Online Gallery features: Paula Pertile

When I was in kindergarten my grammar school had a contest to draw George Washington chopping down the cherry tree. I drew what I thought was a good picture, but of course some 6th grader won. (Maybe his or her parents helped draw it, I'll never know.) I can still remember standing transfixed in front of the display cabinet at the entrance to the school, studying the winning entry, amazed at how good it was. How did they get the figure to look so real? My five year old's drawing was so flat and stiff by comparison. All the other kids were running to the bus, playing and screaming like normal kids, and there I stood for I don't know how long, analyzing this drawing. I knew then that that's what I wanted to do someday ~ draw things and people that looked "real". Then in third grade I won a coloring contest sponsored by a local coffee shop, and my prize was a banana split, a bank radio (which I still have) and $5. Hey! I can make money doing this!

Nancy Barnett	North/Central	April 2003
Carol Benioff	East Bay	May 2003
Cindy Ann Ganaden	South San Francisco	June2003
Deborah Nourse Lattimore	North/Central	July 2003
Sara Iravani Kahn	South San Francisco	September 2003
Elisa Kleven	North/Central	October 2003
Jan Adkins	North/Central	November 2003
Joy Allen	North/Central	December 2003
Yuyi Morales	East Bay	January 2004
Liz Cunningham	East Bay	February 2004
Brooke Scudder	South San Francisco	March 2004
Paula Pertile	South San Francisco	April 2004
Lauren Francis	South San Francisco	May 2004
Mike Maystead	South San Francisco	July 2004
Kris Aro McLeod	North/Central	August 2004
Barbara Pollak	South San Francisco	October 2004
Sherry Rogers	North/central	September 2004
Kirsten Carlson	South San Francisco	November 2004

Artist of the month featured here. See and be seen! Members Share illustrations in the SCBWI NorCa online gallery. We're interested in showcasing our members' artwork, both published and unpublished. To submit artwork to be considerd for this page please e-mail your regional advisor.