{"id":5073,"date":"2014-11-26T11:06:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T00:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/?p=5073"},"modified":"2014-11-26T11:06:03","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T00:06:03","slug":"the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/","title":{"rendered":"The Visual Economy – how important are illustrations in picture books?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Georgia, a student at the CATC Design School<\/a> was working on an article on \u2018The Visual Economy\u2019 exploring importance of illustrations in children\u2019s books verses the written story. In her article she wrote, (quote) \u201cThey say \u2018a picture is worth a 1000 words\u2019 <\/em>is becoming more and more relevant in today\u2019s society as the world we live in becomes more and more visual. Research (*) <\/a>has shown that 80% of people remember what they see and do, compared to only 20% of people who remember what they read. These days, 93% of communication is non-verbal but visual, and this is a current trend in children\u2019s books.\u201d (end quote) Georgia emailed me asking what I thought on this topic and the article in question. This was an email I thought needed a considered response as it is a hot topic in the industry and was recently raised at the SCBWI<\/a> Conference in Sydney this year. I wrote back and added some of the points below:<\/p>\n

I believe the illustrations engage the children for a longer period of time and add additional layers one story. As an Illustrator I know the responsibility this entails. We have to illustrate images that capture and hold the attention of a child so they will want to re-read a book over and over again. We illustrate a moment in time but also leaving something to the imagination. We also have to manipulate a page turn, illustrating curiosity for the next page and next part of the story. If executed well, a wordless picture book will stand alone as does a good story. Maybe the question remains \u2026 what appeals to children of this visual age more?<\/p>\n

Sacrificial text<\/h2>\n

An author\u2019s words are often culled to make way for an illustration or sometimes altered. An illustration not only tells the original story but also adds additional dimension. Are the illustrations in a picture book of most importance? I personally believe so and many illustrators would agree with me. I am both an author and illustrator and I believe picture books rely on the illustrations to not only entertain the child (and adult) reader but draw a buyer into a purchase. Not many books would fly off the selves without a good cover or inside illustrations in the children\u2019s market.<\/p>\n

Page turn<\/h2>\n

The spread above is a page from one of my latest picture books, Better Than A Superhero<\/em> <\/a>written by Belinda Francis. It is a good example of how I had to think outside the clique of biblical imagery to invent something that was fresh and that a child would relate to. I didn’t want to produce yet another Christian book filled with predictable biblical imagery. Sometime it is relevant but let’s be original where possible! I chose to illustrate the story through the eyes of a child. I used the little boy’s toys as he tells the story and here we see him in a gallery wondering about the big picture; who created the universe and how incredible they must be. The text and image leaves the child wondering what is on the next page.<\/p>\n

Georgia’s article is an interesting topic. In this industry, too often authors are celebrated above the illustrators for the publication of a picture book, the illustrator sometimes barley acknowledged. We are always a second credit on a cover, sometimes a smaller credit and something even removed! It is a bone of contention in the industry and was raised at a recent conference by a well-known and popular illustrator. A picture book is a collaboration of the story idea and the image that bring it to full visual life. Illustrations are imperative when creating a picture book, but like you point out (Georgia expressed in her article), a picture book can stand alone with illustrations and no text and create a wonderful adventure. It is after all \u2013 a picture book.<\/p>\n

Inspiration for the imagination<\/h2>\n

A text story is reliant on the child\u2019s imagination and literacy skills or a parental reader but a wordless picture book is an independent reading experience, uninterrupted or interfered. They can give a child a feeling of empowerment and build their imagination. The child is invited to investigate what the illustrator sees and imagine for themselves.<\/p>\n

I have a growing collection of wordless picture books. It is my intention to publish a wordless picture book in the near future. I have one written and fleshed out ready. These are what I consider purist picture books. They have their entitled position on my bookshelf where I consider them as artisan books.<\/p>\n

It is a good question though. It shouldn\u2019t be a matter of superiority or pride, but of creating a wonderful experience for a child solely with illustrations, story or in collaboration.<\/p>\n

