As an award winning illustrator her work has been described as whimsical, clever and visually engaging. Whether creating detailed and precise images or simple, loose, spontaneous work she always aims to coax a smile – knowing, cheerful or wry – a more intense feeling or a better understanding of her subject . As an illustrator every project is a new challenge to communicate an idea in its most interesting and appealing visual form.

After training as a traditional artist at Toronto’s Central Technical School in an intensive 3 year, post secondary, special art program, she began her career with pen and ink, painting and then collage work. Years later this segued into the digital realm where she now draws, paints and collages using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, approaching her work from a painter’s perspective.

KAth has developed an expert hand and eye for lettering work and enjoys the process of building words into pleasing and legible forms to elevate the aesthetic and message of the surrounding work.

EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION:

The Baffler, Avenue Magazine, In Style, Seventeen, Toronto Life, Saturday Night, Cottage Life, Owl, West, Vancouver, Western Living, LA, Out, Outside, Avenue, Cottage Life, Explore, Canadian Business, BC Business, CA, Canadian Aviator, Mountain Life, Canadian Yachting, Flare, Gasp, V Magazine, Urban Reader Magazine, Globe and Mail, San Francisco Chronicle, Vancouver Province

AGENCY WORK

Herrainco, Wasserman and Partners, J. Walter Thompson Advertising, McCann Erickson Advertising, Michael Stokley Design Associates, Arlene Cotter-Designer Esprit de corp United Airlines Claudia Schiffer Swimsuit Calendar

CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION:

Worms for Breakfast: How to Feed a Zoo Owl Books 2016 Junior Library Guild selection https://shop.owlkids.com/collections/nonfiction/products/worms-for-breakfast?variant=20208747649

Chitchat: Celebrating the World’s Languages Kidscan Press 2013 2014 - Best Books of the Year for Children and Young Adults - Outstanding Merit, Bank Street Children's Book Committee, Winner 2014 - Information Book Award, The Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada, Long-listed 2013 - Lane Anderson Award, Short-listed http://www.kidscanpress.com/products/chitchat

You are Weird, Your Body's Peculiar Parts and Funny Functions, Kidscan Press 2009 Junior Library Guild selection 2010 - Hackmatack Award, Short-listed 2010 - Silver Birch, Ontario Library Association, Short-listed 2010 - Information Book Award, Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada, Short-listed 2010 - Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Winner http://www.kidscanpress.com/products/you-are-weird

AWARDS:

1987 Western Magazine Awards Gold

1989 Art Directors Club of Toronto Merit

1990 Art Directors Club of Toronto Gold

1990 Art Directors Club of Toronto Merit

1991 National Magazine Awards Gold

1991 National Magazine Awards Silver

1991 Western Magazine Awards Gold

1991 Lotus Awards Gold

1993 National Magazine Awards Gold

1994 Applied Arts Magazine Awards Merit

1994 Adv. and Design Club of Canada Gold

1994 National Magazine Awards Gold

1995 Adv. and Design Club of Canada Merit

1996 CAPIC Bronze