Laura Watson

Laura Watson lives and works in the leafy neighborhood of Riverdale, in Toronto, Canada, in a narrow 100-year-old house with her husband, her twelve-year-old daughter, and a big orange dog named Red. A childhood spent drawing, painting, and making crafts led to art school (York University for Fine Art and Sheridan College for Illustration). Since then, Laura has created lighthearted and whimsical illustrations for children's books and magazines, restaurant and retail applications, and various...See more

Laura Watson lives and works in the leafy neighborhood of Riverdale, in Toronto, Canada, in a narrow 100-year-old house with her husband, her twelve-year-old daughter, and a big orange dog named Red. A childhood spent drawing, painting, and making crafts led to art school (York University for Fine Art and Sheridan College for Illustration). Since then, Laura has created lighthearted and whimsical illustrations for children's books and magazines, restaurant and retail applications, and various children's toys and puzzles. She works with bright, textured swatches of color in a digitally compiled method that still looks hand-painted. Laura works happily in a vine-covered converted garage in the backyard, occasionally interrupted by baby raccoons wandering across the skylight. See less