EXTRACTS: The Art of Ron Embleton (illustrators special) © 2018 The Book Palace (144 PAGES in Full edition)

81 Ron launched himself into this project with typical gusto and proceeded to work up concept drawings for the park, the themed rides and attractions and in the process found himself having to turn down work from his long-established client base. The work consumed much of Ron’s time and the enthusiastic reception that his designs received acted as a spur to making plans for what would be a new chapter, not just in Ron’s career, but also his families lives as packing cases were filled and Beverly Hills properties as well as schools for his daughter Gillian were considered. However, the one thing that didn’t appear to be happening was the financing of this epic project and in a weird parallel to the Hans Christian Andersen theme park that Anne and Janet Grahame Johnstone were involved in [see illustrators 5 ] the project fell apart when Ron, with daughter Gillian sitting on the stairs and wife Liz standing by him, put a late night call through Text continues on page 86