Winter Party in the Park
Wanderlust
My Very Own Cat
Merci Beaucoup
Sweets of the Season
Mushrooms 9
Pocket Full of Posy
L’Amour Fou
Elephant Bathtime
Life Itself Is the Most Wonderful Fairy Tale
W is for Whale & H is for Hedgehog
F is for Fox
The Artist:
I love creating images that make people smile—especially little kids. My characters are slightly goofy, the worlds they live in are a little surreal, full of wild colour and patterns. I like to include a lot of little random details. From watching my 5-year-old daughter’s reaction to books, I can see it adds a lot to the reading experience. I love vintage children’s books, paper, photographs, signage, etc., so I try to add a bit of retro paper ephemera and type, collage style.
Artist Bio::
As a freelance illustrator working in Toronto, Laura Watson has been creating whimsical illustrations for children’s books, educational materials, magazines and various retail applications since graduating from Sheridan College’s Interpretive Illustration program, in Oakville, Ontario, in 1995. Born and raised in the heart of the lovely Kawartha Lakes region in Peterborough, Ontario, Laura also studied Fine Art at York University and graduated with an Honours degree in Visual Arts.
In the past few years, Laura has enjoyed illustrating trade children’s books (most recently, Peek-a-Little Boo, written by award-winning author and poet, Sheree Fitch, and published by Orca Books) and countless school publications for subjects as diverse as poetry and math. She is currently working on a book of nursery rhymes set in the U.S. southwest. Laura lives in the leafy Riverdale neighbourhood of Toronto with her husband and five-year-old daughter, and works in a converted backyard garage studio surrounded by a slightly unkempt garden. She enjoys the outdoors, runs often and spends as much time as possible at the beach hunting for sea glass.
Links to Laura's work:
To view her Etsy shop, go to: Janey’s Superette
To view her website, go to: Laura Watson
To view her Tumblr page, go to: Laura Watson
To view her blog, go to: Blog
ISSUE:
W I N T E R
2013-14
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