Gill Smith is a Liverpool based illustrator, working mostly in children’s books. This exhibition brings together work created for published picture books, children’s fiction and personal projects over the last 5 years.
For as long as she can remember, she has loved to draw people, capturing their expressions and mannerisms. Illustrating stories allows her into a character’s mind, to see the world through their eyes. She is inspired by everyday life, finding the extraordinary in the ordinary.
She graduated with an MA in Children’s Book Illustration from Cambridge school of Art in 2019. Previously Gill worked as a primary teacher, community artist and as a designer and maker. Her work has been short listed for The Klaus Flugge Prize for Illustration 2023 and longlisted for The Yoto Carnegie Prize for picture books.