Coming from a family of artists, it was natural for Janice Fried to express herself visually. A graduate of Parson’s School of Design, Janice works in a multi- media style using watercolor, colored pencils, collage, pen and ink and a scratching technique. Her work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, advertising, book covers, children’s books, pop-up books, text books, card decks, greeting cards, CD covers and music books. Some of her clients have included: Hay House Publishers; The New York Times; Newsday; Scholastic; Ogilvy and Mather; NBC; Oxford University Press; Gannett Newspapers; and Highlights for Children. Although she considers herself a lifelong New Yorker, Janice Fried now lives in New Jersey with her husband and son. You can view her portfolio at janicefried.com.

Trisha Krauss is an American illustrator based in London. She began her career in New York City where she established herself as an award-winning illustrator. Her work has appeared in many publications, advertising campaigns and books. In New York she was known for her figurative illustrations that were painted on plywood. This style obtained recognition for its sophistication and wit. In London she has expanded stylistically by painting with watercolor and ink, and this offers her more versatility in subject matter. She is also commissioned regularly to hand-paint customized family portraits on Russian dolls and sells them to clients all over the world.

Hector, her beloved Weimaraner and muse, passed away over the summer, and she wants the universe—or at least any one who reads this—to know that he is devastatingly missed. Being without a muse is not amusing...not even a little bit.

You can contact Trisha at trisha@trishakrauss.com or see more of her work at trishakrauss.com.

Aimee Sicuro received a BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design. After experience working as a line designer for American Greetings and a Flash Animator for a once-budding dot-com in San Francisco, she packed her portfolio and headed to New York. Inspired by circumstance and in search of a new perspective, she took a job as a project manager and illustrator at a design firm in Soho. At Slover and Company she spent three years learning the business of art and the art of business. Currently, Aimee lives and works as a freelance illustrator in California where she rediscovers life every day on the vibrant streets of San Francisco. Whether she is running in Golden Gate Park or sketching at her favorite corner cafe, she never fails to return home with oodles of good material for her art and a renewed determination to live a creative life.

In college, Judy Stead majored in her two favorite subjects, reading and drawing, and has found this to be an endlessly useful combination over a creative career as teacher, designer, art director, artist and illustrator. Besides illustrating books for children, Judy’s art appears in other print media magazines, greeting cards, gift wrap and on paper partyware. And sometimes, in galleries and museum shops, when there’s time to do work that isn’t on assignment! She lives with her family in Charlotte, North Carolina, land of “Carolina Blue” sky and an incredibly beautiful springtime.

Louis St. Lewis was the perfect choice for The Eve Issue this month, as his celebrated mixed-media collages are frequently based on the intersection of mythology and religion. Andy Warhol commented that Louis’s work was “like Hieronymus Bosch meets MTV!” With over 30 national and international solo exhibitions to his credit, Louis’s creations are in the collections of such notables as HRH The Prince of Kuwait, Christian LaCroix, André Leon Talley and Oprah Winfrey. His artwork is also found in numerous museum collections, including the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Morris Museum and the Masur Museum. This fall, Louis teams up with Sean Yseult, artist and female bass player of White Zombie fame, for a collaborative show, “Pretty Babies,” at New Orleans’ Canary Gallery. For more information, visit myspace.com/louisstlewis or email louisstlewis@gmail.com.

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Lorraine Christie is a classically trained artist, who prefers to say that she is self-taught as it has taken her years of living to develop her constantly evolving art. 

Noted for her still-life paintings in luscious oils, Christie’s success started in her native Ireland and has spread world-wide, with her  works included in many private and corporate collections in Europe, the U.S., Japan and  the Republic of South Africa. 

Her most recent work, which includes evocative and abstracted figures, has been warmly welcomed by her Atlanta clients. Christie has had high-profile international exhibitions, including three shows at the W.H. Patterson Gallery in London’s Mayfair District, where her work caught the eye of HRH Prince Charles, who now owns two of her paintings. 

Most recently, two of her works were purchased by The Ulster Museum and Queens University.  She is represented by Huff Harrington Fine Art, in Atlanta.  For inquiries about her work, please call 404.257.0511 or visit the gallery’s website, at www.huffharrington.com.