The talk, sponsored by the UB Art Department Program in Illustration, will take place in the Screening Room, Room 112, of the Center for the Arts on the North Campus. It is open to the public and free of charge.

GrandPre's evocative ethereal pastel paintings of the human figure have their roots in Michelangelo's lush representations, as well as in figurative work by Picasso, Brach, Henry Moore, Degas and Hooper. Her work has been more recently informed by ancient Cycladic island art and by the mannered elongations of Modigliani, whose "detached" painted figures suggest sculptural relief of the Cycladic figures.

Her work has appeared in a number of publications, including Atlantic Monthly and in books published by Random House, Penguin, Dell and McGraw Hill.

GrandPre's national recognition includes awards from The Society of Illustrators, professional trade magazines including Communication Arts, Graphis, Print, ART Direction and Diesi. GrandPre's illustrations were chosen from among those of thousands of artists for the cover of the arts publication Showcase 16. She was the subject of an article regarding the artistic conceptualization of editorial assignments in the trade publication Step by Step Graphics. n