Nationality British/Australian Role Author Name Jeannie Baker | Genre Children's literature Period 1975–present Education University of Brighton | |
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Occupation Children's author and illustrator Awards AACTA Award for Best Short Animation Movies Where the Forest Meets the Sea, The Story of Rosy Dock Books Where the forest meets the, Window, The hidden forest, The story of rosy dock, Belonging Similar People Graeme Base, Pamela Allen, Mem Fox, Shaun Tan | ||
Iartist jeannie baker
Jeannie Baker was born in England (2 November 1950) and attended art college at Brighton Polytechnic before making her home in Australia in 1975 and becoming a children's picture book author and artist.
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- Iartist jeannie baker
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- Biography
- Works
- Exhibitions
- Film
- Awards and nominations
- References
Educ2703 s42294238 mirror by jeannie baker
Biography
Baker uses a variety of textures in her works. “When I can, I like to use textures from the actual materials portrayed, such as bark, feathers, cracked paint, earth, knitted wool and rusty tin… so that their natural textures become an integral part of the work.” Baker’s collages illustrate her picture books, but also stand individually as works of art. They are part of many public art collections and have been exhibited in galleries in London, New York and throughout Australia.
Baker is the author-artist of a number of award-winning picture books. Among them is Where The Forest Meets the Sea, a Boston Globe-Horn Honour Book, and the recipient of an International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour Award and a Friends of the Earth Award in Great Britain. Window was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in Great Britain and both Window and Mirror won the Children’s Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award. Baker is the IBBY Australian nominee for the prestigious 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration.
Her work focuses on a diverse range of issues including; family, society, sustainability, the environment, car-free urban spaces, urban sprawl, land degradation, introduced pests, Australian outback and wildlife.