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Before The Paint


Sarah Finnigan

  The Character In Context Show first opened in 2024 at the A. R. Mitchell Museum in Trinidad, Colorado, and becomes an annual show with it's return this coming May. The show is curated by fellow illustrator Elliot Lang, and has a unique focus on the process that goes into artists creating human-made, hand-crafted artwork. Each artwork is accompanied by an artifact of the preliminary process, hanging alongside the final. Starting this new painting during the…

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Illustrating Starling House


Rovina Cai

January 31, 2025 - Today I’m sharing my illustrations for Starling House by Alix E. Harrow! I’ve been a fan of Harrow’s work since illustrating a special edition of The Once and Future Witches a few years ago, so when I saw the announcement that she was writing a gothic novel, I was super excited! I was excited to read it because gothic romance is one of my favourite genres, but as is always the case when you are a book illustrator - I also wanted to illustrate it. I actually considered writing to the publisher to see if they needed a cover. But time passed, and because life got in the way (and also I was shy), I didn’t actually end up doing it. Imagine my delight a few months later when I got an email asking if…

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