Monique Piscaer Bailey

Monique Piscaer Bailey is a children's book illustrator, artist & art teacher at the Art Zoo studio in Johannesburg, South Africa. (The first book cover she illustrated, she was just twelve years old.)

Her love and knowledge of art grew from watching her father (who was an old-school sign writer) paint in his studio. Her grandfather was a tapestrier for Queen Wilhemina of the Netherlands. Today, although married, she continues to honours her father's name and his influence on her work by signing with his surname, Piscaer. He sadly passed away in 2008.

'I breath, eat & live art. It is in my blood & I am part of it too. It is such an integral part of who I am & what I love.'

Making kids laugh with her delightfully, whimsical drawings has led her on the path she is today.