As a painter, Anderson is fascinated by the still life. Over the years her work has ranged from minimal, softly defined compositions of a few objects to elaborate and crisp arrangements of vegetables, random props, and old photographs and magazine clippings. Each painting is highly structured, a carefully-and playfully-balanced staging of elements that invite the viewer to experience a closer examination of the otherwise ordinary items of daily life. All still lifes are actual size, and painted from life.
Stephanie Anderson lives and works in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, as an illustrator and painter. Since graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1999, she has illustrated three books for children, “Weaving the Rainbow” by George Ella Lyon, “Sleepy Boy” by Polly Kanevsky, and “You and Me and Home Sweet Home” by George Ella Lyon, all published with Simon & Schuster. Both collaborations with Lyon have garnered awards for Anderson, the most recent being the 2010 Jane Addams Peace Honor for “You and Me and Home Sweet Home“. She is currently writing and illustrating a fourth book.
