NAME: Phyllis Limbacher Tildes

MEDIUM: Watercolor, colored pencil

RECENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITS: Landings Art Association, March 2001; Relfair Museum of Art, Feb. 2002 (books and original illustrations.)

BACKGROUND: Rhode Island School of Design, former Hallmark designer and assistant art director for Hopkins Art Center at Dartmouth College.

STATEMENT: "With my words and art I hope to instill a sense of wonder and discovery. Books and art are like sun-shine, enabling a child to develop fully."

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION: Book illustrations honored 1996, 1998, 2000 by American Booksellers Association.

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