Celebrating Artists who inspire us to create beautiful art: Eric Carle the artist who brought us the Very Hungry Caterpillar has passed away at the age of 91 Eric's art had a joyful innocent easy quality about it.  I remember looking through those books at the library when I was smaller - they made me want to paint, they made me want to play with colour, they made me want to have snacks the way that caterpillar has snacks!