Welcome to Patchwork Cat Creations, I'm Heidi Zoesch. I have several years' professional experience as an artist/illustrator, several years' study in Fine Art and an Honors Bachelor of Arts Degree in Commercial Art. I work in both traditional and digital media including: watercolor, oil & dry pastel, oil paint, charcoal, Photoshop and Painter.

CHILDREN’S PICTURE-BOOK ILLUSTRATION:

The Crow Brothers on Farm Hill, by Angela Morrow, full-color illustrations by H.Zoesch, published 2008, Morrow Publishing, Charlotte, NC. Available on Amazon.com

There’s a Panther in My Kitchen, written, illustrated & designed by H.Zoesch; full-color illustrations, published 2004, PWC Books, Manchester, VT. Available on demand.

Proprietor, Patchwork Cat Creations: Custom children's book illustration. Picture-book development from story script to final digital book design. Manchester, VT, 2006-2008. Website under construction.

EXHIBITIONS & ASSOCIATIONS:

Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI): Los Angeles, CA. International professional organization; member 2005-2009.

Exhibitor, Picture-book Illustration Showcase: SCBWI –US National Winter Conference, New York, NY, February 2007.

Exhibitor, Illustrator’s Portfolio Showcase: SCBWI-NE Regional Spring Conference, Nashua, NH, April 2006.  

Southern Vermont Arts Center (SVAC) Manchester, VT: Juried Art Exhibitor, SVAC’s Yesterhouse Gallery; Juried Photographic Exhibitor, SVAC’s Collector’s Gallery; Children’s Art Instructor, Art Education Initiative, SVAC’s Madeira Education Center. Artist member 2006-2009.

Juried Art Exhibitor: West River Artists Guild, West River, VT. Showings in Proctor, Killington & Woodstock,VT. Summer 1997-1998; Solo Show: Gallery at Calvin Coolidge Library, Castleton College, VT month of April 1996; Solo Show: Moon Brook Arts Union / Gallery, Rutland, VT, month of April,1996; Various Group Showings: Moon Brook Arts Union / Gallery, Rutland, VT, 1996, 1997.

Several years professional experience in advertising & marketing: Graphic Designer & Marketing Manager, EuroWest Development, The Essex Shoppes & Cinema, Essex, VT, 2001-2005. Advertising Account Executive: Jobson Publishing, Avenue of the Americas, NYC, 2000-2001.

EDUCATION & HONORS

Honors Bachelor-of-Arts Degree: summa cum laude, Commercial Art, Castleton College, Castleton, VT 1996.

Academic Excellence Award, Dept. of Art, Castleton College, May 1996.
Dean’s List: A-average, four consecutive semesters, Castleton College 1994-1996.

University of Vermont, Fine Art: Oil painting, intensive drawing classes, portraiture, graphic design, photography and psychology, 1985-1987.

San Diego Community College: Live model sketching workshops, terra-cotta sculpture, San Diego, CA,1989-1990.

*The Castleton College Art curriculum included the following disciplines: Portrait & life drawing, printmaking, etching, sculpture, graphic design and digital publishing, 1992-1996.

Media, Advertising, Publishing, Entertainment