Cathie Felstead

Cathie Felstead, born 1954 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, in the UK, is an English illustrator. Felstead attended Chelsea School of Art, where she gained a BA in graphic design. She then studied illustration at the Royal College of Art, graduating with an MA in 1980.

Felstead commenced her career by creating designs for book covers. Among the authors whose books she worked on were William Golding, Iris Murdoch, Isabel Allende, Nadine Gordimer, and Alice Walker. In addition, she has produced artwork for advertising campaigns, packaging, T-shirts, opera, ballet, television, magazines, greeting cards, and books. Felstead's commercial clients have included British Airways, Channel 4, Ballet Rambert, Fiat, Oxfam, Lynx (the anti fur trade organisation), Walker Books, Barclays Bank, the Glastonbury Festivals, and The Body Shop. [http://www.imagesofdelight.com/client.asp?id=46] She also created the cover illustration for John Martyn's 1984 album Sapphire.

At present Felstead is working on an exhibition of her paintings and handmade books. Her artwork has been exhibited at The Curwen Gallery in London, and in several exhibitions in Britain and abroad. She is also writing a book of short stories.

She was runner-up in the Mother Goose Award for her illustrations in the book "A Caribbean Dozen". Felstead has received three gold Openheimer Awards for children's book illustration in the U.S.A. [http://www.imagesofdelight.com/client.asp?id=46]

Felstead lives with her partner Paul Tucker and their children in Ashwell, Hertfordshire.

External links

* [http://www.imagesofdelight.com/client.asp?id=46 Felstead on the 'Images of Delight' website]
* [http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/18404/Cathie_Felstead/index.aspx Felstead on the HarperCollins website]
* [http://unjobs.org/authors/cathie-felstead Books illustrated by Felstead]