The illustrator Katy May Green had an artist’s talk and it
was big pleasure to attend it.
Green, K. M. (2014) Seen and not Heard. London, Walker
Books.
The artist had presented for an audience her picture book ‘’Seen
and not Heard’’ and shared thoughts about her career, and an illustration process.
The fairy tale had been published as the artist début in 2014 opening a big promise for a
good Katy’s start on the way of pursuing the art of the illustration.
The illustrator Katy May green launched the talk reciting ‘’Seen
and not Heard’ fairy tale about children who live in picture on the wall and
are seen but nobody hears them.
The visual story about twins sisters has some reflexes to
Lewis Carroll ‘’Alice in Wonderland’’ accordingly to similarities to its tale
genre, covering a paradox and nonsense poetics.
There have been drawn perfect girls who hold not only
positive sides, but something ‘nasty’, hidden from bare eyes. It would be said
that the inspiration of the artist’s Katy May came from observing portraits in
museums, galleries, old houses for the visual story. Looking at the perfection of girls in
paintings at the Oxford Art museum, the illustrator caught an idea to make her ‘’Seen
but not Heard’ story allowing for herself to think how much in common children today
have with children from the past. Thus comes the answer that the young
generation representing youth never changes own self spirit itself: children
are furious, restless, full of pouring creativity and very natural in all ages
and centuries.
Katy May Green had shown her drawings sketches and detailed
storyboard. To get the right image, the illustrator drew many versions,
changing again and again the appearance of the particular image since a pleased
results. An example of unremitting research for an appropriate visual version
might call us to work hard to gain not only experience, but also bring a direct
talk with selective publishers for their willingness to accommodate a visual
story of the unknown artist in the competitive illustration market.
The artist graduated as the art historian and gained the
Master of Arts of Children Book Illustration in Cambridge School of Art. She highlighted
that knowing the art history and the admin work where she had worked, gave a
good ‘kick’ to change the field of activities and follow dreams to become truth
in picture book genre. Observing given statements, there might be realized the importance
of reading books about the history of art to expand cognition for gaining skills
in illustration.
Katy May has got strong, beautiful classical values and might
be the good example of the ‘right women’ saying about her absolute charm.
Romantic, with links to Victorian age, really feminine, with a lot gentle optimism,
old-fashioned in the positive way, she has a beautiful personality and great
potential for the picture book illustrator career. Let’s wish her blossom opening
bloom and make a lot capturing picture books!
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