Vonnie Winslow Crist

"Gargoyles in the Garden" is the original pencil drawing done for the cover of Lower Than The Angels.

I used a number 2 pencil just like the one many kids use to do their school work!

When the drawing was reproduced for the cover, the printer just printed it in maroon ink. (c) VW Crist All Rights Reserved.

This is the pencil drawing I rendered for the back cover of the Science Fiction, Science Fact, and Fantasy Anthology: Lower Than The Angels.

Again, I used a number 2 pencil.

And again, the printer printed the drawing in maroon ink.

I like the resulting cover illustrations, but a part of me still prefers to see the drawing in the graytones of pencil.

(c) VW Crist All Rights Reserved.

These trolls were fun to draw using pencil, India ink, and colored pencil. This is the sort of thing I see (or imagine I see) when I stroll through the woods. (c) VW Crist All Rights Reserved.

   "Mermaid & her Friends" was inspired by an idea I had for a short story. I painted my main character in acrylics, and then, knew I'd have to write the story to go with her. In the meantime, it caught the eye of publisher, David Kriebel, who used it for the cover of one of the Lite Circle Books anthologies: Through A Glass Darkly. Finally, the painting and story can now be seen together at www.echelonpress.com as an Echelon Short. (c) VW Crist All Rights Reserved.

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   Most issues of The Vegetarian Journal published in the last 15 years contain 1 or more of my illustrations. I illustrated the books Simple, Lowfat & Vegetarian by Suzanne Havala and Guide to Vegetarian Restaurants in Israel by Mark Weintraub for the VRG in addition to contributing illos to several of their other publications (like Vegan Handbook by Debra Wasserman & Reed Mangels). Check out The Vegetarian Resource Group at: www.vrg.org

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   I also illustrated a number of cookbooks by Bobbie Hinman that were published in the 1980s and 1990s by Prima Publishing.  You can see hundreds of my pen & ink drawings in those books: Lean & Luscious, More Lean & Luscious, Lean & Luscious & Meatless, Lean & Luscious Favorites, Oat Cuisine, The Meatless Gourmet, The Meatless Gourmet - Easy Lowfat Favorites, and Lean & Luscious Revised.  I think these books can only be bought used online now.