ABOUT
I am a collage artist using paper that I decorate with acrylics using old rollers, brushes, sponges - anything to create unique and tactile textures. I illustrate and write children's picture books as well as landscapes and house portraits.
I have been shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards 2019 and 2020 (children's publishing category), author-illustrated 5 picture books and the recipient of the Highly Commended Artist of the Year – Artist Open Houses, Brighton 2024 for my collage landscapes. Most recently, I was longlisted for the Thames & Hudson Illustration Award (Australia) and Dpictus 2016.
Clients include Windy Hollow Books, Little Hare Books, Scholastic and Schofield & Sims.
I welcome commissions. Contact - ruthwatersillustrations @ gmail.com or vist my contact page.
Exhibitions
2026 Selected Art in the Crypt, Seaford
2026 Selected Liberation Gallery, Brighton
2026 Selected Open26 - Sustainability, Worthing Museum & Art Gallery
2025 Selected Art of Living Sussex Contemporary at Marine Workshops, Newhaven
2025 Selected PaperWorks at The Gallery at Green and Stone, London
2024 Selected Brighton Art Fair
2024 Group Show Cut & Paste at Atelier by the Sea, Brighton
2024, 2025 Brighton Artist Open House
2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Summer exhibition at Atelier by the Sea, Brighton
Picture books
Author and illustrated
2021 Not So Busy Bee, Windy Hollow Books
2020 Love from Australia, Little Hare Books,
2019 Not So Quiet Mouse, Windy Hollow Books, 2019
2019 Not So Scary Bear, Windy Hollow Books
Illustrated
2023 Challah, Challah, Apples & Honey Press
2021 Apples, Apples All Year Round, Apples & Honey Press
2019 There's a Tiger Out There, Little Hare Books