Heather Preston's Biography

Born and educated in Illinois
Graduate: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with honors and distinction
Study throughout Europe; world travel; ongoing cultural and spiritual interests
Represented by leading art galleries in Chicago
Named one of the outstanding artists of Chicago
Taught adult fine arts classes, exhibited widely, then moved to San Francisco 1970
Changed from Fine Art to Illustration career
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
* 2001 Won California Supreme Court case: Preston vs. CA State Board of Equalization,
    regarding unjust taxation of royalties, benefiting artists and publishers
Founded Sweet Olive Press™ to publish Tree Spirits book
Silver Finalist medal INDIE Book Awards 2010
Member: San Francisco Society of Illustrators (SFSI), past board member
Member: Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
Member: IBPA Independent Book Publishers Assn.
Illustrated books (partial list):
   Tree Spirits: Tales and Encounters (written and illustrated by Heather Preston)
   Remember The Secret, E. Kubler-Ross, Celestial Arts
   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
   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.
   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.

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