Carson Ellis

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Carson Friedman Ellis (born October 5, 1975 in Vancouver , Canada ) is an American artist and writer from Portland (Oregon) . She is known for her illustrations of children's books and album covers . In 2016 she received a Caldecott Honor Award for her picture book Wazn Teez? ( English Du Iz Tak? ).

Career

Carson Ellis with her husband Colin Meloy on a book tour for Wildwood , 2011

Ellis began her artistic career (illustrations and drawings) studying painting at the University of Montana - Missoula . She made her first works of fine art in San Francisco . Ellis had his first solo exhibition of oil paintings in a gallery in San José, California . Her first illustrations were after the beginning of the relationship with the musician Colin Meloy , whom she met at the University of Montana, concert posters for his college band Tarkio. This was followed by further illustrative work for Meloy's indie folk band The Decemberists , for whom she has designed album covers, t-shirts , website elements, posters and stage sets since it was founded in 2001 . Their covers illustrate the Decemberists albums, Castaways and Cutouts (2002), Her Majesty the Decemberists (2003), The Crane Wife (2006), The Hazards of Love (2009) and What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World (2015) . There are also further EP and single covers . At the 2016 Grammy Awards , Ellis was nominated for Best Package Box or Limited Edition for her work on the What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World deluxe box set . She also created artworks for Laura Veirs and Weezer .

In addition to her artistic activities in music Ellis drew illustrations for the New York Times -Bestseller The Mysterious Benedict Society ( The Mysterious Benedict Society , 2007) by Trenton Lee Stewart and The Composer Is Dead (2009) by Lemony Snicket . In 2010 she won the Society of Illustrators Silver Medal for her work in Florence Parry Heide's Dillweed's Revenge: A Deadly Dose of Magic (2010).

Together with her husband Colin Meloy, Ellis published the young novel and New York Times bestseller Wildwood in 2011 - the first part of the fantasy novel series The Wildwood Chronicles . While Meloy was writing the text, Ellis designed the illustrations. A year later, the second part appeared, Wildwood - The Secret Under the Forest (Under Wildwood) and in 2014 with Wildwood: The Enchanted Prince (Wildwood Imperium) the final of the trilogy, for which she also received a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators. Ellis took inspiration for the artistic design from illustrators such as Pauline Baynes ( The Chronicles of Narnia ) and the drawings by Ernest Shepard in The Wind in the Willows .

In 2015 Ellis published with home (Home) her first picture book , in which she addition to the illustrations, also wrote the text. The book is about different houses around the world. In 2016 she published her second children's book, Wazn Teez? (You Iz Tak?) At Candlewick Press.

On October 24, 2017, the children's and youth book The Whiz Mob and the Grenadine Kid was published by Balzer + Bray together with Meloy .

At the end of November 2017, the board game Illimat by the game author Keith Baker and the band The Decemberists was published by Twogether Studios, which was illustrated by Ellis.

Personal

Carson Ellis is married to musician Colin Meloy, whom she met in college while designing the posters for his alternative country band Tarkio. She has two children with Meloy: Henry "Hank" Meloy and Milo Cannonball Meloy. Both parents speak openly about Hank's life with Asperger's Syndrome .

Works

As a writer and illustrator

As an illustrator

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rachael Maddux: Carson Ellis on The Decemberists: "I really did get sick to my stomach when I heard that line". In: paste. Paste Media Group, April 27, 2009, accessed March 28, 2017 .
  2. ^ A b Jeff Baker: Carson Ellis finds 'Home' with new children's book, art for the Decemberists. In: The Oregonian . Advance Publications , June 9, 2015, accessed March 31, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Melissa Ruggieri: Q&A Colin Meloy, author, and Carson Ellis, illustrator: Book 'was a true collaboration': Pair to address festival, talk about importance of storytelling . In: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Cox Enterprises , Atlanta September 1, 2011 (English).
  4. ↑ CHILDREN'S BEST SELLERS: PAPERBACK BOOKS: Sunday, August 16th 2009. In: The New York Times . The New York Times Company, August 16, 2009, accessed March 31, 2017 .
  5. ^ Children's Picture Books - April 5, 2009. In: The New York Times . The New York Times Company, April 5, 2009, accessed March 31, 2017 .
  6. ^ Carson Ellis (Silver Medal). In: societyillustrators.org. Society of Illustrators , 2010, accessed March 31, 2017 .
  7. ^ Children's Chapter Books - September 18, 2011. In: The New York Times . The New York Times Company, September 18, 2011, accessed March 31, 2017 .
  8. ↑ a b Stephen Heyman: A Dark Lyricist Turns to Tales For Children. In: The New York Times . The New York Times Company, October 11, 2011, accessed March 31, 2017 .
  9. ^ Carson Ellis (Silver Medal). In: societyillustrators.org. Society of Illustrators , 2014, accessed March 31, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Sergio Ruzzier: New Picture Books Create Strange but Believable Worlds. In: The New York Times . The New York Times Company, October 7, 2016, accessed March 31, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Sheldon Pearce: The Decemberists' Colin Meloy Announces New Book. In: Pitchfork . Condé Nast Verlag , February 8, 2017, accessed on March 31, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Illimat. In: BoardGameGeek . BoardGameGeek, LLC., Accessed December 20, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Illimat. In: illimat.com. Twogether Studios, accessed December 20, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Announcing: ILLIMAT. In: decemberists.com. The Decemberists , October 4, 2016, accessed December 20, 2017 .
  15. ↑ What was it like creating the art of Illimat? Facebook , October 31, 2016, accessed December 20, 2017 (English, video).
  16. ↑ Colin Meloy: Accord has been reached. Twitter , March 15, 2013, accessed March 31, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Baby Face. In: The New York Times . The New York Times Company, May 12, 2013, accessed March 31, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Ellis, Carson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friedman Ellis, Carson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American illustrator and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 5th October 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Vancouver , Canada