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	Justin Alves Justin Alves, having lived in Rhode Island for 18 years of his life, is now working toward his BFA in Illustration, with a minor in drawing, at the Maine College of Art. Now going into his junior year; Alves has had an internship through the summer of 2005 doing illustrations as well as Ad designs for an up-and-coming magazine to the Southern Maine area. Alves is still experimenting with different media, however he frequently does use watercolor. To see some more work, please go to: www.justinalves.com
	Fulton Beal Inspired by classic cartoons, Seuss, MAD, his 4 children, and darn near anything that strikes his interest, Fulton has been creating since that early day when he first grasped a box of crayons and scribbled on practically every household wall in his parent's house. Although he attended some college, he is mostly self taught, having honed his skills at whatever spare moment he could grasp. Fulton currently resides in his much animated abode of Augusta. Contact fultonbeal@gmail.com for information on his works, to view other images, or to talk about life, art or what have you. fultonbeal.blogspot.com
	Anna J. Boll Anna J. Boll focuses on children's publishing and editorial illustration. She is exploring greeting cards and merchandising as well. Anna is an author of children's poetry, picture books, and novels. She is a veteran Maine educator and is available for school and library visits. Anna enjoys working with cut paper, acrylics and graphite but is developing a softer watercolor style as well. www.annajboll.com
	Marty Braun Marty grew up in Ohio, and it was at college that he first picked up an airbrush. He put it to use as he began his freelance illustration career in 1976. As his style has evolved it has become graphic and energetic, with a strong sense of design. His work has appealed to clients such as IBM, Disney Hotels, The Wall Street Journal/Europe, and Shipyard Brewing. He and his wife, illustrator Jamie Hogan, enjoy touring New England on their motorcycles. Marty is currently struggling to keep up with his eight year old daughter at their piano lessons. See his work at www.hoganbraun.com.
	Piper Castles Piper Received her BFA from Pratt Institute, in illustration and design. She has since created artwork for the Fine Arts Museum of Boston, Blacksmith's Winery, State of New Hampshire Parks, the Gary Pike House and the Wells reserve as well as local businesses and collectors. Piper's work is vividly painted with acrylics in a realistic style, depicting country life and nature. To see more of Piper's work, please go to www.pipercastles.com
	Glenn W Davis Nestled in the hill of East Arlington, Massachusetts in an antique apartment building, Mr. Davis lives and works with his wife and three cats. Having been trained as a fine artist, he brings to his illustration work a sense of art history; influences range from Rembrandt to Renoir to Pollack to Calvin & Hobbes. He works primarily in watercolor in which he is self-taught but went to art school in Boston to avoid a military draft. He has produced a poster series of endangered animals as well two unpublished pictures books and a plethora of unpublished illustrations inspired by the animal world and Grimm fairy tales. To view the aforementioned images, take a gander at www.childrensillustrators.com/GlennWDavis. Correspondence can be made by writing to glennwdavis@earthlink.net.
	Roz Davis Illustrator and Graphic Designer, Roz Davis likes to use the word ‘versatility’ to describe her artwork. A few years after graduating from Pratt Institute and working in New York City, she set up her studio in Maine. From stylized cartoons to realistic fish illustrations, depending on the project, she enjoys the challenge of creating pieces that satisfy her clients as well as herself. To see more of her work and her resumé go to her website: www.rozdavis.com or contact her at: rozdavis@free.midcoast.com
	Angela Dowd Angela has loved to draw for as long as she can remember. She has a BA in design from San Francisco State University. For several years she created technical illustrations and presentations for geologists. She studied portraiture at Leighton Studio in San Francisco and attended many outdoor drawing workshops. Some of her drawings from these workshops have been been made into greeting cards. Angela currently has her own business, ACDowd Designs, providing graphic design services for both online and print publications. She likes to combine hand drawn art with digital imaging, and has been working in Photoshop for close to 15 years. You can see more of her work at www.acdowd-designs.com.
