Trish Hart

Background & credentials:

Born: Perth,Western Australia, 1956. Desktop publisher, painter, illustrator, printmaker and writer Trish Hart is one of Australias’ leading wildlife artists. Her ability to capture the essence and personality of the many wild creatures she has encountered during a life of adventure and travel is stunning.

An early highlight of her successful career was a trip to the Antarctic with the Australian Antarctic Division to record wildlife for calendar and book publications. This experience, on the last trip of the Nella Dan, also resulted in the completion of a set of five stamps for Australia Post.

She has worked as a freelance illustrator, producing many calendars featuring Australian wildlife, including one on Endangered Wildlife with the World Wide Fund for Nature. Trish’s skills are now well known through her work for the Gould League. Her work has made the Gould League children’s publications works of art in themselves and resulted in her being given the Environment Award for Childrens Literature. Her interest in wildlife in our oceans as well as the tall ships that sail on them resulted in published works on whales and dolphins and two successful maritime exhibitions at the Melbourne Maritime Museum. She has also had a one woman show at the Australian embassy in Washington, USA.

Big and Small:

A concept picture book for children (The Upside-down Turn-around series)

This enchanting children’s book, illustrated with actual photographs, explains the concepts of size (big and small) using pictures of animals. Children can have fun comparing pigs with guinea-pigs, rhinoceroses with rhinoceros beetles, zebras with zebra-fish, and so on. Read the book right-way-up to see the big animals, or turn it upside down to see the small ones!

Are There Polar Bears Down There?

The Wildlife of Antarctica

It’s a common mistake to think that polar bears live with penguins in the Antarctic. Teach children about the real wildlife of the Antarctic. Find out where polar bears really do live, with this lavishly illustrated picture book by award-winning artist Trish Hart.

Antarctic Diary

(Voyages)

The author/artist records her experiences in diary form as she travels by sea to Antarctica, drawing penguins, albatrosses, seals, dolphins, and other animals throughout her trip.

For children aged 8 to 10.