Picture Books

Buddha written by Tor Åge Bringsværd
Gyldendal publishers, Norway 2003,
Hanser Verlag, Germany 2005

 

The Paint Box written by Maxine Trottier
Fitzhenry & whiteside, Canada/USA
Thorup publishers, Denmark 2003

 

Dreamstones written by Maxine Trottier
Stoddart publishing, Canada/USA 1999
Thorup publishers Denmark 2000

 

The Christmas Mystery (Julemysteriet)
written by Jostein Gaarder
Aschehoug publishers, Norway 1995-2003,
Greece 1996

 

The-forget-me Box (Glemmekista)
written by Ivar Selmer-Olsen
Tiden publishers, Norway 1992

 
Singing Stone (Syngende Stein)
written by Hyemeyohsts Storm
Eide publishers, Norway 1990
 

Heimdall's Sons (Heimdalls sønner)
written by Tor Åge Bringsværd
Gyldendal publishers, Norway 1987

 

The Golden Key (Gulnøkkelen)
written by Wenche Krossøy
Eide publishers, Norway 1987

 
Illustrated books
Bibi behind the Bombs and the Burqua, (Bibi Bak Bomber og Burka), written by Berit Molander,
The Norwegian Church Aid, 1994
 
A Grandmother’s Christmas Book for Children, (En Bestemor's julebok for de Små),
Eide publishers, Norway 1992
 

Oh, Christmas with Your Joy, (Å Jul med din Glede), Eide publishers, Norway 1991

 

The Ford and Other Stories, (Forden og andre Fortellinger), written by Marianne Havdal,
Gyldendal publishers, Norway 1991

 

The Railway Children, (Jernbane Borna),
written by Edith Nesbitt,
The Children’s Book Club, Norway 1988

 

You will find some of these books here; http://www.fitzhenry.ca/stoddartkids.htm
www.forlaget-thorup.dk

www.gyldendal.no
www.aschehoug.no

 

Stella East has also illustrated magazines, newspapers, museums, children’s books and school books, and for the Norwegian Publishers Association, Amnesty International Norway, The Norwegian Church Aid and The Hordaland Provincial Council.

 

Educational background

The (American) Illustrators Workshop
The Caribbean 1986
 

Bergen National Institute of the Arts
Bergen, Norway 1978-1983

 

Dartington College of Arts
Totnes, England 1977

 

Cornish Institute of Allied Arts
Seattle, USA 1976-1977

 
High School of Commerce
Ottawa, Canada 1968-1972
 
Awards

Buddha
Original illustration purchased by The National Library of Norway, 2004

www.nb.no/html/nibi.html

The Paint Box
Short listed for the2004 Amelia Francis Howard Gibbon Award, Canada

 
Dreamstones
Shortlisted, 2002 Hackamatack Award (TBA)
 

2000 The Nautilus children's Picture Book (NAPRA) Honor Book

 
Resource Links, Best of the Best
 

The Canadian Children's Book Centre starred "Our Choice Book"

 

Short listed for the 1999 Ruth Schwartz Award, Canada

 

Short listed for the 1999 Amelia Francis Howard Gibbon Award, Canada

 
The Christmas Mystery
Two original illustrations purchased by the City of Bergen, Norway, 2003
 

Bibi behind the Bombs and the Burka
Diploma "The Year's Most Beautiful Books" Norway 1997

 

Drawings for t he Hordaland Provincial Council
Silver "The Visual Awards", Norway 1993

 

The White Stone
Award of Excellence, Communication Arts Illustration Annual, USA 1990

......

The Devil on The Cross, (book cover)
Diploma, "Form Awards", Norway 1984

 
Solo exhibitions (a selection)
Tegnerforbundet Gallery (The Drawing Society’s Gallery) Oslo, Norway, 1994 and 2001
 
Arctic Gallery (The Laplanders Gallery), 1991
 
Gallery Nota Bena, Oslo, Norway, 1991
 
Gallery 1, Bergen, Norway, 1983
 
Juried group exhibitions (a selection)
The Sixth Nordic Biennale of Graphic Design and Illustration, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1994
 
The National Exhibition of illustrations for Children’s Books, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 1991
 
The Fourth Nordic Biennale of Graphic Design and Illustration, Oslo, Norway, 1990
 
The Norwegian National Art Exhibition, 1990
 
The Biennale of Illustration, Bratislava Czechoslovakia 1989
 
Teaching
Stella East has taught art classes for both children at elementary school level and students at University level.
 
Readings / Presentations
Stella East has made over 400 presentations with her books Dreamstones and The Paint Box for over 8000 children from the first grade to the seventh. With the use of sketches and photos and the complete set of original paintings, she explains her working procedure.

Murals
Stella stands beside her mural "Pegasus"
“Pegasus” for “The Brakanes School” Library
Norway, 1998
 
“The Forest”, Grimstad House, Norway, 1997
 
Membership
CANSCAIP
www.canscaip.org/bios/easts.html
Grafill
www.grafill.no/dynamisk/members/gallery.asp?ill=true#
 
 
 
Buddha
 
Dreamstones
 

Dreamstones (Danish edition)

The-forget-me Box
 
The White Stone
 
Heimdall's Sons
 
A Grandmother's Christmas Book for children
Illustration from "A Grandmother's Christmas Book for children"
Forden og andre Fortellinger (The Ford and other Stories)
 
Illustration from Marianne Havdal's "The Ford and other Stories"
Bibi Behind the Bombs and the Burka
Cover for the Norwegian translation of "The Railway Children"
Cover for the Norwegian translation of Jan Hudson's "One Year for Sun Eagle"
Two illustrations from The Christmas Mystery, purchased by the City of Bergen, Norway
Cover for the Norwegian translation of "The Devil on the Cross" by
Cover for the Norwegian translation of Physicans Tao by Fridtjoff Capra
Cover for Ragnhild Nilstun's "The little princess who went out into the World
Covers for "Bridges2teaching ethical and religeous education
A poster showing life at a stone age cave for The Hordaland Provincial Council

 

Photo of studio and home in Ulvik Norway
Honey label for husband's Heather honey: made in Ulvik
 
 
 
 
The Paint Box
 

The Paint Box
(Danish edition)

The Christmas
Mystery
 
Singing stone
 
The Golden Key
 
Oh, Christmas with your Joy
Illustration from "Oh, Christmas with your Joy"
Book cover for Inga Siem's "Erotic the Red -Thought the Blue"
Book cover for the Norwegian translation of H.C. Well's "The Invisible Man"
Illustrations from "Buddha"
 

Illustration of Asbjornson collecting tales from Marthe Tuppenhaug.
Cover for the Norwegian translation of Jan Hudson's "Dawn Rider"

Cover for the Norwegian translation of "The Story about Mayta" by Vargos Llosa

 

illustration of "A Lapp star pisture", Gyldendal publishers

Christmas card for Amnesty

Cover for Tormod Haugen's "Great Escape

Illustration for "Literature frommaround the World
 
A first book cover for the Norwegian translation of Nancy Friday's "My Mother, Myself
Drawings of farm building constructions for he Hordaland Provincial Council
Packaging illustration for christmas cookie flour