Cathie Felstead

Cathie Felstead (born 1954 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) is an English illustrator.

Early life and education Felstead attended Chelsea School of Art where she gained a BA in graphic design. She then studied illustration at the Royal College of Art, graduating with a Master of Arts in 1980.

Career Felstead commenced her career by creating designs for book covers. Among the authors whose books she worked on were William Golding (including Rites of Passage), Iris Murdoch (including The Philosopher's Pupil), Isabel Allende, Nadine Gordimer, and Alice Walker. She has produced artwork for advertising campaigns, packaging, T-shirts, opera, ballet, television, magazines, greeting cards and books. Felstead's commercial clients have included British Airways, Channel 4, Ballet Rambert, Fiat, Oxfam, Lynx (the anti fur trade organisation), Walker Books, Barclays Bank, the Glastonbury Festivals, Penguin Books, Radio Times, and The Body Shop. She also created the cover illustration for John Martyn's 1984 album Sapphire.

Her artwork has been shown in many exhibitions in Britain and abroad. She was runner-up in the Mother Goose Award for her illustrations in A Caribbean Dozen and has also received awards for book illustration in the United States. 1998 - The Circle of Days, Reeve Lindbergh, author; Cathie Felstead, illustrator 2000 - Who Made Me?, Shirley Tullock, author; Cathie Felstead, illustrator 2000 - Big Wolf and Little Wolf, Sharon Phillips Denslow, author; Cathie Felstead, illustrator 2002 - Flamingo Dream, Donna J. Napoli, author; Cathie Felstead, illustrator 2003 - Earthshake - Poems from the Ground Up, Lisa Westberg Peters, author; Cathie Felstead, illustrator 2006 - An Island Grows, Lola M. Schaefer, author; Cathie Felstead, illustrator 2007 - Family Lullaby, Jody Fickes Shapiro, author; Cathie Felstead, illustrator