ARTIST'S BOOK
Envoy: Life is Completely Interesting.
A Collaboration between Paul Violi and Dale Devereux Barker.
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British artist, Dale Devereux Barker studied at Loughborough and Leicester Schools of Art and a M.A. at The Slade School of Art, graduating in 1986. The artist (a printmaker specialising in reduction linocuts and screen-prints) has represented Britain in numerous Print Biennales throughout the world. Since 1989 he has exhibited in the USA, Australia, Germany and in Britain with regular shows including a solo show at the Worcester Museum and Art Gallery in 2002. He is represented in many public and private collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum and BMW(UK). Commissions include enamel and ceramic panels and large commissions for enamel murals at Lichfield and St Katherine's Dock in London.
American poet, Paul Violi grew up on Long Island, earned a B.A. from Boston University in 1966 and has published eleven books of poetry. Awarded the 2001 Morton Dauwen Zabel Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he has also received the John Ciardi Lifetime Achievement Award for Poetry, two poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as grants from The Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The Fund for Poetry, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and The Ingram Merrill Foundation