Stephen Heigh

Dad and Dinky
photo by Anna Juila Heigh

Stephen comes from a family of artists, his great grandfather was a glass artisan from Czechoslovakia. Stephen's father was an automobile designer and illustrator for Ford Motor Company. He was an advanced stylist in advanced styling dream room. Stephen attended the Art Institute of Philadelphia on a scholarship, class of ’82. Stephen has survived as a professional artist for over 24 years. He was a Senior Illustrator/Designer at Aramark Inc. and is currently an art services supplier to Aramark. Stephen spent several years as a Senior Illustrator/Designer for Burgoyne Greeting Cards Inc., where he was recognized as a finalist three times by the International Greeting Card Association for "Best in Greeting Card Design Louie Award". He has won numerous awards in both fine art and commercial art exhibitions.

His work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum, Marion Locks Gallery, Rodger LaPelle Gallery, Tin Man Alley Gallery, and Cheltenham Art Center and Abington Art Center juried art exhibitions. Stephen has recently been pursuing a freelance career and has created artwork for The Franklin Mint, Disney Clothing, Aramark Inc., McDonalds Inc., American Eagle Outfitters, Woolrich Sportswear, and several top advertising agencies. Stephen in addition is always pursuing his painting career as a fine artist and has made a transition into the fine art world. His paintings have been the recipients of many awards from top galleries. His work has been on the cover of American Artist Magazine. Recently he won the Philadelphia Museum of Art national greeting card competition open to professional artists. His work is being sold through the museum store. His two world wide distributed children’s books are available through major booksellers. He is currently working on his third children's book. American Artist Magazine Editor-in-Chief, Stephen Doherty has said that Stephen will achieve more professional acclaim in years ahead.

News & links

Snowman in the Moon book website

Mom's Choice Award for Creative Children's Picture Book

Newspaper article: "Artist offers a burst of creativity"

ForeWord magazine article

College gallery solo exibition

Art & Music exhibition

Philadelphia Illustrator's Award

In the Library Reviews

National competition winner for Philadelphia Art Museum holiday greeting card

Selected Book Awards

National Award winning children's book Author/Illustrator
2004 & 2005 Finalist for Children's Book of the Year from ForeWord Magazine
The 2006 Mom's Choice Award for Best Creative Children's Picture Book
2007 Ippy Award Recognition for Best Children's Fiction
Barnes and Nobles signings and illustrated storytimes and Borders Book Sellers.
Books are available also online through Barnes & Nobles.com Amazon.com, Target.com and others.

School Presentations

Stephen has presented his children's books to many schools and reading associations. Presentation fee varies by distance. Please contact Stephen at 215-742-0468 or at heigh5@hotmail.com
Local fee within 50 mile radius to Stephen's residence in Philadelphia is $750.00 which includes two presentations back to back to encompass all grade levels (e.g. K-4 and 5-12).
The presentation is approx. 45 minutes each in length which includes artist and author background talk about growing up as an artist/author, perseverance and working toward goals, samples of sketches through finished illustrations, large display of art for veiwing, drawing session where the artist draws two sketches from books and a question and answer session.

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