Beth Krommes
Drawing, Paintings, Prints
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scratchboard and watercolor illustration
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scratchboard and watercolor illustration
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"Glitter stars, twinkling light." from "Blue on Blue".
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"Drip, drop. Drip drop." from "Blue on Blue".
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Ocean from "Swirl by Swirl".
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Flowers from "Swirl by Swirl".
CONTACT INFO
Artist Statement / Biography
Artist Statement
In 1982, I saw an exhibit at the Sharon Arts Center called "Three New Hampshire Wood Engravers--Herbert Waters, Nora Unwin, and Randy Miller". I fell in love with the work of these artists and the medium of wood engraving. I started engraving, and was juried into the League of NH Craftsmen. As I began my illustration career in 1987, my medium was wood engraving, later scratchboard, to gain a look that set me apart. I am honored to have had a long career in editorial and children's book illustration. For the tour, I will display books, cards, calendars, wrapping paper, wood engravings, and paintings. I look forward to meeting you.
Biography
Beth Krommes is a children's book illustrator, pattern designer, painter, and printmaker from Peterborough, NH. She is the winner of the 2009 Caldecott Medal, the most prestigious American children's book award for an illustrator, for "The House in the Night" by Susan Marie Swanson. Beth received a BFA in painting from Syracuse University, an MAT in art education from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and spent a year at St. Martin's School of Art in London. She recently went back to school in her 60's, earning a degree in Surface/Pattern Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. Her next illustrated children's book, "We Are Branches", is a collaboration with author Joyce Sidman. The release date is Spring 2023.