Caroline

Caroline is a freelance illustrator, originally from London, now happily settled in Brooklyn.

Before moving to New York Caroline spent several years working as a freelance set & costume designer for theaters in England.  Caroline’s move to NYC in 2007 coincided with a shift in her specialization from theater to illustration.  It took 2 years for Caroline to establish herself in NYC and she feels most fortunate that her professional connections have come through word of mouth. New York has been very kind and welcoming to Caroline in this sense!  After a year working full time for a new startup as a creative director, graphic designer & illustrator, Caroline ventured back out on her own as a freelancer.  The freelance lifestyle is invariably unstable but Caroline much prefers the diversity it offers, working with different clients on a vast array of projects based anywhere around the world.  Most recently Caroline collaborated with clients as far afield as Australia, Slovenia and her homeland, England!  Projects include providing illustrations for branding, window displays, clothing, promotional posters, books and more.

 Caroline’s style especially lends itself to book illustration.  Caroline just finished illustrating her first children’s book for the Slovenian author, Jana Bauer.  As well as illustrating for authors around the globe, Caroline also hopes to write and illustrate her own stories for young children. Caroline feels fortunate to be represented by a wonderful new literary agency based in England called The European Literary Agency.  She is also in the process of establishing an online shop through etsy.com, where her illustrated goods will be available to buy.  Initially Caroline will be selling cards, but eventually would love for her drawings to adorn ceramics, fabric, wallpaper and who knows!

Please feel free to visit Caroline’s website: www.carolinethaw.net where you can see a sampling of her work.