CATHIE FELSTEAD

 

BIOGRAPHY

Cathie Felstead was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire in 1954.She attended Chelsea School of Art, where she obtained a first degree in graphic design. She studied for a masters degree in illustration at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1980.

She started her career producing designs for book covers, including books by William Golding, Iris Murdoch, Isabel Allende, Nadine Gordimer, and Alice Walker.
She has produced imagery for advertising campaigns, packaging, T-shirts, opera and ballet, T.V., magazines, greeting cards, and books. Her clients have included British Airways, Channel 4, Ballet Rambert, Fiat, Oxfam, Lynx (the anti fur trade organisation), Walker Books, Barclays, Glastonbury festivals, and The Body Shop.

Cathie is currently working on two children's books for Greenwillow Pulishing in the U.S.A. as well as producing work for an exhibition of her paintings.
Her work has been exhibited at The Curwen Gallery, London, and several exhibitions in Britain and abroad.

Cathie has received awards for her work, including The Berger Prize, and the RCA travelling scholarship. She won a bronze award for the B&H "Gold" competition, and was runner up in the Mother Goose award for illustrating A Caribbean Dozen. She has received 3 gold Openheimer awards for children's book illustration in U.S.A.


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Dancing figures


Crab march


Hand Face


Moon and stars


Yellow bird



The sea


Figures


Dove heart


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BIBLIOGRAPHY

North, South, East, and West. Stories from round the world edited by Michael Rosen. Walker Books 1992.
A Caribbean Dozen. A collection of poems from the Caribbean. Edited by John Agard and Grace Nichols. Walker Books 1994.
A Walker Treasury of First Rhymes. Walker Books 1999.
Anthology for the Earth. Edited by Judy Allen. Walker Books 1997.
What Am I? Four pop-up books for the very young entitled Jumpers, Egg Surprise, Creepy Crawlies, and Seashore. Harper Collins 1997
A Circle of Days by Reeve Lindberg. Walker Books 1998.
The Blue and Green Ark. An alphabet for planet earth by Brian Patten. Scholastic Press 1999.
A Book of Hearts. A collection of Poems and quotes about love. Exley Publications 1999.
Who made me? By Shirley Tulloch. Lion Publishing 2000.
Big Wolf and Little Wolf by Sharon Phillips Denslow. Greenwillow Publishing 2000.
Adam Adam what do you see? By Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson. Tommy Nelson Publishers 2000.
Flamingo Dreams by Donna Jo Napoli. Greenwillow Publishing 2002.
Under the Moon and Over the Sea. An anthology of poetry from the Caribbean. edited by John Agard and Grace Nichols. Walker Books 2002.
Earthshake. A collection of geological poems by Lisa Westberg Peters. Greenwillow Publishing 2003.
The Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling. Walker Books 2004.

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