Hello & Welcome!
Award winning author and illustrator Catherine Rayner grew up in the countryside of West Yorkshire.
As well as writing and illustrating books for children, Catherine also sells original artwork, has her own illustrated card range and has recently launched her own range of babywear. She often works on other exciting and unusual collaborations.
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How I Work
As an illustrator, author and artist I tend to split my studio time in half between making books and creating artwork for exhibitions and commissions.
Read more about my processChildren's Activities
You can follow my step by step drawing guides to draw your own versions of my characters, or print one of the downloadable activity sheets!
View Children's ActivitiesAbout Screen Printing
People are often confused by the term ‘screen print’ presuming that it is a digital or machine produced print.
A screen print is an original piece of artwork, I use the term ‘print’ to describe the way I apply ink to the paper.
Screen printing FAQsFind my work in art galleries
I regularly exhibit with the galleries listed here and most of them hold my artwork continually.
For information about upcoming exhibitions please visit my 'Exhibitions & Events' page or contact a gallery directly.
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