Carolyn Gavin - Illustrator

Carolyn Gavin is a painter, illustrator and surface pattern designer based in Toronto, Canada.#Vibrant, playful and happy are perfect words to describe her style.#A flower child of the 60s, Carolyn grew up in South Africa, left to travel Europe and relocated to Canada where she lives today in a quiet, leafy downtown neighborhood with her husband, daughter and bulldog.#Carolyn trained as a graphic designer and learned painting and techniques from artist Nina Campbell-Quine. In 2007, she started Ecojot, an eco-friendly paper business, with her family. Today, she freelances with her agent, Lilla Rogers Studio, and licenses her work for fabric, housewares, packaging and books.#Carolyn works in gouache, watercolor, pen and ink and vector. Finding inspiration in travel, flowers, exotic color and pattern, Carolyn makes sure her life is filled with beauty and creativity.~Instagram: @carolynj