And of course there are other creative things children can do with books…<\/p>\n

\"child<\/a><\/p>\n

(*) Research reference: https:\/\/www.wyzowl.com\/blog\/power-visual-communication-infographic\/<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Georgia, a student at the CATC Design School was working on an article on \u2018The Visual Economy\u2019 exploring importance of illustrations in children\u2019s books verses the written story. In her article she wrote, (quote) \u201cThey say \u2018a picture is worth a 1000 words\u2019 is becoming more and more relevant in today\u2019s society as the world […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[51],"tags":[21,22,43],"class_list":["post-5073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3-blog-categories","tag-childrens-books","tag-childrens-illustration","tag-picture-book-illustration"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Visual Economy - how important are illustrations in picture books? - Kayleen West Fine Art<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Visual Economy - how important are illustrations in picture books? - Kayleen West Fine Art\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Georgia, a student at the CATC Design School was working on an article on \u2018The Visual Economy\u2019 exploring importance of illustrations in children\u2019s books verses the written story. In her article she wrote, (quote) \u201cThey say \u2018a picture is worth a 1000 words\u2019 is becoming more and more relevant in today\u2019s society as the world […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kayleen West Fine Art\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PlayfessionalEDU\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-11-26T00:06:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dummy-page-turn-example.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kayleen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kayleen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kayleen\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cde72f8402bfbf30888435a4f8636ed3\"},\"headline\":\"The Visual Economy – how important are illustrations in picture books?\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-26T00:06:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":828,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Dummy-page-turn-example.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"children's books\",\"childrens illustration\",\"picture book illustration\"],\"articleSection\":[\"BLOG\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Visual Economy - how important are illustrations in picture books? - Kayleen West Fine Art\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Dummy-page-turn-example.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-26T00:06:03+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Dummy-page-turn-example.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Dummy-page-turn-example.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667,\"caption\":\"Children's book illustration: Picture book, Better Than A Superhero. Publisher: Even Before Publishing\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Visual Economy – how important are illustrations in picture books?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kayleen West Fine Art\",\"description\":\"Art That Illuminates Life\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Kayleen West Fine Art\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/PF-logo-2020-01.png?fit=5031%2C4941&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/PF-logo-2020-01.png?fit=5031%2C4941&ssl=1\",\"width\":5031,\"height\":4941,\"caption\":\"Kayleen West Fine Art \"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/PlayfessionalEDU\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/artkayleenwest\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/kayleenwest\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/kayleenwest\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com.au\\\/artkayleenwest\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC9uwlKmWTsFKS5DIJvzz-Tw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cde72f8402bfbf30888435a4f8636ed3\",\"name\":\"Kayleen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/358441ddd7249a614b999022a87c8a491bb7a26b67eeb7f754ec71ef92a0ef55?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/358441ddd7249a614b999022a87c8a491bb7a26b67eeb7f754ec71ef92a0ef55?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/358441ddd7249a614b999022a87c8a491bb7a26b67eeb7f754ec71ef92a0ef55?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kayleen\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\\\/portfolio\\\/author\\\/kayleen\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Visual Economy - how important are illustrations in picture books? - Kayleen West Fine Art","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Visual Economy - how important are illustrations in picture books? - Kayleen West Fine Art","og_description":"Georgia, a student at the CATC Design School was working on an article on \u2018The Visual Economy\u2019 exploring importance of illustrations in children\u2019s books verses the written story. In her article she wrote, (quote) \u201cThey say \u2018a picture is worth a 1000 words\u2019 is becoming more and more relevant in today\u2019s society as the world […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/","og_site_name":"Kayleen West Fine Art","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PlayfessionalEDU\/","article_published_time":"2014-11-26T00:06:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dummy-page-turn-example.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kayleen","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kayleen","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/"},"author":{"name":"Kayleen","@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/#\/schema\/person\/cde72f8402bfbf30888435a4f8636ed3"},"headline":"The Visual Economy – how important are illustrations in picture books?","datePublished":"2014-11-26T00:06:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/"},"wordCount":828,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dummy-page-turn-example.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1","keywords":["children's books","childrens illustration","picture book illustration"],"articleSection":["BLOG"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/","name":"The Visual Economy - how important are illustrations in picture books? - Kayleen West Fine Art","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dummy-page-turn-example.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1","datePublished":"2014-11-26T00:06:03+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dummy-page-turn-example.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dummy-page-turn-example.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1","width":1000,"height":667,"caption":"Children's book illustration: Picture book, Better Than A Superhero. Publisher: Even Before Publishing"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/the-visual-economy-how-important-are-illustrations-in-picture-books\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Visual Economy – how important are illustrations in picture books?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/","name":"Kayleen West Fine Art","description":"Art That Illuminates Life","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/#organization","name":"Kayleen West Fine Art","url":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PF-logo-2020-01.png?fit=5031%2C4941&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PF-logo-2020-01.png?fit=5031%2C4941&ssl=1","width":5031,"height":4941,"caption":"Kayleen West Fine Art "},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PlayfessionalEDU\/","https:\/\/x.com\/artkayleenwest","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kayleenwest\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kayleenwest","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com.au\/artkayleenwest","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC9uwlKmWTsFKS5DIJvzz-Tw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/#\/schema\/person\/cde72f8402bfbf30888435a4f8636ed3","name":"Kayleen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/358441ddd7249a614b999022a87c8a491bb7a26b67eeb7f754ec71ef92a0ef55?