Bite Bliss

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Illustrations by J. J. Grandville for The book by P.J.Stahl – “Public and Private Life of Animals”

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The artwork of Shaun Tan

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🎨P. J. Lynch (Patrick James Lynch), born in 1962 in Belfast
Irish artist and Illustrator of children's books.

Lynch's first illustrated book was A Bag of Moonshine by Alan Garner (1986), a collection of folklore tales from England and Wales.
In 1987, he was presented with the Mother Goose Award which recognises the "most exciting newcomer to British children's book illustration."

Since then, folklore and other traditional stories, legends, and fairytales, have been regular subjects in his work.

Susan Wojciechowski's book "The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey" has been considered a Christmas classic since selling out within three weeks of its first publication in 1995.
Lynch initially turned down the opportunity to illustrate the book, afraid he would not do it justice, but later changed his mind.
He dedicated himself so deeply to the story that he hired actors to help create a world he could put on paper.
The book won both Lynch's first Kate Greenaway Medal and his first Christopher Award.

According to WorldCat, more than 3,096 member libraries worldwide own at least one copy of Jonathan Toomey.

Lynch won his second Greenaway Medal in 1997 and his second Christopher Award in 1998 for illustrating 0When Jessie Came Across the Sea" by Amy Hest.
His third Christopher Award came from "Grandad's Prayers of the Earth" by Douglas Wood in 2009.
In 2014, he won the Bisto Book of the Year Honour Award for Illustration for "Mysterious Traveller" by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham.
He has also been nominated twice for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.
His most successful book "The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey" has sold more than a million copies in the United States alone.

Lynch illustrates using mainly watercolors and gouache and illustrations are considered painterly. They are typically colorful, detailed, and realistic and are lauded for their "exceptional range of texture and colour".

Each of Lynch's works begins with him reading and rereading the story until he gets a sense of what he wants to draw; he then produces rough sketches that he can later polish and turn into a final product.
He tries to avoid using too many digital programs "in case they get too slick" and, while he already has a distinctive, traditional style, he is open to trying new techniques such as the "charcoal and chalk rubbing" he did for "The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower".

P.J. Lynch was influenced by Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac in his early years, and later Maxfield Parrish, NC Wyeth, Norman Rockwell, Alan Lee, Gennady Spirin, and Brian Selznick.

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Jimmy Liao (b1958) is a Taiwanese illustrator .

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By Jessie Willcox Smith
‘Little Girl with Irises’ - 1930

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🎨Thomas Bossard is a French artist born in 1971 in Poitiers.

Trained at the Saint Luc School of Art in Belgium, he draws on his background in theater set design and porcelain artistry to create large, expressive works.
His paintings—often humorous and theatrical—delve into human nature and the insignificance of man. Influenced by masters such as Velázquez, Vermeer, and Rembrandt, Bossard works in solitude, accompanied by classical music.

Regardless of the subject matter, Bossard injects his works with humor and, as he hopes, optimism.

He has exhibited widely across France and the UK, including in Paris, Toulouse, London, and Edinburgh.

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She danced, and could not help dancing, from 'The Red Shoes' in an edition of 'Fairy Stories' by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75) 1920. Illustrated by Honor Charlotte Appleton.

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Artista
Jane Crowther

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The artwork of Darrell K. Sweet (1934–2011)

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Christian Birmingham. British illustrator.

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Taiwanese illustrator, Ivan Huang