PATRICIA MACCARTHY

Patricia MacCarthy is a children's book and greetings card illustrator. Patricia graduated from Brighton Art College in 1980 with a BA in Graphic Design and since then she has created many children's books and hundreds of cards. She uses a remarkably wide range of materials for her artwork from batik on silk, watercolours and acrylics to collage as well as other mediums. Patricia has collaborated with New Zealand author Margaret Mahy on five picture books, one of which, 17 Kings and 42 Elephants won the New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. Other well known books include Dewdrop babies and the Letter Adventure series such as the Little Ballerina... Since then she has worked as an Illustrator (now author too) for Children's Books, Greeting Cards, Licensed Products, Prints, Posters, and Private Commissions. She exhibits and sells original artworks through the Langham Gallery, London, Bloomsbury.

Primary location: United Kingdom