Pamela June Wolfe (born 1 June 1950) is a New Zealand artist and children's book illustrator.

Life

Wolfe was born in

Reading, Berkshire Reading ( ) is a town and borough in Berkshire, Southeast England, southeast England. Located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the rivers River Thames, Thames and River Kennet, Kennet, the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 mot ...

, England, in 1950 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1953. She studied at

Elam School of Fine Arts The Elam School of Fine Arts, founded by John Edward Elam, is part of the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries at the University of Auckland. Students study degrees in fine art with an emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach. The schoo ...

at Auckland University from 1968 to 1971, graduating with a Diploma of Fine Arts. Her painting style is bright, direct and colourful, often depicting flowers, birds and the New Zealand coastline. Her paintings are often commissioned for the promotion of New Zealand overseas and for well-known environmental groups.

Publications

Works illustrated by Wolfe include: * ''Midnight at the Museum'' (1997), Scholastic New Zealand * ''Mouse Opera'' (1999), Scholastic New Zealand * ''Mouse Hotel'' (2000), Random House New Zealand * ''Walter's Planets'' (2001), Random House New Zealand * ''Mouse on the Moon'' (2003), Scholastic New Zealand

Recognition

''Midnight at the Museum'' was a finalist at the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards in 1998, and ''Mouse Opera'' was a finalist in 2000. Mouse Hotel was included in “The White Ravens 2001: A selection of international Children’s & Youth Literature exhibited at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2001". ''Mouse on the Moon'' was a finalist at the Russell Clark Awards in 2004.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wolfe, Pamela 1950 births Living people New Zealand women illustrators New Zealand children's book illustrators Elam Art School alumni 20th-century New Zealand painters 21st-century New Zealand painters English emigrants to New Zealand Artists from Reading, Berkshire