Diana Thewlis
Diana's webpage
Diana Thewlis was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in the suburbs. Her parents worked for the federal government, her father for the Museum Labs. When she was four years old, her father brought home a wonderful illustrator, Edwin Pearson, to live in the basement. From there the world opened up to her. She and her mentor spent hours eating bread and honey with avocado in the basement while discoursing on art. Her first artistic efforts in school earned her a nearly permanent spot standing in the corner.
Diana holds degrees in Commercial Art and Illustration, and worked as a graphic artist, designer, product illustrator, and technical illustrator before becoming an independent contract illustrator.
Although her primary mediums are watercolor and mixed media, she is comfortable with most other media. Over the years she has created numerous books and illustrations for children, primarily in the educational realm.
Her professional affiliations include the San Francisco Society of Illustrators, the California Watercolor Association, the North West Air Force Artists, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
She has been an instructor at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco since 1992, teaching in the Graduate and Illustration Departments. She will continue teaching online from her new home in Vancouver, Washington. Diana has also lectured and taught workshops through different schools and organizations.
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| Kayeri Akweks is
Upper Mohawk, enrolled at Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, Canada, and born
in the United States. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Drawing and a Masters
of Education Administration. Kayeri has taken national drawing awards at
The Red Cloud Indian Art Show, been cited in Art in America, and participated
in group and solo shows. She has taught American Indian Art History and
Drawing at the college and university level. Her creative process includes
working to try to reveal Native American people in their sacred beauty
in such a way as to inspire Native Americans and others to internally recognize
and reveal their own core beauty.
Kayeri illustrates Native
American and Celtic based texts, history, and myth or cultural tradition.
"I enjoy the research, reading the background texts, and staring at
museum artifacts, old photos, etc. that are needed to allow words to come
to accurate visual life. Story is holy stuff. Each of us is making a story
every day."
Kayeri believes that the
energy of all living things are our guides to correction action. To follow
the Original Instructions of life is what offers balance and the feeling
of well-being. "If I can portray the joy and importance of listening
to the Mother Earth then I will have done my job. This is my life's work
and I am very grateful for it."
Kayeri is currently illustrating
the children's book "Native American Games" by Joseph and James
Bruchac though Fulcrum Publishing, to be released in September 2000. She
is a full-time freelance illustrator. Her email address is kayeriakweks@yahoo.com.
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| Sheila Bailey works
primarily with watercolors, but is equally comfortable in the realm of
digital illustration. Whether from the drafting table or the Wacom tablet,her
work has an unmistakably natural quality. Prior to settling in the Northwest
with her husband Stephen, Sheila was a designer and painter for Hallmark,
Inc. Later, she became a featured designer and artist for Will Vinton Studios.
Sheila Bailey, who published formerly under the name Sheila Lucas, has
been writing and illustrating children's literature for over 6 years. When
she's away from her drafting table, Sheila enjoys gardening, tending to
her Koi pond and hanging out with her four legged pals.
Sheila's webpage
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