Jeremy Geddes is a

photo-realistic Photorealism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium. Although the term can be ...

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

from Wellington, New Zealand. He is widely known for the Cosmonaut series of paintings, and has illustrated for

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covers, in collaboration with friend

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. Geddes won the Spectrum Gold Award for his cover art for the comic, Doomed. His children's picture book, ''The Mystery of Eilean Mor'', was shortlisted for The Aurealis Awards, won the Crichton Award, and was named as one of CBC Notable Books in 2006. Geddes is also a

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enthusiast.

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Living people Australian painters Australian children's book illustrators Year of birth missing (living people) {{australia-painter-stub