About Me/Contact
I currently live and create in the diversity of Alberta and the magnificence of Canada. I graduated from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University with a B.F.A.
From the University of Alberta, I am the recipient of the Harry Wolfarth Memorial Award for Fine Art and the Constance McFarland Memorial Award for Fine Art.
My work has grown from my many travels through Europe, Mexico, North and Central America.
I am enchanted by literature and poetry; how a sentence can conjure in the mind a whole mysterious world. I believe that a powerful tale can be made to charm an audience by illustrating it; leaving a permanent impression.
I,personally, am inspired by the transparency and vividness of watercolours and I am grabbed by the range and softness of charcoal.
My contents are a magical world inhabited by animals and children, full of the fantastical and sublime.
I am also a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) http://www.scbwi.org/
If you would like to order prints visit me at http://society6.com/PhoebeKates
or contact me at phoebekatesillustration@gmail.com

