Clare Beaton is the illustrator of more than forty books for children. Her work features fabric art incorporating buttons, beads, wire, sequins, embroidery and numerous other found and recycled materials. She is a graduate of the Hornsey College of Art in England, where she studied illustration and graphics. She worked on children’s programs at the BBC for eight years creating captions, puppets and props. Ms. Beaton lives in London.

Clare Beaton's art can be seen online as a delightful feature of the advertising campaign for Triaminic. The firm Saatchi & Saatchi commissioned the work from Clare and Bermuda Shorts animated it for the television commercials.

More information can be found about Clare on her website: www.clarebeaton.com