Fu Wenzheng 符文征

Bird illustrations in Red, Black, and White from Chinese illustrator Fu Wensheng. Again I found this illustrators work at Bologna and I am afraid I cannot find her on the internet to link back to further work.

Ell

I found Ell's sweet illustrations at Bologna this Spring and have tracked her down on the internet, lovely paper cut-outs and tiny beautifully executed drawings.

Yuriko Ogawa

These are some illustrations that I found at the illustration wall in Bologna. Yurico Ogawa is studying animation at the Royal College of Art, her illustrations are very intricate and delicate.

Zhila Hodaee I

Zhila Hodaee was another discovery from this year's Bologna Children's Book Fair. This award-winning Iranian illustrator has a unique style and I am not sure how she has achieved the effect in these works, possibly bleach or reductive print. Zhila was born in 1954 and has many published books, but unfortunately I was unable to find a website.

Linda Wolfsgruber I

Linda Wolfsgrubers illustrations for 'Daisy ist ein Gänseblümchen' which I found in Bologna this spring with a wonderful collage of style, texture and print. Linda currently lives and worked in Vienna. Her books have been translated into 17 languages and she has won many awards and exhibited internationally.

Laura Carlin V

Laura Carlin's illustrations, riddled with detail, semi-transparent undertones, and hidden narratives are mini masterpieces that almost remind me of the works of LS Lowry in their observation of people and environments, especially these grey post-industrial observations.

Laura Carlin IV

I am going to share some images gleaned from Laura Carlin's exhibition at the Bologna Children's Book Fair  in the next few posts including this swirl of cats from 'A World of Your Own'.

Mariachiara Di Giorgio

"Due ali" by Rome-based illustrator Mariachiara Di Giorgio  was also featured in the Bologna Children's Fair Illustrators exhibition. Again Mariachiara's style has a great vocabulary of mark making combining washes, broad marks and fine drawn details.

Cindy Wume (Hsin-Chih Wu) I

With her synthesis of washes, broad  marks and sharp crisp flowing lines Cindy Wume's (Hsin-Chih Wu) work is very enticing with many textural stories to tell the eye. These illustrations were selected for the Bologna Illustration Exhibition from Cindy's wordless book farewell.
Cindy has just completed her MA at Anglia Ruskin, Cambridge in children's book illustration.

Maisie Shearring VI

Maisie Paradise Shearring having won the International Illustrators Award at Bologna Children's Book Fair last year was featured at this years fair with her version of The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde published by Fundación SM. Maisie has been a favorite illustrator of mine since her graduation show from ECA so it was great to see her work given the attention it deserves. Above is a selection of Maisie's detailed tiny illustrations from this book.

Joohee Yoon II

It was only January when I featured illustrations from Joohee Yoon's Beastly Verse. Three months later her distinctive bright printed illustrations were exhibited as part of the Bologna Illustration Exhibition so I got to see them in reality and can share a few more of these vibrant, lively, three colour prints.

Daniela Tieni II

Speeding to my third 'Bologna Children's Book Fair' this morning. This illustration by Daniela Tieni made me think of 'a wing and a prayer', a wonderful collage of print, assemblage and digital work, this piece was selected for Ilustrarte 2016, Lisbon.