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I was born in 1954 in Cobourg, Ontario. In 1958 my family moved to British Columbia where I attended school in West Vancouver and Chemainus. I completed my secondary education in Calgary, Alberta and then attended the Alberta College of Art from 1973 - 75. Following a move to Victoria, B.C. in 1975 I began my illustration career with work for a variety of advertising, editorial and government clients. I have been a resident of Nova Scotia since 1997 and live in the beautiful Annapolis Valley with my partner Sandra.
In 1984 I won the Western Magazine Award for Illustration. I illustrated my first children's picture book, Waiting for the Whales, in 1991 and received three national awards including the Governor-General's Literary Award for Children's Illustration. I have since illustrated twelve children's books and have become internationally renowned for my visual storytelling skills and range of illustration styles. My children's books have been published in nine countries and eight languages with total sales of over 600,000 copies.
In 2005 my paintings for the children's book, A Poppy Is to Remember, were selected to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in the Library and Archives Canada publication Read Up On It: A Wish For Peace. My picture book, Roll On: Rick Hansen Wheels Around the World, was published by Greystone Books in the fall of 2012. Written by Ainslie Manson, it tells the story of Rick Hansen's Man in Motion world tour.
FRANKENSTINK! Garbage Gone Bad (Tundra Books 2015) is the first picture book I have illustrated and written. Inspired by the monster movies and comic books of my youth, it is a fun monster-under-the-bed story as well as a cautionary tale about the need to compost and recycle.
I have given drawing, painting and illustration presentations and workshops to children and adults across Canada from St. John's to Victoria. During the past thirty years my artwork has graced the covers of over sixty books and has been featured in magazines, calendars, posters and advertisements across North America. My client list includes the Province of Nova Scotia, the Town of Kentville, the Province of British Columbia, Aliant, The Walt Disney Company, CP Hotels and the Heritage Canada Foundation. Several of my Waiting for the Whales illustrations were featured in the 1995 Twentieth Century Fox film Far From Home. I have had numerous exhibitions of personal artwork and my drawings and paintings are included in private collections throughout North America. My artwork has been recognized and exhibited by The Society of Illustrators in New York and is included in the permanent collections of Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa, the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books in Toronto and the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy in Toronto.
I was born in 1954 in Cobourg, Ontario. In 1958 my family moved to British Columbia where I attended school in West Vancouver and Chemainus. I completed my secondary education in Calgary, Alberta and then attended the Alberta College of Art from 1973 - 75. Following a move to Victoria, B.C. in 1975 I began my illustration career with work for a variety of advertising, editorial and government clients. I have been a resident of Nova Scotia since 1997 and live in the beautiful Annapolis Valley with my partner Sandra.
In 1984 I won the Western Magazine Award for Illustration. I illustrated my first children's picture book, Waiting for the Whales, in 1991 and received three national awards including the Governor-General's Literary Award for Children's Illustration. I have since illustrated twelve children's books and have become internationally renowned for my visual storytelling skills and range of illustration styles. My children's books have been published in nine countries and eight languages with total sales of over 600,000 copies.
In 2005 my paintings for the children's book, A Poppy Is to Remember, were selected to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in the Library and Archives Canada publication Read Up On It: A Wish For Peace. My picture book, Roll On: Rick Hansen Wheels Around the World, was published by Greystone Books in the fall of 2012. Written by Ainslie Manson, it tells the story of Rick Hansen's Man in Motion world tour.
FRANKENSTINK! Garbage Gone Bad (Tundra Books 2015) is the first picture book I have illustrated and written. Inspired by the monster movies and comic books of my youth, it is a fun monster-under-the-bed story as well as a cautionary tale about the need to compost and recycle.
I have given drawing, painting and illustration presentations and workshops to children and adults across Canada from St. John's to Victoria. During the past thirty years my artwork has graced the covers of over sixty books and has been featured in magazines, calendars, posters and advertisements across North America. My client list includes the Province of Nova Scotia, the Town of Kentville, the Province of British Columbia, Aliant, The Walt Disney Company, CP Hotels and the Heritage Canada Foundation. Several of my Waiting for the Whales illustrations were featured in the 1995 Twentieth Century Fox film Far From Home. I have had numerous exhibitions of personal artwork and my drawings and paintings are included in private collections throughout North America. My artwork has been recognized and exhibited by The Society of Illustrators in New York and is included in the permanent collections of Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa, the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books in Toronto and the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy in Toronto.
Submitted on April 6, 2015 in By David.
