Stella East

Who is Stella East?

Stella Dorothy Loring East is a Canadian-Norwegian artist and illustrator. She has her education from Canada, USA, England and Norway. East has illustrated ten picturebooks since 1987. Her books have been published in Canada, USA, Norway, Denmark, Greece and Germany. She is both the author and illustrator of her latest book, Wolfcub Sim: Stories about the World Outside.

Stella East's paintings contain glowing colours, crisp details and a soft painterly naturalism. Her motives are often decorative, symbolic and slightly surrealistic.

Wolf Cub Sim: Stories about the World Outside written and illustrated by Stella East. Norway: Skald Publishers,. Copenhagen: Thorup Publishers 2007. ISBN 82-7959-085-4, Carl Hanser Verlag

Buddha written by Tor Åge Bringsværd and illustrated by Stella East. Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag,. ISBN 82-05-30494-7 Germany: Carl Hanser Verlag, 2005. ISBN 3-446-20610-8

The Paint Box written by Maxine Trottier and illustrated by Stella East. Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2003. ISBN 1-55041-804-1 Copenhagen: Thorup publishers, 2003.

Dreamstones written by Maxine Trottier and illustrated by Stella East. Toronto: Stoddart Kids,.