Illustrator, surface designer and sometimes author Jill McDonald is known for her color packed, playful art.

She received a BFA with a textile major from Rhode Island School of Design.
She has been navigating a freelance art career since 2004 with her husband & business partner Antonio. (An architect in his previous life)

Jill has years of experience working on a wide array of products including kids and baby bedding, fabric and scrapbooking collections, puzzles, games, greeting cards, and books.  She is the author/ illustrator of the popular early learning series Hello, World! which continues to grow.

Jill’s fun, whimsical art creates a happy feeling & she is often told “It brought a smile to my face”.  Jill enjoys bringing a touch of education to her art when she can & considers herself to be a curious lifelong learner.
 

Being dyslexic, Jill has always visited the pictures on the page first to cue her brain on the story in hand.  This gives her a special understanding about the power of a picture.  We all learn differently!
Studying an image provides a gateway to enter the words that accompany it.

Although Jill’s art is bright & breezy, she takes her job as an illustrator seriously & knows what a gift it is to share art with others.  She enjoys adding texture and little details to her art that can be revisited time & time again with the intent that you might discover something new!

Nestled on the third floor of her home she works out of her sun-drenched studio designed by Antonio.  The two are parents of a growing teen son, Luca and one sweet but stinky French Bulldog, Sophie. (Both have appeared in Jill’s art)