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Barbara Spurll
Illustration, Canada Ontario Toronto
 
Tel: 416 594-6594
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Watercolour Portraits
Brief Summary
Barbara Spurll’s professional career began as a freelance illustrator with regular assignments from a variety of major North American newspapers and magazines.

Barbara's watercolour portraits feature economy of brushwork yet inticate detail. 
Clients
PARTIAL CLIENT LIST:

Scholastic Inc.
McDonald's
Christie Brown & Company
Ralston Purina
Time Inc.
National Wildlife Federation
Reader's Digest Children's Publishing Ltd.
Oxford University Press
National Academy Press
Sears
Harper Collins
Macleans
Chatelaine
Ontario Parks
Orca Book Publishers
Storck


 
Professional Experience
www.barbaraspurll.com
Awards and Recognition
AWARDS:

CAPIC Double Vision winning entry, 2015
CAPIC Double Vision winning entry, 2012
Chocolate Lily Award Nominee, 2007, Emma at the Fair
Maxwell Award, Humorous Art Category, 2006, Food Fight
Starred Our Choice Selection 2002, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Emma's Cold Day
2002 Shortlist, Ontario Library Association, Blue Spruce Award, Emma’s Cold Day
2002 Shortlist, Little Saplings Award, Emma's Cold Day
Silver Seal, 2001 Mr. Christie Book Award, Emma's Cold Day
Grand Prize, Ex aequo - 2000 Luxcanada, illustration, children's book, Emma and the Coyote
Silver Seal, 1999 Mr. Christie Book Award, Emma and the Coyote
Society of Illustrators 40th Annual Exhibition, International Category, Dinosaur in the Jungle
CAPIC Award of Merit, Self-promotion Category 1998, Dinosaur in the Jungle
Official Selection, 1995 Silver Birch Award, The Flying Tortoise
Florida Reading Association Children's Book Award, 1992, Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper!


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