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In 2011, Lewis took a two and a half year hiatus to develop the direction of his fine art work, citing that he wanted to "speak to what’s happening in our society". The result of this was his "Lotto Icons" series, consisting of paintings on lottery tickets. These were covered with gold leaf and
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African American artists to illustrate children's books. After talking over the details, Lewis was on board. Over the next year, he quit his teaching job and completed illustrations for his first collaboration with
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Lewis' career as an illustrator of children's books began in 1992 after his watercolors in Artist
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Gathering early inspiration from two uncles who were also artists, Lewis exhibited artistic promise from the third grade on. In the sixth grade, he began attending the School of Art League at
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In 2003, a collection of Lewis’ original watercolors from the first fifty children's books he illustrated was purchased by
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Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of
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