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Alex Beard is an author and illustrator. Tales from the Watering Hole is a series of books penned and illustrated by Beard and published by Abrams Books. The Jungle Grapevine was published in 2009, Monkey See, Monkey Draw was published in 2011, and Crocodile's Tears was published in 2012. "Crocodile's Tears" was reviewed by The New York Times in February 2012 by author Pamela Paul. Beard's fourth book in the series The Lying King was published on September 4, 2018 by Greenleaf Book Group.

In 2015, a series of needlepoint canvases based on Beard's work was released by QS Designs, the wholesale entity related to the brick and mortar yarn and needlepoint shop, The Quarter Stitch in New Orleans, LA.

An app based on Alex Beard's trilogy of books, also named Tales from the Watering Hole, was published in 2013 by Fat Red Couch, Inc. It is available for Apple iOS and Android devices.

In 2008, Beard released a line of jigsaw puzzles featuring his artwork. The puzzle pieces feature unique shapes that do not snap into each other like usual puzzles. Instead, they settle side by side. This allows the puzzles to have many different combinations of results.

Displaced from New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina, Alex and his family moved back to New York City. Beard ran a studio in SoHo which doubled as an exhibition place from 2006 to 2009. In 2009 Beard returned to New Orleans.

Alex Beard (born 1970) is an American artist born in New York City who is now based out of New Orleans. His work ranges from simple and representational to abstract. He frequently draws and paints African wildlife using his unique gestural style.

Alex Beard was born in 1970 in New York City. His father is philanthropist Sam Beard who co-founded the Jefferson Awards for Public Service. His mother, Patricia Beard, is an author and was a former editor for Town & Country, Elle, and Mirabella magazines. He is the nephew of photographer Peter Beard. As a teenager, he was able to travel parts of the world like Panama, Africa, China, India, and Belize.