About

I am a Toronto based illustrator. I grew up in South Africa and The Netherlands and was very much influenced by these diverse cultures. After finishing my diploma at the Ontario College of Art I became a freelance illustrator and have never looked back. It was always my dream to express myself as an artist. I love to make images that pop and that communicate immediately with the viewer.

Illustrating people is a favourite topic and many of the people in my work are from photos I have taken on the street. Creating compositions with interesting architecture and people is a joy. The whole lifestyle genre is close to my heart.

I also love working with colour and texture and lately fashion and its endless abundance has been very inspiring to me.

Partial Client List: Harper Collins, Penguin/ Random House, Oxford University Press, Flow Magazine, Marie Claire, Vogue.com, Readers Digest, The Wall Street Journal, Chatelaine, How, Shape, Travel & Leisure, American Baby, Institutional Investor, Explore, The Body Shop, Flare, House & Home, The Toronto Star, The New York Times, Body & Soul, Girls Life, Explore Magazine, The Washington Post, Guideposts.

Jackie’s bird portraits intrigue. Clearly they are exquisitely executed. I am also a fan of her bold colour sense. Nevertheless, it is the power of her birds that haunt and stir interest. I am reminded of fairytales by Hans Christian Anderson and Oscar Wilde as well as Alfred Hitchcock’s terrifying film” Natasha Fraser Cavassoni

Natasha Fraser Cavassoni is the author of After Andy, Sam Spiegelman, Lou Lou de la Falaise, Yves St Laurent, Monsieur Dior and her latest book Harold!.