Lizzie Harper - Illustrator

Editor's Note: Microscopy-UK recently visited an exhibition of young Illustrators from The Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design, held at Whiteleys Mall in Bayswater, London. Around 15 of the 100 or so artists and illustrators were specializing in Natural History rendering. All the work we saw was impressive but we were held in awe at the stunning work of Lizzie Harper... so much in fact - that we have decided to promote her skills and show off a tiny sample of her work here and asked her to except a freelance commission to design our new logo to herald our 97/98 expansion. So if any professionals out there are looking for someone to employ in an 'illustrative' capacity, we suggest you contact her quickly before a competitor does!

		Curriculum Vitae
name		Lizzie Harper Bsc
date of birth		27th April 1972
address		143 East Beach Rd., Selsey, West Sussex, PO20 0HA, England.
telephone number		Chichester (01243) 602448
marital status		single
Illustration experience 1996		National Geographic Educational Films - Washington D.C.
		(Pen and Ink line work)
		Liverpool Cycle Centre - Liverpool (Promotional Information Illustration)
		Pagham Harbour Nature Reserve - Chichester (Design and execution of information backboards)
		Brent Lodge Wildbird Hospital - Chichester (Drawings for the cover of the bi-annual newsletter)
		Forsbacka Foundry - Sweden (Poster to promote a new foundry museum)
		British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (Dorset) - Dorchester (Full colour posters and Pen and Ink information leaflets on cob-walling)
		Winner of Artists and Illustrators Magazine Student Award (May 1997)
exhibitions 1996		"Art in Nature" at Dorchester Museum - Dorchester
		"Exhibition of British Wild Life" at West Moors Country Park - Dorset
work experience 1995		Librarian Assistant - Bournemouth
		(Shelving and related duties at the Art College Library)
work experience 1994		Member of Halmahera Expedition 1994 - Indonesia
		(Entomological base-line survey for biodiversity study of a proposed, and later realized, nature reserve in Halmahra)
work experience 1992		Volunteer at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery - Bristol
		(Conservation of beetle specimens and amalgamation of records)
1991		Member of Sea Turtle Programme - Costa Rica
		(Monitoring of sea turtle nests, turtle tagging, and associated research)
		Scientific assistant on Frontier-Tanzania Expedition - Tanzania (Entomological collection and classification, and botanical surveys)
1988 - 1991		Keeper-aide at the National Zoo - Washington D.C.
		(Feeding and cleaning of animals in the Invertebrate House. Feeding demonstrations and informal lessons for the public)
1987		Graphics Department, National Zoo - Washington D.C.
		(Internship spent type-setting signs and doing office duties)
specialist skills		QuarkXpress 3.2
		Adobe Illustrator 5.0 Photoshop 3.0 Aldous Pagemaker 5.0 MacWrite II Microsoft Word 95 Multimate II Strata Studiopro Conversational French and Indonesian
higher education 1995 - 1996		Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design
		BTEC Higher National Diploma in Design (Technical Illustration) option in Natural History Illustration
1994 - 1995		City and Guilds of Art and Design - London
		Foundation studies with option in Illustration
1991 - 1994		Bristol University School of Biological Sciences
		Bsc Hons (class 2:1) Zoology degree options in Entomology, Marine Ecosystems, Ecology, Parasitism thesis: The effects of Heavy pollutant metals on the Woodlouse
secondary education 1985 - 1990		The Field School - -Washington D.C.
A level equivalents (A.P.s)		Art (4/5)
		Biology (5/5) French Language (4/5) French Literature (3/5)
GCSE equivalents (SAT/ ACH)		SAT combined (1250/1600)
		English Literature (720/800 English Composition (670/800) French Language (630/800)
personal interests		Entomology (collecting and studying)- travel - art history -
		modern and classical literature skiing - walking.
referees		Amanda Evans
		Head of the School of Illustration Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design Wallisdown - Poole - Dorset BH12 5HH
		Dr. Richard Wall
		Lecturer in Veterinary Entomology Bristol University Department of Biological Sciences Woodland Road - Clifton - Bristol

	Take a look at Lizzie's Curriculum Vitae on-line right now.
	Listen to the refreshing voice of enthusiasm as Lizzie chats to the crew here at MIC-UK.
	Take a peek at a just a few examples of the work from her rich portfolio. © Lizzie Harper (all rights reserved).
	A small clip of Lizzie at the Bournemouth-Poole College of Art Exhibition held at Whiteleys Mall, Bayswater, London. June 1997
	Lizzie's Illustration skill is likely to keep her in demand but if you have a project which could benefit from her work, then drop her a line.

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