	Marcy Decker With a degree in Communication Design from Pratt Institute she has been a graphic designer for many years. She is currently changing career direction fo follow her love of illustaration. Much of her free time is spent on creating whimsical characters and coordinating design patterns. Her hopes are that she will license her work to the gift and decorative accessories market. To see more work, please contact Marcy at mdeckerdesigns@adelphia.net Also, visit www.hullabaloostudios.biz
	Sandra Dutton Sandra Dutton’s paintings, writings, and contemporary quilts were featured on Kentucky Educational Television’s “Mixed Media” in spring of 2003. She has published four books for children and a fifth is forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin. In March, a videotape of Dutton reading from her book “Capp Street Carnival” was featured on Local Access Channel 7. Her paintings are now on view at Miles Hospital in Damariscotta, as well as the Boothbay Art Foundation and Gleason’s. sandradutton.com
	Nicki Fazio Nicki Fazio graduated in 2007 from the Hartford Art School, at the University of Hartford in CT. She returned to Portland, Maine, where she was born and raised, after receiving a BFA in Illustration, with a minor in Graphic Design. Nicki works primarily in pen & ink and watercolor, and is greatly inspired by the fine lines of Alphonse Mucha, and the whimsical pen work of Robert Lawson. She is currently pursuing a career in editorial and children's book illustration. For more information and to view her portfolio, visit www.nicolefazioillustration.com
	Nancy Cooper Funk Nancy Cooper Funk has expressed herself through art since early childhood and has a BFA from the University of Connecticut. With a delicate touch and attention to fine detail, she uses pen & ink and watercolor to capture the essence of her subjects and is inspired by cats, dogs and other animals, birds, flowers, children, shells, architecture and more. Her illustrations have appeared in children's books, a cookbook cover, cd cover art, cards, invitations, menus, booklets and brochures and she also welcomes commissions for portraits of pets, houses, children and others. She is working on illustrations for her cat stories and for cards. Nancy's studio/gallery is nestled in their perennial garden at home in southern Maine where she lives with David, her husband, and their 3 cats. To see more about Nancy and her work visit: www.nancycooperfunk.com or e-mail: info@nancycooperfunk.com
	Casey Girard Casey G. lives in Belmont, MA, where she is connected with her dreams, working in Children's publishing. In September 2006 she started a full-time job at Houghton Mifflin in their Trade and Reference Department, working in marketing she creates the catalogs, builds ads, and other promotional material. She graduated from RIT in 2004 with degrees in Illustration and Graphic Design. Her true passion is illustrating, but she loves being creative in all media (gardening included). Email her at casey.girard@gmail.com www.caseyg.com
	Roy Germon An illustrator for more than 15 years, Roy’s style has evolved to combine digital media and traditional linocut to create dynamic solutions to assignments. Roy is a recent transplant to Maine from NYC where he attended from the School of Visual Arts and met his co-conspirator Leticia. Some of his clients include; New York Times, House of Blues, Delta Airlines, Boston Globe and Amnesty International. To see more work or to contact Roy go to www.roygermon.com
	Mike Gorman Mike Gorman is an award winning illustrator from Westbrook Maine. Since graduating from Parsons School of Design in 1992, his work has appeared in some of the most prestigeous publications in the country, including the New Yorker, The New York Times, Conde Nast Traveller, Mac Addict Magazine, and many others. His style is as low-brow as you can get, having been spoon-fed a heavy dose of MAD magazine and Jack Kirby as a kid. He also works in a new, more "cutsey" style in water color. His online portfolio can be seen here: mikegorman.com. He also does "horror" illustrations under the name Mordica Sulk. That work can be seen at needmorebrains.com
	Jamie Hogan Jamie’s illustrations combine charcoal pencil, pastel, and often paper collage. Her drawing skill, wonderful color sense, sharp conceptual thinking, and sense of humor have made her work popular with clients such as Charlesbridge Publishing, The Wall Street Journal/Europe, and BankNorth. She has just completed the art for a book about a young girl in Bangladesh. Jamie currently teaches at Maine College of Art in Portland, ME. She also enjoys cross-country skiing, motorcycling, and creating mosaics with the china shards she finds beachcombing with her daughter and dog. See her work at www.hoganbraun.com.
	Judith A. Hunt Judith A. Hunt is an illustrator who has produced a diverse array of artwork for books, magazines, television, videos, and toys. She has worked in publishing both educational, trade, magazines and comicbooks, in animation & licensing design and packaging, also as an art director and teacher. Her 15th book Prunes and Rupe published by Filter Press is due out this fall. To see more of her work please go to huntjudith.com, childrensillustrators.com, directoryofillustration.com, picturebook.com. For more information check out her bio on wikipedia.com (under comics) or at, wilkinsonstudios.com her current children's pub. agents's site. Judith is easy to reach at her farm and studio in Kennebunk via email artefact@gwi.net which is checked daily morning and night.
