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Laura Shallcrass

Laura Shallcrass is an award winning illustrator and author who creates artwork for publishing, packaging and editorial. She works in gouache, oil, graphite and digital media.

Laura’s passion is to create artworks which celebrate natures’ beauty, with the aim of emphasising our duty as caretakers of the natural world. Thematically, her personal work has recently focused on mental health, preservation of the environment and female power. Her storytelling uses a quiet poetry which leaves the reader to discern their own meanings based on their unique perspectives, with multiple visual narratives and hidden details a signature of her work.

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Selected bibliography:

  • Hare & Kunekune’s Moonlight Mission (Beatnik Publishing)
  • What Colour is the Sky? (Beatnik Publishing)
  • Hare & Ruru: A Quiet Moment  (Beatnik Publishing 2021)

Awards:

  • Winner 2021 Russell Clark Award for Illustration  New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults for Hare & Ruru: A Quiet Moment
  • Finalist 2021, Picture Book Award, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults for Hare & Ruru: A Quiet Moment
  • Finalist 2021, Best First Book Award, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults forHare & Ruru: A Quiet Moment
  • New Zealand  Booklovers Awards 2021, Highly Commended for Hare & Ruru: A Quiet Moment
  • Publishers Association of New Zealand Book Design Awards, Finalist 2021 for Hare & Ruru: A Quiet Moment
  • Storylines Notable Picture Book Award 2021 for Hare & Ruru: A Quiet Moment
  • Red Book Art Prize, 2013

Other Resources:

Website: www.laurashallcrass.co.nz

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