Ms. Gail Green

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Gail Green
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Gail Green Licensing & Design 211 Thompson Blvd. Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 gail@gailgreen.net

Designed by award winning illustrator Gail Green. 50 sheet notepad

Gail Green, Writer/Design Specialist
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Gail GreenMs. Green brings over 20 years of award-winning creative thinking to Frontier 3 along with a portfolio of satisfied clients that include, The Michigan Board of Tourism, Taubman Centers, Glaxo Smith Kline Pharmaceuticals, Wendy's, Little Caesars, Wal-Mart, and Karmanos to name just a few.

Gail's creative success stems from her ability to define the motivating factors that will make an impact on the client's target audience along with her ability to develop an effective creative strategy that will exceed client goals.

As an expert in branding and marketing, she has successfully lead multiple creative teams to unequalled success with the philosophy that positive results come from hard work, original thinking, and keeping it fun.

Designer, illustrator, teacher & author Gail Green has been drawing since she was barely old enough to grasp a crayon in her hand.She began her career by recording memories on freshly painted walls, completing her first series of animal drawings when she was only 2-1/2 years old.

Although blank walls still pique creative instincts, she eventually was convinced to use more appropriate surfaces to express herself and turned to paper for most of her later work.A versatile and prolific illustrator, Ms. Green has developed her own unique illustration style, using combinations of pen-and-ink, colored pencil and watercolor to express her lifelong passion for animals and capture gentle moments in time.

Ms. Green also demonstrated a love for language by speaking at a very early age, and continues expressing herself through the written word in articles, books and other forms of written communication.She is a nationally recognized designer and writer, known for her " how to" craft books and articles, as well as her 4 year "THINK INK!"column in Stamping Arts & Crafts magazine.She has been deeply involved with artistic rubberstamping for almost 2 decades and has illustrated hundreds of rubber stamps images for various rubber stamp manufacturers.Her distinct illustration style is also seen on products throughout the creative craft/hobby, pet, greeting and gift industries.

Gail Green's books include THE ULTIMATE RUBBER STAMPING TECHNIQUE BOOK and CAT & DOG LOVERS' IDEA BOOK.Her project design and articles on various topics appear regularly in consumer and trade magazines, including Scrap and Stamp Arts, Arts & Crafts, Country Marketplace, Rubber Stampin' Retailer and many others.

She is an active member of SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators), the Illinois Illustrators' Network and HIA (Hobby Industries Association).Other professional affiliations have included ACCI (Association of Creative Craft Industries) and SCD (Society of Craft Designers).

Ms. Green's demonstrations, classes and programs have been also been featured at libraries, retail stores & trade shows:

Pet programs can include many types of relevant topics from the proper way of greeting and handling dogs and cats & responsible pet ownership to discussions on some of the different ways adults and children can become involved with the many dog sports.Presentations can also include demonstrations of basic obedience with one or more of Ms. Green's Border Collies, as well as a dog modeling some of the projects from the book.

Three calendars help Gail Green navigate through life.There's a calendar for work and another for home.And there is one more that stays in Green's purse that jogs her memory when she's in transit.All are filled with plans, appointments, her children's cheerleading and swim team dates, punctuated with a variety of colored Post-it notes and ink.

A single mom dedicated to her two children, Courtney and Connor, Green has little spare time.However, she does make time to volunteer in the community where she grew up and now lives: Farmington.

For the past five years, Green has donated hours of her artistic skills and time to the Farmington Area Founders Festival, a 39-year-old tradition.July 15-17, residents honor Farmington, Michigan's first Quaker settlement, with food, music and a parade.Green, a free-lance graphic artist who also works as a senior copy writer for an advertising firm, has helped brand the event by creating logos and designing banners and T-shirts.

"It's nice when you live in a community that you love to be able to use your skills to make the community a better and stronger place," says Green, one of 150 volunteers who make the festival a reality every year."You owe your community something.You either give or do nothing, but you can't complain."

Green is but one of the nameless and thankless hoi polloi who, despite day jobs, families and other obligations, put these events together every summer for free.
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Her cousin Holly Owen helps with the parade, and this year, Green's 16-year-old daughter, Courtney, will open the parade with her high school's pompom squad.

"Every year, I get a kick out seeing people walking around in T-shirts I've helped create," Green says.

Gail Green SCBWI-Illinois: Author Gail Green
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Gail Green
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Gail Green: Published work

The author of "The Ultimate Rubber Stamping Technique Book" and "Cat & Dog Lovers' Idea Book", Gail Green specializes in writing about animals and a variety of creative subjects and teaching craft techniques, drawing lessons, and pet responsibility. Her licensed illustration brand "Sweet PETatoes" appears on a wide variety of craft products, scrapbook kits, stationery, party and gift items in stores nationwide.

An enthusiastic, skilled presenter, Green has taught classes and presented programs at schools, park districts and libraries to both home school and public school groups, scout troups and private groups in NW Chicago suburbs and at various trade shows nationwide. Animals, art and crafting are her passions and Green's dynamic presentations empower her audience to develop their creative abilities, while also helping children of all ages celebrate the wonderful human-animal bond.

Green's latest book, "Animals and Teens: The Ultimate Teen Guide" (YA nonfiction, Scarecrow Press) is scheduled for an early 2009 release. In addition to being written by Green, this exciting book will also feature many of Green's original drawings.

Programs and presentations for a variety of age levels and skills include topics as varied as Drawing Enrichment, Rubber Stamping Techniques, How to be a Responsible Pet Owner, How Dogs Communicate, Licensing 101, and The Business of Being an Artist.

For more information, including links to websites where you can view illustration samples, go to: www.gailgreen.blogspot.com. To schedule or check presentation, program or class availability, please contact Green via email or blog.

Teens speak out about their unique perspective on the human-animal bond & volunteer work with animals in "Animals and Teens: The Ultimate Teen Guide" by Illinois author/illustrator Gail Green (Scarecrow Press).
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Gail Green has been an animal lover all her life. She is a member of SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators), a multiple time published author, and illustrator for the licensed brand "Sweet PETatoes®". For more information or to schedule an interview with the author, please contact Gail Green at 847-951-9254, or email her at gail@gailgreen.net. Visit www.gailgreen.blogspot.com for links to her websites or order your book now!