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Illustrators
 K ary L ee - Dizzy (June 2007)Kary
Lee received a BA in Communications from Washington State
University in 1986 and and worked as an art director in Dallas,
Texas, before embarking on a career as an illustrator. In her words,
"It's not something I planned to do... illustration found me. It's what
makes the rest of my world fall into place. I love the problem solving
book illustrating brings to my art! To take words and transform them
into something dimensional can be quite a challenge. " Her books
include, Stan's Busy Day, Swoozy and Suzy, and Weed and Seed
(Perfection Learning).
Dizzy is her first project that focuses
on animals. Kary says she is excited about the new challenge. "It is a
chance to grow and expand as an illustrator, to problem solve in a new
venue."
She says she is drawn to illustration because of the
challenge story telling through creating images brings. "For my work to
succeed it has to add depth, not just show images that match text. My
job is to make the reader curious enough to turn the page. I love to
watch children reading and associating the images with the text. If
they flip back and forth, anticipating an outcome I know I've
succeeded!"
In 2003 she was a National SCBWI Portfolio Award
winner in Los Angeles, California. Kary lives in Pullman, Washington
with her three children and a big hairy dog!
To learn more about Kary and see her work, visit Kary Lee Illustration.
Listen to her podcast from BEA 2007:
 S hawn N. S isneros, Squirt (2005) and Shelby (2006) Shawn
Sisernos is originally from Maxwell, New Mexico. He received his
Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from the prestigious School of the Art
Institute of Chicago. Thereafter, he moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he
began working in contemporary oil painting.
Over
the last four years, Shawn’s vibrant paintings have been featured in
various galleries and auctions across town, culminating in the opening
of his own gallery in April 2005.
Still,
his early love of animation would not rest. “My oils were doing well,
and I was ready to try something new. I was excited and nervous when
Stonehorse approached me to do the illustrations for a three book
series. Then I read the stories, and I was hooked.”
To
complete the illustrations for “Squirt” and “Shelby,” Shawn spent a lot
of time in the Oklahoma Aquarium watching a vast array of sea life. “I
have practically become one of the aquarium’s exhibits,” he confides.
Once
the drawing process begins, a picture book takes approximately one year
to complete.” “I get to know the character so well, I can draw him or
her with my eyes closed.” The Midwest Book Review clearly likes what it
sees. They called his illustrations in Squirt “charming.”
When
asked what he plans to do next, Shawn said, “After all of the research
I have done for these books, I really want to go diving. I want to see
these guys, up close without any glass between us. Well, everybody
except Shelby that is.”
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