For this week’s artist, I have chosen the Canadian illustrator and collagist, Manon Gauthier. Gauthier is a Montreal-based artist who has over 25 years of experience in art and creativity as well as communications and philanthropy. I came across her work on Pinterest while looking for inspiration for our upcoming collage project and I was in awe of her playful and childlike collage illustrations. The works of Gauthier are done with the use of gouache, pencils, crayons, and paper collaging to create scenes depicting a youthful sense of wonder. Gauthier’s illustrations have been in dozens of children’s books for Canadian and European publishers. You can find her illustrations in the books, “Elliot” by Julie Pearson, “Good Morning Grumple” by Victoria Allenby, “Wash On” by Michele Marineau, and “All the World a Poem” by Gilles Tibo. Gauthier has received numerous awards for her work and has been nominated for the prestigious Governor General’s Literary Award four times.