wow, i just found the blog of this amazing illustrator named
Joanna Concejo. none of her websites come up when you do a regular search of her name, but i was looking at some google images and clicked on one to find her blog!
it appears that she is french, (correction: she is polish! but currently resides in france. thanks M.!) and
it is hard to find her books translated into english *there are none of her books translated into english!* but i will have to find one just for the illustrations. i'm not sure if she has a formal website or just her blog, but either way i'm glad that i found it. i hope you've been inspired.
Oh, Joanna Concejo is just wonderful! I was lucky enough to chat with her at a Book Fair near Paris a few months ago, I wrote about it here:
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She is actually Polish but lives in France now — though she has been published in a number of countries, none of her books are in English (yet!). But it doesn't matter — it's her images that count.
PS. Nice blog you got here!
thank you M.! thanks for the link and letting me see your blog and wonderful artwork. i wish i could go on an international hunt for children's books! there are so many wonderful illustrators out there.
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to thank you for the post, I was researching her and it was useful to find her blog =)
ReplyDeletejust bought myself one of her books... and I´m soooooo in love with her work!!! I got the one called "Grand et Petit" it´s beautiful... I´m about to post about her in my blog... love yours btw... :D
ReplyDeleteOQO publishes her books in English:
ReplyDeleteHere are the links (if they don't work, click on images #8 and #21):
http://oqo.es/editora/en/home?html=1&page=7&html=1
http://oqo.es/editora/en/home?html=1&page=20&html=1
thanks for that info, nino. this is great news!
ReplyDeleteHi all
ReplyDeleteI know her, she was my school friend since grade 1. Her real name is Asia Iwankowicz. She was top of art class in grade 7 and 8. Very humble person and very talented artist. Her work is very different than any other illustration artist I have seen before and I have to say I like it. Very unique and that's what makes her stand out. I am proud of her and I wish her the best in her life.