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Contact Information

First Name
Judy
Last Name
Stead
Street Address
626 Boyce Road
City
Charlotte
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip/Postal Code
28211
personal web address
http://www.judystead.com
type of art work
mixed media, digital and traditional media, gouache, acrylic, collage, stylized, contemporary, edgy, textured, painterly
Published Works
trade children's books:, THE PINK PARTY, 2011, THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IN NORTH CAROLINA, 2009- author and illustrator, SUMMER WONDERS, 2009, SNOWY, BLOWY WINTER, 2008, WHO LOVES THE FALL, 2007, SPRING THINGS, 2007, ISABEL'S CARWASH, 2007, BEST FRIENDS ON WHEELS, 2007, MAKE ME A PRINCESS, 2007, HALLOWEEN MAKES ME BATTY, 2006, THE PRINCESS AND HER BEST FRIEND, 2005, MISTER SUN, 2004
phone number
704 877 5988
Bio

My freelance illustration career actually began in fourth grade, raking in playground quarters from friends who commissioned me to draw horses. Later, in college, I majored in my two favorite subjects, reading and drawing, a good combination for working as (sequentially) teacher, graphic designer, art director, illustrator, author, and painter. My last real job title was Sr. Interactive Designer for a top secret early-internet company in Cambridge, MA. I liked to say I was a construction worker on the Information Superhighway.

I live with my family in Charlotte NC where my "treetop" studio overlooks some of Mother Nature's wildest work. My imagery appears in books, magazines, institutional and corporate publications, and licensed surface design.

The Adobe Illustrator CS WOW! Books series features my art in the 2010‚ 2006, and 2004 editions. My creative work has been recognized with honors by Print Magazine's Regional Design Annual, Art Director's Club, and Bookbuilders of Boston. In favorable reviews from The Horn Book Guide, School Library Journal, Booklist, and Kirkus Reviews, my illustration has been called "exuberant, joyful, vibrant, lively, inviting, vivid, energetic, expressive".

I've illustrated a dozen children's trade books, and THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IN NORTH CAROLINA, credits me as author/illustrator.