Mary GrandPré

“When I'm illustrating a book, I'm the first one to see the characters, the scenes, the settings. I'm the first one to give them a look and a feel.”

“I try to get a mood, a feel for the story. I'm a mood illustrator.”

“It was an illustrator's dream. It's the kind of project that you wait your whole life for.”

“I felt like I had a little bit of a secret that I was keeping for a while, and it was a good one.”

“I was trying to make it classic and timeless.”

“The magic for me is in the process. It's in the creation of a piece from that first little kernel of an idea.”

“My style has been called soft geometry. I use a lot of soft, organic shapes, but I also like the structure of geometry.”