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/358441ddd7249a614b999022a87c8a491bb7a26b67eeb7f754ec71ef92a0ef55?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/358441ddd7249a614b999022a87c8a491bb7a26b67eeb7f754ec71ef92a0ef55?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Kayleen"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au"],"url":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/author\/kayleen\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dummy-page-turn-example.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4FVY3-1jP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6853,"url":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/books-that-build-in-hard-places\/","url_meta":{"origin":5073,"position":0},"title":"Books that build in hard places.","author":"Kayleen","date":"September 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Empowering others through imagination Anyone can choose to encourage or build others in helpful ways but sometimes imagination is needed to harvest additional opportunities. Accompanying a servant\u2019s heart is a mind that will seek to discover ideas that will influence positively often enhancing the life of others. Creative people have\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "BLOG"","block_context":{"text":"BLOG","link":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/category\/3-blog-categories\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Celia and Nonna. Children's Book Illustration by Kayleen West","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages20-21-CELIA-NONNA-circle01.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages20-21-CELIA-NONNA-circle01.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages20-21-CELIA-NONNA-circle01.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5131,"url":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/overview-of-a-very-creative-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":5073,"position":1},"title":"Overview of a VERY Creative Year!","author":"Kayleen","date":"January 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"1000 apologies! I neglected posting in December but at least I backed off at a time your inbox would have been bombarded with Christmas promotions and copious amounts of reading anyway. But I\u2019m back and charged for 2015! This year is going to ROCK! I can feel it with every\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "ART ILLUSTRATION & DESIGN"","block_context":{"text":"ART ILLUSTRATION & DESIGN","link":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/category\/art-illustration-design\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Surface design whale and creativity quote.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014-12-18_whale-01.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014-12-18_whale-01.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014-12-18_whale-01.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4471,"url":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/contemporary-childrens-book-artists-melbourne-display\/","url_meta":{"origin":5073,"position":2},"title":"Contemporary Children’s Book Artists Melbourne Display","author":"Kayleen","date":"June 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Children's Book Illustration Exhibition I will be joining the following illustrators in a display in July at the Hill of Content Bookshop where we will have our books and illustrations on display and for sale for 2 weeks only. Illustrators: Kim fleming, Vince Agostino, Kayleen West, Annie White, Ben Wood,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "BLOG"","block_context":{"text":"BLOG","link":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/category\/3-blog-categories\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Lucky 13 Contemporary Exhibition of Children's' book illustrators. Hill of Content Bookshop Melbourne.Kim fleming, Vince Agostino, Kayleen West, Annie White, Ben Wood, Karen Erasmus, Sara Acton, Adam Carruthers, Mandy Foot, Rhiannon Mowat, Mitch Vane, Shane McGowan, Nicky Johnston","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sign-for-HoC.jpg?fit=1000%2C707&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sign-for-HoC.jpg?fit=1000%2C707&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sign-for-HoC.jpg?fit=1000%2C707&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sign-for-HoC.jpg?fit=1000%2C707&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2099,"url":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/childrens-toys-in-better-than-a-superhero\/","url_meta":{"origin":5073,"position":3},"title":"Children’s toys in Better Than A Superhero","author":"Kayleen","date":"April 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This week Belinda Francis and I are celebrating the release of our book Better Than A Superhero. I have to say the the response to this new release has been pretty positive already. This is so encouraging as it is Belinda's debut picture book. Belinda featured in the Queensland Times\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "ART ILLUSTRATION & DESIGN"","block_context":{"text":"ART ILLUSTRATION & DESIGN","link":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/category\/art-illustration-design\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Better Than A Superhero. Picture book by Belinda Francis and Kayleen West. Wombat Books, Even Before Publishing.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Belinda-is-following-in-Enids-steps-_-Ipswich-Queensland-Times.jpg?fit=600%2C864&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Belinda-is-following-in-Enids-steps-_-Ipswich-Queensland-Times.jpg?fit=600%2C864&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Belinda-is-following-in-Enids-steps-_-Ipswich-Queensland-Times.jpg?fit=600%2C864&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1245,"url":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/picture-book-without-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":5073,"position":4},"title":"Picture Book – Without Me","author":"Kayleen","date":"August 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Without Me is a light-hearted story about a runaway child, who wants to leave home, but before he can, he worries about those he will leave behind. As he reflects on the impact of his departure he realises ultimately where he belongs. Pre-order your copy now!","rel":"","context":"In "Children's Book & Editorial Illustration"","block_context":{"text":"Children's Book & Editorial Illustration","link":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/category\/art-illustration-design\/childrens-book-editorial-illustration\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"New picture book about belonging. A child wants to runaway from home.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Without-Me-picture-book.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Without-Me-picture-book.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Without-Me-picture-book.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":345,"url":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/childrens-picture-book-illustration-adoptive-father\/","url_meta":{"origin":5073,"position":5},"title":"Children’s Picture Book Illustration: Adoptive Father","author":"Kayleen","date":"November 8, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In "ART ILLUSTRATION & DESIGN"","block_context":{"text":"ART ILLUSTRATION & DESIGN","link":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/category\/art-illustration-design\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Children's Picture Book Illustration: Adoptive Father","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/pages-22-23.jpg?fit=600%2C303&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/pages-22-23.jpg?fit=600%2C303&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/pages-22-23.jpg?fit=600%2C303&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}