	Kim Jacobs Kim Jacobs has been illustrating for over 25 years. Her art has appeared on a wide array of gifts, toys, fine art prints, greeting cards, calendars and other stationery products. Recently she has turned her hand to communicating through words as well as pictures as both author and illustrator of one her two gift books and with verses for a set of ABC flash cards which were done in her new collage style. She is currently focusing her energies on entering the wonderful world of children’s books. www.kimjacobsart.com
	Gabe McPhail Graphic designer and illustrator Gabe McPhail lives and works at the Jackson, Maine-based studio she shares with her partner, painter Michael Fletcher. For the past 6 years Gabe has illustrated logos for Maine farms through CEI’s Maine Farms Project. Recently she has ventured into book illustration. Her work will appear in the upcoming children’s chapter book, Graze, Gaze and Saddle Days, by Anita Coons (due out by December, 2005). Currently Gabe is focusing on fine art illustration including a series of insect paintings accompanied by text from entomologist John Tipping. www.workshop31.com
	mizmer aka joyce raychard grew up on the coast of maine and attended the university of southern maine as an art major. wow--she has lived in kenya, east africa for 16 years. since returning to maine in 1999 she has been involved in art shows and galleries; at last she is pursuing her dream of illustrating. she works out of her mizmer illustration (tm) studio in hollis, maine. www.mizmer.biz
	Leticia Plate A graduate of School of Visual Arts in NYC, Leticia Plate has been illustrating for over 15 years, working on a variety of illustration assignments including: editorial, books and design projects. The essential qualities of her work are her expressive line quality and her strong conceptual solutions. She now lives in Portland, Maine with her husband and 2 children. Some of her clients include: The New Times, Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe. www.leticiaplate.com
	David Poole Dave Poole is a local 3d illustrator and animator who's images have appeared in Newsweek, Macworld, Computer Graphics World and and other industry publications. A former director of the Kodak Center for Creative Imaging he is currently residing in Portland and teaching at the Maine College of Art and the University of Southern Maine. His work can be seen at www.davepoole.com
	Steve Russell Steve embarked on his professional Art career with studies in Commercial Cartooning & Advertising at Los Angeles Trade Technical College in the early 1980's, with extended studies in Digital Design through the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online. A portion of his illustrative work has focused on Civilian Contracting in service to the US Military & Family Related interest Groups. From pencil to "CGI" Steve provides Traditional & Digital imaging including, character design, giftware, dimensional and monochromatic artwork, world Freelance wide. www.steverussell.vze.com
	Catherine Satchell Catherine Satchell has shown work in Boston, Rhode Island, and Maine. She is currently collaborating with a local band, Harpswell Sound, on a childrens book/album. She is also co-owner of Fort Nest, a mixed media gallery and studio where she does freelance illustration and fabric design. She resides in Portland, ME. For more information, please contact Catherine at (207) 831-5527 or satchellc@hotmail.com.
	Christina Siravo Christina Siravo specializes in whimsical and children's illustration. Watercolor is her primary medium, including pen and ink and other traditional mediums. She has earned her BFA in Illustration from the Maine College of art, and has made her debut into the children's book world with her magical illustrations for "An Orphan's Promise" by Dan Davis. Her love for music and singing is an ever constant inspiration in her works, in addition to flying, fantasy and fairy tales. Visit her online Portfolio www.csiravo.com or her deviantart website http://bluebirdie.deviantart.com for updates. E-mail CSiravo@gmail.com
	Andy J. Smith A former animator/character designer (Courage the Cowardly Dog, Sheep in the Big City, etc), Andy now proudly works fulltime as an illustrator/author! He currently has four published books with several more titles due out soon! His latest book, Fang Fairy is the first book he has written to be published. Andy currently lives with his wife Karen in Ipswich, MA (but it’s CLOSE to Maine and they may yet wind up there)! Andy is represented by Deborah Warren at East/West Literary Agency. www.AndyJSmithIllustration.com
	Helen Stevens Helen Stevens is an award winning artist whose fine art is noted for its vibrant realism and use of visual metaphors. She has also won the Maine Press Association award for best daily editorial cartoon and is a published poet. She is a graduate of San Francisco State University and also attended the University of Maryland, Philadelphia Museum College of Fine Art and Pasadena City College. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and the Maine Illustrators Collective. Ms Stevens was born in Trieste, Italy and currently resides with her husband in Gardiner, Maine. They have a lively collection of family pets and two adult children. www.helenstevensgallery.com
	Danelle M. Weeks While the four most prominent figures in her life may have been Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Donatello, upcoming illustrator Danelle Weeks' inspiration did not spring from the Italian Renaissance, but rather the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles--thanks to the 1980's comic-book boom. Since then, Danelle has attended The Art Institute of Chicago, as well as Maine College of Art. She hopes to illustrate her own comic books in the future, inspired by traditional Japanese print and manga style. Gleefully corrupted by Eastern fetishism, Danelle also works undercover on her own brand of erotic art which can be found on her website http://nj-designs.com.