Margaret Power
, 1953 - 2019
Margaret Power was an Australian illustrator. She studied at Melbourne Institute of Technology. She worked in advertising in Australia, before travelling overseas to work in London and Amsterdam as a fashion and product designer. She returned to Australia in 1976, where she worked in advertising and magazine and textbook illustration before becoming known as a picture book illustrator. Her style is meticulously realistic, and she spent many hours researching the animals who featured in her illustrations.
Sources:
austlit.edu.au (accessed: August 19, 2019).
booksillustrated.com.au (accessed: August 19, 2019).
Bio prepared by Elizabeth Hale, University of New England, ehale@une.edu.au
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