2001

Phyllis grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, had a very happy childhood and, of course, has been drawing since a very early age. The daughter of a CPA and computer programmer, Phyllis had always assumed she would follow the same path as her parents, but her interest in art tugged her in a different direction. In high school, she became interested in fantasy art and traditional animation. By the end of high school, her interests had shifted more toward graphic design and with much encouragement from family and friends, she set off to attend The Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) after graduating highschool in 1995.

At college, she was exposed to a wide variety of techniques, styles, and media after having spent a childhood of almost exclusively drawing in pencil. (Having to paint her very first painting in gouache proved to be a most daunting task!) After three years pursuing a double major in both Advertising Design and Illustration, Phyllis realized her true calling was in illustration. She dropped the ‘safety net’ that had been advertising and dove headlong into pursuing a career in children’s books.

In 1999, Phyllis graduated magna cum laude from CCAD with a BFA in Illustration. She immediately moved to New York where she pounded the pavement, dropping off portfolios with every children’s book publisher she could find. Like so many artists in the early stages of their careers, she had no luck finding work and received many a rejection letter. But, in her immense stubbornness, she refused to give up and continued to paint and send out promotional cards to publishers. By 2001, Phyllis had a fairly steady stream of freelance jobs that kept her busy on top of her day-job as a secretary. She soon relocated to Los Angeles and began working full-time as an illustrator. To date she has illustrated nine picture books as well as created art for various children’s magazines and educational publishers. She currently resides in Rockwall, Texas with her husband, Chris, who works as a video game artist and their cat, Bramble, who acts as her day-to-day supervisor. When she’s not hard at work painting (which is not often), she can be found hiking, browsing bookstores, reading, watching anime, and occasionally playing video games.

http://phyllishornungpeacock.com/

Jack TIA Kee Woon
An innovative artist who extends the acrylic medium to a new arena.
His artworks bring out the vibrancy of acrylic medium while not losing the freshness and transparency of traditional watercolour. His choice of colours and delicate execution of the medium make his approach very suitable for complex landscape subject ***. In short, Jack Tia has reinvented watercolour with acrylic medium.
Building from his strong design concepts, Jack loves to work with square format instead of rectangle. The square, being a contemporary scale, transforms classical subjects like Singapore streets, heritage buildings, Chinatown and Singapore river into their fresh new look. He reinvents water media and his media reinvents Singapore landscapes.

Jack TIA and his awards
National Day Exhibition (Singapore)
1982 to 1998 Asian Watercolour Exhibition (Thailand, China, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore)
1979 First prize On The Spot Art competition by Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore)
1979 Singapore Scene Art Award Conference Hall (Singapore)
1980
First prize On The Spot Art competition by Nanyang Siang Pau (Singapore)
1982 14th Youth Art Exhibition (Singapore)
1983 IBM Art Award (Singapore) 1982 14th Youth Art Exhibition (Singapore)
1995 The President's Watercolour Selections Exhibition (Singapore)
1996 Asian International Watercolour Paintings (Taiwan)
2001 The Outstanding Watercolour Painting Award, SWS (Singapore)
2003 NAC Visual Art Tour Exhibition (Singapore)
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