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THE ARTIST 6
I wrote and illustrated two picture books: Doris, since renamed Granny - you can see some of those pictures on the illustration page - and Lethbridge (Imaginary Friend). Doris (Granny) was based on an actual situation which happened to us, a comedy of errors when a visitor with the same name as one of our hens was highly offended that our hen had her name. She was presented with a copy of the book I created and all is forgiven.
My interest in picture books led me to study a few papers on the subject and I now have a Certificate in Children's Literature from Canterbury University (Christchurch College of Education).
By now playing around with digital graphic art and web design, I sold my hand-painted cards
on the Internet, in the Julesart Funky Handpainted Card Shop (temporarily offline due to stock being depleted).
The scrapbooking community online has really encouraged me by using my fonts and as Art Mama, I am finding new things to do with my art. Read more...