Bio Contact: elena.kidsart@gmail.com
Elena Caravela, illustrator of the Moonbeam award winning The Birds of the Harbor, and Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education The Best Children’s Books of the Year’s inclusion of A Night of Tamales and Roses, received her B.F.A. from The School of Visual Arts. Ms. Caravela has worked as an illustrator and as a fine artist, and has received numerous corporate and private commissions. She has taught after-school art workshops in the public schools, as well as in her private studio, to help both children and adults recognize their talents. Ms. Caravela maintains a portrait studio and also produces a body of work, which appears in various group exhibits. She is a wife, the mother of two sons, and enjoys a busy life coaxing kitties to sleep somewhere other than atop her Wacom tablet.
On Children’s Books...
I very much enjoy spending time with children, teens,
and young adults, and I am ever so flattered that they seem to enjoy hanging out with me!
In an effort to keep up with my young friends as they grow, I look forward to illustrating for middle grade kids, teens, and young adults.
On the series, "Collective Nouns:"
"An Exultation of Artists" composed of Marguerite Brennan, Mary Watson and myself, visualized such evocative phrases as, "a murder of crows," "a knot of toads," and "a drift of hogs" in various mediums and styles. My contribution to this project is featured under the Collective Nouns area of the website.
Portraits
I welcome portrait commissions. Please contact me via email to discuss details.
