He says, “I am fascinated by them and the contrast they represent – their huge strength and gentleness. Gorillas feature in many of Anthony’s books. Anthony lives in Kent and has two grown-up children. This in turn led him to illustrating children’s books – his book Gorilla began life as a picture on a birthday card. He found this fascinating, but after three years found that the work was becoming repetitive (“if you’ve seen one stomach operation, you’ve seen ‘em all!”) and instead began designing greetings cards. I was small for my age and I used to go to a fairly tough school – if I hadn’t been good at sports, I would probably have been bullied.”Īfter he left school, Anthony studied graphic design and then went on to paint the insides of people’s bodies for medical textbooks. As well as drawing, he encouraged me to play a lot of sports, such as rugby and soccer and cricket. He says of his father, “He was an unusual man – outwardly strong and confident, but also shy and sensitive – a bit like the gorillas I love to illustrate now. He loved art and would spend hours drawing with his beloved father. Anthony grew up in a village called Hipperholme, in Yorkshire.
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