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Susan Convery Foltz
Illustrator Susan Convery Foltz is an accomplished watercolorist. She prides herself on capturing the personality and spirit of her subjects. She has many years experience as a portrait artist specializing in realistic portrayal of children, dogs, cats and horses in brilliant, juicy color.
In 2007, Susan illustrated the book “Thirty Dirty Sailors and the girl who went a-whaling”. A true story of a Martha's Vineyard girl in the 1800's who lived for three years aboard her father's whaling ship and kept a journal that survives today at the Vineyard Museum. Matthew Stackpole, executive director of the museum introduces the history behind the story.
It’s a story every child will love - imagining themselves up in the masts, on the decks as the thirty really grimy sailors bring in the whales and below deck with their family in a strange but wonderful "home". The story is told in song and in 48 pages of beautifully detailed pictures and it includes a sing-along CD.
"This engaging book seduces its audience of two to eight year olds" - Martha's Vineyard Times
“Rare view into life aboard a whaling ship and an even rarer glimpse from a child’s perspective. “– Vineyard Gazette
Thirty Dirty Sailors is Susan’s first children’s book and she is looking forward to illustrating many more. She is really enjoying the character development and design process. She would love to illustrate a cookbook, a story with fun animal and human characters, greeting cards and she is open to lots of suggestions.
Susan prides herself on her professionalism and business sense. She has a degree in business from Georgetown University and many years in the business world. Her first love has always been art and combining art and business is her dream. She studied art at Syracuse University, the School of the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, MA and privately for the past 12 years in Florida. All of her paintings are hand drawn and hand painted.
Susan is a native of Martha's Vineyard, MA who now resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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