Chemers Gallery Children's Book Illustrators Show

Both aspiring and professional illustrators know their most important time is spent doing their work. But of great value is the time spent visiting peers, attending classes, workshops, conferences and galley exhibits.

I love being recharged and inspired by other illustrators’ work. Seeing book dummies, finished books and original artwork is fun and enlightening. Below is a gallery of photos of illustrators speaking at this year’s Chemers Gallery event.

David Diaz demo drawing

David Diaz



S. D. Schindler

  

Patrick O'Brien




Julie Paschkis

 

Julie Paschkis



Julie Paschkis cut paper

Gennady Spirin

 


Cats on Wednesday -- A Trio of Cat Books

Children’s books about cats are always popular. Many of us cat lovers enjoy them, and their intended audience (children) certainly love them. At the Chemers Gallery illustrators’ event I attended last weekend there were three examples of lovely, but very diverse, cat books illustrated by two of the featured illustrators.


Cat Dreams

One of them was Cat Dreams, by Ursula K. Le Guin – a charming book about a napping cat. The model for illustrator S.D. Schindler was his cat, Furball (a very attractive calico with green eyes). Schindler is also the illustrator of Le Guin’s marvelous Catwings books as well as more than 50 other children’s books.

Fat Cat

Where is Catkin?

Also representing cats in the gallery was another favorite illustrator’s books – Julie Paschkis’ Fat Cat and Where is Catkin?



I hope to get back to the gallery to study the original illustrations more closely before the exhibit ends.