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Imagine a world where every puppy has a secret garden and a cozy cabin to call home.

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🐢 Your story begins with a single shell-crack!

The world was much bigger than he ever imagined! With a tiny stretch and a giant leap of faith

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“Before they read words, children are reading pictures.” ― David Wiesner This fundamental mindset from the master of visual storytelling, David Wiesner, is another quote that adorns my studio. Picture book art needs to tell an enduring, visually compelling story, and not indulge fleeting aesthetic trends. I strive for a restrained timelessness in my art for children's books. If your passion project deserves the same, we should chat.

I strive for a restrained timelessness in my art for children's books. If your passion project deserves the same, we should chat: www.studio-w.art/kidlit
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Writers want your children’s book to be remembered?

I’ll create art that matches the magic of your words.

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After wrapping up another big project, I'm available for children's book art assignments again. See more at www.studio-w.art/kidlit
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Here's a sneak peek at the second picture book in the Fred and Ethan Adventure series, "Trolls' Bridges and Nasty Ogres."
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"I have seen what could be and asked why not."
-- Pablo Picasso

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Our Protagonist has this cute lil goat 🐐

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Swimming into a colorful new adventure — my latest digital fish painting for a children’s book coming soon!

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Encouraging wild flights of fancy is so very important. Imagination is the brain's muscle memory for critical thinking.
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What would you do if you found something strange on the beach? If you're Ethan, you turn that find into an adventure of unbridled imagination.
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I'm Open For Children's Book Art Projects! After completing a large project, I'm open to commission work again. While I can work in multiple styles, my specialty is a "realistic whimsy" style that combines the warm look of watercolor with the flexibility of digital art. When you work with me, you get the benefit of someone with deep realism experience, the professionalism of 25+ years of corporate marketing/advertising, and a passion for telling stories with art. I'm passionate about art, especially art for stories that inspire the imaginations of our world's most important asset: our children. Imagination is the brain's muscle memory for critical thinking and is essential for propelling us from what is to what's possible. 

I'm Open For Children's Book Art Projects!
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Ethan learns that the Trolls need his help to recover their source of magic that was stolen by the evil Ogres. And Fred will be especially helpful
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Next up for Fred and Ethan: Trolls' Bridges and Nasty Ogres! Jumping off from Ethan's last flight of fancy in A Bewildering Bottle, he imagines a world where friendly Trolls are responsible for holding up the world's bridges. He meets a Troll in need of his help to rescue the source of their magic from the clutches of the evil Ogres. He and Fred cross under the Troll's bridge into a fantastic land to locate the Ogres and rescue the Troll's magic. Originally illustrated in pen and ink, here's one of the new full-page artworks, reimagined as a "digital watercolor." Seeking representation, learn more at www.studio-w.art/kidlit

Next up for Fred and Ethan, he imagines a world where friendly Trolls hold up the world's bridges, and they need his help to rescue the source of their magic from the clutches of the evil Ogres.
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Happy Halloween!!

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🎉👻🍂🖤 Happy Halloween! May the tricks be funny and the treats be plenty! XO
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Playing around with new characters for a story in progress, ink, water, and a lot of fun along the way!!!🎨❤️

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Ethan imagines there might be a magic genie inside the bewildering bottle, and he'd wish for a huge castle where he and his friends can play.
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Planning morning outfits to go with morning moods.

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In this 2-page spread, Ethan begins to wonder where the bewildering bottle came from and what might be inside.

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Take a close look at the first illustration for my children's picture book, A Bewildering Bottle, featuring a boy, his dog, and his boundless imagination
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I just recently finalized the artwork for the 10th illustration of my children's picture book, Fred and Ethan's Spectacular Discovery. In this work, I perfected an approach for illustrating complex trees (on the right of this 2-page spread) to achieve a more vibrant and natural appearance. This scene represents Ethan's increasingly creative and complex flights of fancy as he tries to imagine what could be inside the strange bottle he discovered. I'm available for children's book art commissions in my vibrant "digital that doesn't look digital" style. Learn more at https://www.studio-w.art/kidlit

In this recent work, I perfected an approach for illustrating complex trees (on the right of this 2-page spread) to achieve a more vibrant and natural appearance.
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Nothing is more important than inspiring children's imagination.
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"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom." - Socrates
I'm passionate about art, especially art that tells stories and elevates the imaginations of the world's most important asset: our children.
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Ethan's boundless imagination is running at full speed! I just wrapped up this spread for my children's picture book, Fred and Ethan's Spectacular Discovery. Here, he imagines the odd bottle might open a portal to a magic land of broken mountains, twisted trees, and angry bushes where he and Fred could go on endless adventures. This HUGE digital artwork was completed using my go-to combination of Affinity Photo 2 and my humble Huion Inspiroy 2m pen tablet. Seeking publisher or literary agent representation. Learn more at https://www.studio-w.art/kidlit

In this spread, Ethan imagines the odd bottle might open a portal to a magic land of broken mountains, twisted trees, and angry bushes where he and Fred could go on endless adventures.
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Anne with an E and Diana. Done with ink and gouache. #illustrator #illustration #canadawestillustrators #kidlitart #kidlit #childrensbookartist #anneofgreengables #anneshirley #anneanddiana #lucymaudmontgomery #annewithane

Discover the first 6.3 illustrations of Fred and Ethan's Spectacular Discovery in less than 60 seconds.
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😻😻😻 One of my favorite artists
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An experiment of college on a canvas by using my digital print image 😊 #illustrator #illustration #illustratoryvr #canadawestillustrators #kidlitart #kidlit #children #childrensbookartist #racoons #college #イラスト #イラス

When your best friend is 10 feet tall and covered in fur
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