Suana Verelst

Suana Verelst was born in Antwerp, Belgium and studied traditional painting and drawing at the Fine Art academy before moving to Canada. Her work is a fusion of collage, drawing and painting techniques sometimes combined with digital manipulation. Her illustrations have a wide artistic range, shifting from realism to quirky characters in magical settings, with an evocative and thoughtful style. She has won many awards for her work, including Applied Arts, American Illustration and Photography, the Prix jeunesse des libraires du Québec, and the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award (for her illustrations of the children's book La saison des pluies). Most recently, she has received numerous nominations and awards for her book Razia's Ray of Hope, written by Elizabeth Suneby. Suana lives and works in Montreal. For more information, visit her website.