SPURALL Barbara
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Born in the United Kingdom, she grew up in Winnipeg. Because she loved to draw, her mother enrolled her in Saturday morning art classes when she was in grade 1.
At age sixteen she signed up for life drawing classes where she learned contour line drawing. She moved to Toronto where she attended George Brown College. She began a career as a freelancer. Her work has appeared in the Chatelaine, Chickadee, Chirp, Dogs In Canada Magazine, Financial Post, Financial Times of Canada, Harrowsmith, Maclean’s, Outdoor Canada Magazine, Owl, This Magazine, Time, Toronto Star, TV Guide and Wildlife Conservation Magazine. Her clients have included BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC Capital Markets, McDonalds, Nabisco, Purina and Sears. She has collaborated with publishers Kidscan Press, Orca Book Publishers, Reader’s Digest Children’s Books, Oxford University Press and Scholastic Inc. She has illustrated a number of picture books including Crow Said No, The Flying Tortoise, Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper, Theodora Bear, and the Emma and I See You series of books.
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PERIODICAL TEXT:
Content essay:
Financial Times Of Canada, 27 April 1992: “Why Colonel Cable loves Barbarella”: 23.
Harrowsmith, 39, January/February 1990: “Better, Late and Never”. Writ., Jo Anne Gardener: 58, 60, 62.
| Quill & Quire … |
| … July 1994: “Stars, Sleepers, And Keepers”. Writ., Unknown: 1.
… July 1995: “What Fates Will The Fall Bring?” Writ., Unknown: 1. … October 1995: Northwest Crossing”. Writ., Alec Ross: 1. … January 1996: “Borders Skirmish”. Writ., John Loring: 1. |
| This Magazine, …: “The Innis Memorial Column: …” . Writ., Mel Watkins: … |
| … June/July 1986: “…:The Fifty-First State England Ups the Ante”. …: 17.
… Aug./Sept. 1986: “… Mad Dogs and Englishmen The Aftermath of the Libyan Bombing”. …: 17. … Oct./Nov. 1986: “…Britain and South Africa: Thatcher Stonewalls Sanctions”. …: 31. |
This Magazine, October1988: Title unknown. Writ., Rita Mor: 41.
TV Guide, 12 April 1997: “Will Rita’s Friends Cancel CBC?”. Writ., Stephen Cole: 8.
SOURCE:
Internet:
barbaraspurll.com. Accessed 4 March 2024.
GALLERY:
Harrowsmith, 39, January/February 1990: 60
Financial Times Of Canada, 27 April 1992: 23.
Quill & Quire, July 1994: 1. (Alice Munroe & Robertson Davies)
TV Guide, 12 April 1997: 8. (Rita MacNeil)