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    Will you come...

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    By land

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    By sea

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    To meet creatures strange and kind...

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    We can travel together...

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    And I'll weave you a crown...

Portfolio

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  • A Day to Celebrate

For Others

Lending my pen...

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Image Licensing

My images can be licensed through the Bright Agency.

Design and Collaboration

I love the opportunity to collaborate with others. I have worked with the Woo Agency in LA to create Grand Marnier's 2011 Christmas Give Away, The Grand Giving Tree. Each season I also work on the on-line magazine LA Petite.

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Illustration

I am represented by Kirsten Hall at the Bright Agency. I am currently working on Children's Books for Running Press. Please get in touch with my agent, Kirsten Hall or me for future books.

About

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Process

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Elly MacKay

Elly MacKay – Theater Clouds

I live north of Toronto in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada with my husband Simon and little ones, Lily and Koen. I am an artist, illustrator and educator. I went to the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and the University of Canterbury for illustration, printmaking and electronic art. I used to spend a great deal of time making tunnel books, which I sold at 1st Hand Gallery in Toronto. These paper theater works are a return to working in this method with the addition of photography. I set up layers of drawings, on a small scale, like a very tiny stage set or installation, set the lighting and photograph them. My work often tells a moment in a story, and often plays with the themes of childhood, and the ephemeral. I look to my own childhood, my experiences as a mother, Victorian curiosities, the weather, vintage book illustrations,  and set design. At times I have worked on a larger scale, creating installations. In the future I hope to do some animation and interactive children’s books.

My prints can be purchased through my Etsy shop – theater clouds. I was fortunate to be a featured seller on Etsy. Link for the interview.

I am excited to be working on my first children’s books in this style for Running Press! Both will be out in 2013.  I am available for freelance illustration,  represented by the Bright Agency.

 

Contact

Elly MacKay aka Theater Clouds

  • Address: 1186 2nd Ave West, Owen Sound, ON, CANADA N4K 4N2
  • Phone: 519. 376. 1024
  • Email:ellymackay@gmail.com