliott the Fish"
Giclee' on Paper
$300
"April and Elliott"
Giclee' on Paper
$300
"Elliott and Walter"
Giclee' on Paper
$300
"Elliott The Champ"
Giclee' on Paper
$300
"Stilt Men"
Giclee' on Paper
$300
"Elliott Banner"
Giclee' on Canvas
$300