Thanks to Tony Perez for Artistic Guidance

Putting a face on those who helped Brainard’s Mag­i­cal Years: Tony Perez (Play­wright, Nov­el­ist, & Painter) gave artis­tic guid­ance to Cecil­ia Brainard when she was work­ing on the sketch­es for Mag­i­cal Years: Mem­o­ries & Sketch­es. He taught her what pen­cils, pen and ink, paper to use; he cri­tiqued her work all along.

Cecil­ia Brainard first met Tony Perez in the 1990s when the USIS spon­sored a lec­ture tour for her in the Philip­pines. Tony Perez was work­ing at the Amer­i­can Embassy at the time. Aside from his embassy stint, Tony Perez has taught at the Ate­neo de Mani­la Uni­ver­si­ty; he is a painter, play­wright, and nov­el­ist. He has a blog at https://tonyperezphilippines.blogspot.com/

Cecil­ia Brainard thanks Tony Perez for his help in the mak­ing of Mag­i­cal Years: Mem­o­ries & Sketch­es (https://palh-books.blogspot.com/p/magical-years-memories-sk…) .

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