Heather Preston's Biography

Born and educated in Illinois
Graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago: honors, special distinction
Study throughout Europe and subsequent world travel
Represented by leading art galleries in Chicago
Named one of the outstanding artists of Chicago
Taught adult fine arts classes, and exhibited widely
Moved to San Francisco
* Won California Supreme Court case: Preston vs. State Board of Equalization, 2001,
    benefiting publishers and graphic artists
Graphic Artists Guild: Award of Excellence
American Institute of Graphic Arts: Certificate of Excellence, Book Show
American Institute of Graphic Arts: Traveling Show
Communication Arts Advertising Annual: Award of Excellence
50 Best Books
Bookbuilders West: several Awards of Excellence
Society of Typographic Arts: Award of Excellence
Women In Design International: Certificate of Honor
U.S. Forestry Service, Dept. of Agriculture: 2 "most popular" Smokey Bear posters
Member: San Francisco Society of Illustrators (SFSI), past board member
Member: Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
Illustrated books: (partial list)
   Remember The Secret, Celestial Arts (75,000 copies sold, still in print)
   A Leaf From French Eddy, Harper & Row
   Rod McKuen's Book of Days, Harper & Row
   Laughing Down Lonely Canyons, Harper & Row
   Kinship With All Life, Harper & Row
   Our Christian Home and Family, Harper & Row (still in print)
   Light Style I and II (cookbooks), Harper & Row
   The Spectrum of Life, Harper & Row
   The Rainbow Fields, Enchanté Publishing Co.
   The Klutz Book of Knots, Klutz Press (still in print)
   The Future of Being Human, Harper & Row
   The World of Sacred Stones, Harper & Row
   All The Women of The Bible, Harper & Row
   Bioscope, Mayfield Publishing Co.
   Botany, Hamilton Publishing Co.
   Also many text and science books
Commercial product illustrations: Grape Nuts, Quaker Oats,
Del Monte, Amdahl, Tree Top, Fruit and Fiber, Banana Nut Crunch,
The Nature Co., Carnation, Clorox, DFS, Dole, Frito-Lay,
Pacific Tel. Co., CD covers, etc.

For more information, send e-mail to us at info@heatherprestonart
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