Linda Lee - Illustrator
I, Linda Lee, was born in England in 1950 and grew up in Staines, a London suburb on the river Thames.
In the sixties I attended Guildford and Farnham Schools of Art, where I studied painting and sculpture. I came to live in Holland in 1972 and worked as an occupational therapist but what I really wanted to become was an Illustrator. In 1978 I applied for a place at the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and graduated from the Illustration department in 1983. My tutors were Waldemar Post, Lidia Postma and The Tjong-King. In our graduation year Gitte Spee, Gertie Jaquet, Alex de Wolff, Annemarie van Haeringen and I, wanting to continue working together and giving each other much needed moral support, launched The Illustration Studio. Waldemar Post described us as The WAT Studio: Working Apart Together.
In 1988 I left the Illustration studio when my daughter, Lisa, was born and continued illustrating from home.
In the last twenty-two years I've illustrated for many publishers here in Holland:
Jacob Dijkstra - Groningen, EPN - Houten, Gooi en Sticht - Hilversum, VNU - Haarlem, Geillustreerde Pers - Amsterdam, Malmberg - Den Bosch, Meulenhoff - Amsterdam, Ravensburger - Amersfoort, Thieme-Zutphen, Unieboek - Weesp, Wolters Noordhoff - Groningen and Zwijsen - Tilburg
Since last year I share a new studio with my journalist husband, Hans Frederiks.
You can find The Fredlee's weblog at: www.thefredlees.com
Projects that I'm promoting here on my site are:
Nursery paintings:
Especially designed to the wishes of parents and child. My first painting for Mikala's nursery incorporated her favourite cuddly toys and lots of touchy-feely and mirrored elements.
Not Published:
Mitch Match, about a family of matches, a story I wrote for 8 year olds.
Please email me for more information by clicking on the letterbox at my 'Home' page or clicking here!