Holly Meade (b. Winchester, Massachusetts, September 14, 1956 - d. June 28, 2013) was an American artist best known for her woodblock prints and for her illustrations for children's picture books.[1][2]
Holly Meade | |
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| Born | September 14, 1956 Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | June 28, 2013 (aged 56) |
| Occupation |
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| Education | Rhode Island School of Design (AB) |
| Children | 2 |
Meade's illustrations for Hush!: A Thai Lullaby (1996, Orchard Books,) by Minfong Ho won a 1997 Caldecott Honor for illustration.[3]
John Willy and Freddy McGee (Marshall Cavendish, 1998,) which Meade both wrote and illustrated, was an honoree for the Charlotte Zolotow Award for Creative Writing.[1]
Biography
editMeade was the daughter of Russell and Joanne Meade of Winchester, Massachusetts. She earned her A.B. from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1978.[1] She lived in Sedgwick, Maine and had two children, Jenny and Noah Smick.[1][4][5]
Career
editMeade worked in "drawing, collage, printmaking, basket making, and fabric design."[1] In 1992, she illustrated her first of many children's picture books, an endeavor that she called "the other focus of my work life".[1] She began to work in woodblock printing in 2002, following a workshop with printmaker Hester Stinnett at the Haystack Mountain School.[1][6] Some of her prints are in the permanent collection of the Portland Museum of Art.[6]
Woodblock prints illustrate some of her later picture books, including David Elliott’s series that includes On the Farm (Candlewick, 2008), In the Wild (2010) and In the Sea (2012).[1]
Children's books
editShe used torn paper to illustrate the 1997 book Cocoa Ice, which was given a Lupine Award by the Maine Library Association. Meade describe the challenge of illustrating the parallel story with, "pictures where a tropical place and warm palette must go hand in hand with a bare landscape and cool palette."[7]
Her book John Willy and Freddy McGee was a 1999 Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book.[8]
Selected bibliography
editThe follow is a selection of some of the works Meade published.[9]
Author and Illustrator
edit2001 A Place to Sleep
2001 The Rabbit's Bride by the Brother's Grimm
2003 John Willy and Freddy McGee
2005 Inside, Inside, Inside
Illustrator
edit1996 Hush!: A Thai Lullaby by Minfong Ho
1997 Cocoa Ice by Diana Appelbaum
2004 Blue Bowl Down by C. M. Millen
2004 Peek!: A Thai Hide-and-Seek by Minfong Ho
2005 Hop! by Phyllis Root
2005 Quack! by Phyllis Root
2005 Rata-Pata-Scata-Fata: A Caribbean Story by Phillis Gershator
2007 Sky Sweeper by Phillis Gershator
2007 Virginnie's Hat by Dori Chacaonas
2008 On the Farm by David Elliott
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h Peterson, Karyn (5 July 2013). "Holly Meade, Artist and Kids' Book Author-Illustrator, Dies at 56". School Library Journal. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ Weaver, Jacqueline (8 July 2013). "Printmaker Holly Meade dies at 56". Ellsworth American. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938–present". American Library Association. 30 November 1999. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ "Holly Meade". Newburyport News. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ Peterson, Karyn M. (6 July 2013). "Holly Meade, Artist and Kids' Book Author/Illustrator, Dies at 56". School Library Journal. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Holly Meade: Woodblock Prints". USM Libraries. University of Southern Maine. 7 October 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ "Cocoa Ice" a delightful treat Well-illustrated book charts course of two girls' connection, Julia Emily Hathaway, Bangor Daily News, 12 Sep 1998.
- ^ "Holly Meade (1956–2013)". Courthouse Gallery Fine Art. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Meade, Holly (1956 - 2013)". Maine State Library. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
