This week, I chose to research Baron Barrymore Halpenny who is a commercial artist, editor, writer and historian of culture and traditions. Barry is predominantly known for his book cover illustrations for Ghost Stations (a series of books containing true ghost stories and mystery stories connected to military or war stories).
Halpenny was born in Lincolnshire, England but was actually raised in Italy where as a baby; his picture was featured on Extra Magazine for fitting the category of “most beautiful Babies”. At the young age of fourteen, his artistic talents emerged and he created a special cover of the Douglas DC-3 for the Isle of Man Philatelic Bureau. The Isle of Man is a self governing British Crown dependency between the isles of Great Britain and Ireland. The cover commemorated the anniversary of the aircraft (DC-3). In addition, Halpenny also created a postage stamp to honor the aircraft as well.

This image may be hard to read, but was the largest I could find. I hope that you all can at least see the image of the DC 3 aircraft, and the stamp (located in the right hand corner) that Halpenny help design at the age of fourteen.

Halpenny later became a Professional Artist and Photographer who then decided to concentrate on cartoons and illustrations. In regards to cartoons, Halpenny is quite known for the images which appeared in bridge (card game) magazines. Unfortunately, the images available on Google were too small to post and the images of Halpenny’s website were not permitted to be copied for reposting). Currently, Halpenny is generally focused on illustrations, cartoons, writing, and painting. As a write, Halpenny has a passion for writing children’s books, specifically those related to science-fiction or adventure. Halpenny is also an environmentalist, and this passion combined with his fascination of wolves, steered him to write the book titled Ways of The Wolf. The book educates readers on wolves, and how these types of predators are valuable to our

eco-system.

Art comes in many forms and I was comforted by Halpenny’s
words that are as follows:

“I love art and creating works of art, but I have to say that to bring
out a child’s fascination and wonder, as well as to make them smile and laugh, are I believe some of the greatest gifts you can have"