CANSCAIP Members
 Barbara Spurll
Illustrator
160 Browning Ave.
Toronto, Ont.
M4K 1W5
Phone: 416-594-6594
Fax: 416-601-1010
Email: barbara@barbaraspurll.com
Web: http://www.barbaraspurll.com
Born: Dec.22, 1952. London, England
Married to David Sin. 2 children
Biography
Barbara's family traded the English fog for the wind-chill factor of Manitoba,Canada when she was three-and-a-half. She survived the winters and Cream of Wheat,eventually moving east to Toronto to study art at the Artists' Workshop, the New School of Art and George Brown College. Her career started with commissions for the Toronto Star and has branched into the advertising, institutional and publishing industries.
Barbara combines the natural quality of water-colour with the brilliance of dyes. She is known for portraying animals with captivating facial expressions and personality.
Published Works
Carolyn Jones, Theodora Bear, Orca Book Publishers, 2007
Steve Metzger, The Easter Bunny is Missing!, Scholastic Inc., 2007
Margriet Ruurs, Emma at the Fair, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2005
Kari Smalley Gibson, Mooki and the Too Proud Peacock,
Zondervan Publishing House, 2002
Elizabeth MacLeod, The Wright Brothers: A Flying
Start, Kids Can Press, 2002
Margriet Ruurs, Emma's Cold Day, Stoddart Kids, 2001
Kari Smalley Gibson, Mooki the Berry Bandit, Zondervan
Publishing House, 2001
Elizabeth MacLeod, Lucy Maud Montgomery: a writer's
life, Kids Can Press, 2001
May R. Berenbaum, Buzzwords, Joseph Henry Press, 2000
Margriet Ruurs, Emma and the Coyote, Stoddart Kids, 1999
Elizabeth MacLeod, Alexander Graham Bell: An inventive life, Kids Can Press, 1999
Margriet Ruurs, Emma's Eggs, Stoddart, 1996
Tololwa M. Mollel, The Flying Tortoise, Oxford University Press, 1994, Clarion Books, 1994
Betty Waterton, Mustard, Scholastic Canada, 1992
Tololwa M.Mollel, Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper!, Oxford University Press, 1991, Clarion Books, 1992
Awards
Maxwell Award (DWAA), Humorous Art Category, 2006, Food Fight
Dog Writers Association of America's Annual Writing Competition, 2005 Maxwell Award, Humorous Art Category - Food Fight
Starred Our Choice Selection 2002, Canadian Children's
Book Centre, Emma's Cold Day
Shortlist, 2001 Mr. Christie Book Award, Emma's Cold
Day
Shortlist, 2001/2002 Little Saplings Award, Emma's
Cold Day
Shortlist, Tiny Torgi Award, Emma and the Coyote
Grand Prize, Ex aequo, 2000 Luxcanada, Illustration, Children's Book, Emma and the Coyote
Shortlist, 1999 Mr. Christie Book Award, Emma and the Coyote
CAPIC Award of Merit, self promotion category 1998 - Dinosaur in 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!
First prize, Royal Ontario Museum ROMart Poster Competition, 1974
Available For
School, library and workshop visits-Grades 1 to 3
-Drawing animals and people.
School, library and workshop visits-Grades 4 to 6
-Coming up with better ideas for your pictures.
-Communicating better using pictorial symbols.
-Creating more dynamic compositions for your pictures.
-Drawing techniques and proportions of the body.
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