Scott Tulloch

Scott was born in Wellington in 1966, but now lives in the Wairarapa. A self-taught artist, he works in a variety of styles and mediums, from highly realistic wildlife in watercolour to wacky pen and ink cartoons.

Scott began drawing at a young age and initially aspired to become a cartoonist. His interest in art took a lengthy hiatus during his teenage years and did not resurface until his mid twenties whilst he was in the UK.

En-route back to New Zealand Scott detoured via tropical North Queensland where he spent four years establishing himself as an artist and illustrator. Notable amongst his many commissions were his murals of tropical reef and mangrove environments for the Queensland Dept of Environment and Heritage.

In 1997 Scott returned to New Zealand to take up position as Artist in Residence at the Hermitage, Mount Cook, in the central South Island and in 1999 established his own art gallery, The Martinborough Gallery and Studio, in the country town of Martinborough where he now resides.

Scott has successfully published many of his artworks as fine art prints and cards, including his very popular cartoon series, A Vineyard Year at the Frolicking Pig Estate, which has been distributed throughout New Zealand, Australia, the UK, the USA and Canada.

In 2004 Scott decided to concentrate on his main interest of illustrating books, and set about writing a number of childrens’ book and graphic novel ideas which he then sent to the major publishing companies in New Zealand. HarperCollins picked up on one of his manuscripts, a children’s story about a serious toddler with a crazy dad –Willy’s Dad. This was to be the beginning of a long and fruitful relationship between Scott and HarperCollins.

Selected bibliography:

• Willy’s Dad (HarperCollins 2007).
• Willy’s Mum (HarperCollins 2008).
• Echo and Hush text by VM Jones (HarperCollins 2008).
• Willy’s Grandpa (HarperCollins 2008).
• The Naughtiest Puppy text by VM Jones (HarperCollins 2009).
• Piggy Pogget (HarperCollins 2009).
• Young MacDonald Had a Farm text by Anna Crosbie (HarperCollins 2009).
• Sammy Goes to the World Cup text by Michele Cox (HarperCollins 2010).
• Young MacDonald Goes to the Show text by Anna Crosbie (HarperCollins 2010).
• On the Road to Tuapeka text by Ben Brown (Scholastic 2011).
• Tom & the Dragon text by Juliette MacIver (Scholastic 2011).

Awards:

Storylines Notable Books 2012 Picture Book list for Tom & the Dragon.

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