Lorraine Dey

Lorraine Dey is an Award-winning Artist creating landscape paintings and "life-like" animal art for over 2 decades. Her paintings are included in numerous private collections across the U.S. Lorraine was awarded the 1990 - NY D.U. "Artist of the Year" and NJ D.U. "Print of the Year", with prints of her painting, "Muddy Water Retreat" sponsored by Genesee Brewing Co., in Rochester, NY. Lorraine has exhibited her work throughout the U.S. and Canada in various Galleries, Museum Shows and National exhibitions. She has studied with world-renowned artists such as Robert Bateman and John Seerey-Lester, attending lectures and workshops lead by her mentors. In roughly 10 years, Lorraine illustrated over 40 published children's books featuring her stylized animal art. Prior to that she worked in the field of graphic design and illustration, completing artwork for companies such as The Federal Reserve Bank, Toyota, USA, Central Garden & Pet, Allstate Insurance, and Franco Manufacturing, as well as book illustrations for Simon & Schuster, Rodale Press and Highlights for Children. Besides winning several awards from first place to honorable mention at many art exhibitions over the years, Lorraine's book illustrations have also won awards such as a silver "Mom's Choice Award", Gelett Burgess and Independent Publishers Awards.