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Coleen McIntyre has been painting and drawing since childhood. On walls, paper, appliances, etc., using anything she could get her hands on. Especially
if it had color. Finger-painting, actually, is where it all began.
After finishing high school in New Jersey where she grew up, Coleen graduated college from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA with a BFA in Illustration. She then began fine tuning her artwork with watercolor, a medium she fell in love with. She then moved to gouache, ink, and other mediums in conjunction with the watercolor if the painting calls for it.
Coleen really loved New Jersey and Philadelphia, but just couldn’t find the inspiration she needed for her artwork on the east coast. She took a few road trips across the US, eventually settling in Portland, Oregon, surrounding herself with magical scenery from the lush Oregon Coast to the beautiful, eclectic city of Portland.
There, she opened an art studio, Faerie Tales Studio, in 2000 and began a small wholesale business selling prints, cards, magnets, and the like.
Coleen states, "I derive most inspiration from folk tales, other children’s books, songs, and dreams. In these times of much chaos and anger I find peace in the surreal, fantasy world and the wonderful nature which surrounds us. I tend to focus my artwork on the natural and mystical aspects of life."
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Baking with Friends
Hardcover: 74 pages
ISBN: 0971236828
$19.95 w/CD
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Old Mother Hubbard's
Mixed-Up Cupboard
Paperback: 48 pages
ISBN: 0-9834865-0-3
$14.95
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