Heather Preston

Heather Preston's Biography (click "video" for author's art + voiceover)

Born and educated in Illinois

Graduate: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with honors and distinction

Study throughout Europe; world travel; ongoing cultural and spiritual interests

Represented by leading art galleries in Chicago

Named one of the outstanding artists of Chicago

Taught adult fine arts classes, exhibited widely, then moved to San Francisco 1970

Changed from Fine Art to Illustration career

Graphic Artists Guild: Award of Excellence

American Institute of Graphic Arts: Certificate of Excellence, Book Show

American Institute of Graphic Arts: Traveling Show

Communication Arts Advertising Annual: Award of Excellence

50 Best Books

Bookbuilders West: several Awards of Excellence

Society of Typographic Arts: Award of Excellence

Women In Design International: Certificate of Honor

U.S. Forestry Service, Dept. of Agriculture: 2 "most popular" Smokey Bear posters

* 2001 Won California Supreme Court case: Preston vs. CA State Board of Equalization,

regarding unjust taxation of royalties, and benefiting all CA artists and publishers

Founded Sweet Olive Press®™ to publish "Tree Spirits: Tales and Encounters" book

Won Silver Finalist medal INDIE Book Awards 2010

Member: San Francisco Society of Illustrators (SFSI), past board member

Member: Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)

Member: IBPA Independent Book Publishers Assn.

Illustrated books: (partial list)

Tree Spirits: Tales and Encounters (written and illustrated by Heather Preston)

Remember The Secret, E. Kubler-Ross, Celestial Arts

A Leaf From French Eddy, Harper & Row

Rod McKuen's Book of Days, Harper & Row

Laughing Down Lonely Canyons, Harper & Row

Kinship With All Life, Harper & Row

Our Christian Home and Family, Harper & Row

Light Style I and II (cookbooks), Harper & Row

The Spectrum of Life, Harper & Row

The Rainbow Fields, Enchanté Publishing Co.

The Klutz Book of Knots, Klutz Press

The Future of Being Human, Harper & Row

The World of Sacred Stones, Harper & Row

All The Women of The Bible, Harper & Row

Bioscope, Mayfield Publishing Co.

Botany, Hamilton Publishing Co.

Many text and science books

Commercial product illustrations: Grape Nuts, Quaker Oats,

Del Monte, Amdahl, Tree Top, Fruit and Fiber, Banana Nut Crunch,

The Nature Co., Carnation, Clorox, DFS, Dole, Frito-Lay,

Pacific Tel. Co., CD covers, etc.etc.