Mentors (Yes, I am playing catch up!)
Throughout my adult world, I've had a coupe of different mentors to help me deal with different areas of my life, but as far as art & design, I've had a small handful of folks who have been there, ahead of me — guiding me...
At high school, my art teacher, Pauline, always encouraged and supported my efforts to achieve what was needed in order to go off to art college and pursue my creative destiny. We shared the same birthday and spent time out of school hanging out. I thought her life was exotic, and mystical, and enthralling, and amazing and so many other things, that she inspired me to want a life of my own. Not as a potter, like she was primarily, but just to be able to get to a point in life where I could do all that I wanted. We have stayed in touch until just about a year ago or so. Only because she moved, and we sort of lost contact. I know we will reconnect, we always do.
My art teacher at college was my second mentor. She was and is an illustrator as well as a lecturer at the university I attended. I was her baby sitter, a friend and I got to know a lot of her family really well. We still stay in touch and now that I am pursuing more illustration in life, she has been incredible in offering me advice. I used to love going to her house. She had theeeeee most amazing art studio, and I vowed I would have something like that one day — a haven of my own to lock myself away and create.
My other mentor happened more recently. Children's book author/illustrator Pat Cummings. She also teaches at Parsons in NYC. Pat has helped me in more ways than one to navigate the children's book industry, just because of a chance meeting at the New York conference for SCBWI back in February 2006. She has helped me shape my dummies, given tons of advice on my portfolio and connected me with oodles of new and fabulous people - as well as helped me stay motivated and focused.
Lastly, my mother who has mentored me in a different way but without her i wouldn't have the strength, determination and passion to pursue everything I am passionate about and that included my creative world. Thanks Mum!
And thank you - Pauline, Jacqui and Pat!!! You are all stars in my life.
(Links to the mentor web site to come)
At high school, my art teacher, Pauline, always encouraged and supported my efforts to achieve what was needed in order to go off to art college and pursue my creative destiny. We shared the same birthday and spent time out of school hanging out. I thought her life was exotic, and mystical, and enthralling, and amazing and so many other things, that she inspired me to want a life of my own. Not as a potter, like she was primarily, but just to be able to get to a point in life where I could do all that I wanted. We have stayed in touch until just about a year ago or so. Only because she moved, and we sort of lost contact. I know we will reconnect, we always do.
My art teacher at college was my second mentor. She was and is an illustrator as well as a lecturer at the university I attended. I was her baby sitter, a friend and I got to know a lot of her family really well. We still stay in touch and now that I am pursuing more illustration in life, she has been incredible in offering me advice. I used to love going to her house. She had theeeeee most amazing art studio, and I vowed I would have something like that one day — a haven of my own to lock myself away and create.
My other mentor happened more recently. Children's book author/illustrator Pat Cummings. She also teaches at Parsons in NYC. Pat has helped me in more ways than one to navigate the children's book industry, just because of a chance meeting at the New York conference for SCBWI back in February 2006. She has helped me shape my dummies, given tons of advice on my portfolio and connected me with oodles of new and fabulous people - as well as helped me stay motivated and focused.
Lastly, my mother who has mentored me in a different way but without her i wouldn't have the strength, determination and passion to pursue everything I am passionate about and that included my creative world. Thanks Mum!
And thank you - Pauline, Jacqui and Pat!!! You are all stars in my life.
(Links to the mentor web site to come)
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