Wendy MacNaughton
Wendy MacNaughton is an illustrator and a graphic journalist based in San Francisco. Her documentary series Meanwhile tells the stories of communities through drawings and the subject's own words, and is being published as an anthology by Chronicle Books in 2014. She's illustrated two other forthcoming books: Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology, by Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton (Bloomsbury, 2013) and The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Wine, by Richard Betts (Houghton Mifflin, 2013). She has degrees in fine art/advertising and social work from Art Center College of Design and Columbia University. When they let her, she likes to talk with students at Art Center College of Design, and she is an artist in residence at Intersection for the Arts. Source: wendymacnaughton.com.
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"In May of 2011, the San Francisco Public Library invited illustrator Wendy MacNaughton to spend a month at the main branch getting to know the people of the library -- the librarians, guards, patrons and staff -- and to tell their story. The result is this illustrated documentary on the library told exclusively through drawings and the subjects' own words"--P. [1].
Take a stroll through the City by the Bay with renowned artist Wendy MacNaughton in this collection of illustrated documentaries. With her beloved city as a backdrop, a sketchbook in hand, and a natural sense of curiosity, MacNaughton spent months getting to know people in their own neighborhoods, drawing them and recording their words. Her street-smart graphic journalism is as diverse and beautif
A USA TODAY Bestseller“A poem to mortality and the beauty of how we can cope with it.”―Atul Gawande, author of Being MortalNew York Times –bestselling artist Wendy MacNaughton shares wisdom from hospice how to be, when to help, what to say―with full-color drawings throughout.As artist-in-residence at the Zen Hospice Project Guest House in San Francisco, Wendy Ma
