Lights Out!
This book is one of my favorites. Night scenes can be scary for young children, so painted everything with a bluish/purplish tint, with lots of moonlight. The little girl in this book is based on my younger sister – she kept the rest of the family busy keeping...
More pics from the Kennedy Center Children’s Book Festival
Bryan Collier and Lulu Delacre…Here’s my new friend Uma Krishnaswami with her lovely books…Nikki Giovanni and a young fan…Here are my books, all stacked up & displayed so nicely!Signing…More signing…Aww, what a sweet kid!with...
20 Artists of Worcester Reception
On Friday, I headed down to the Davis Printers’ building (not to be confused with Davis Advertising!) to see the art show. There were a lot of people!Here’s Erika Sidor with a friend (I believe he’s an artist, too, and I can’t recall his name...
Illustrators Party at Michelson’s
Saturday was also the annual Illustrators Party to kick off the 19th annual illustrators show at the R. Michelson Gallery in Northampton. I missed the last couple of shows, but seeing that I was in the area, there was no way I would be missing this one.Mark Blevis and...
My day at the Eric Carle Museum
On Saturday, I was lucky enough to get to spend the day at the museum as an artist guest! First, I read No Mush Today in the Auditorium for the member’s annual breakfast. There were a lot of people in the audience – more came in after I took this photo.The...
About Me
My name is Nicole Tadgell and I'm an award-winning watercolor artist & illustrator. My work spans more than 30 luminous picture books for children.