Meet the Illustrator: Recording with Isabelle Arsenault

Mon 13 Jan 2020

This website presents a fascinating recorded interview with Canadian artist, Isabelle Arsenault, who describes how she created the illustrations for Virginia Wolf.

You can follow along with a provided transcript. Run time: 2 min. 18 sec.

Go to the recording.

We are each given more of some things and less of others.

Eric Walters

My Name is Blessing

A young African boy runs smiling to school. All but two fingers on his hands are malformed

If they knew me a little better, they would see that I'm not that different.

Shane Burcaw

Not So Different

I wish I could see what you see up there in that blue, blue sky.

Nan Forler

Trampoline Boy

Two young children touch hands as they swing in the air like acrobats

If I'm quiet, I might just hear the stars sing.

Rachna Gilmore

A Screaming Kind of Day

Young girl with hood standing in the rain

Down became up. Dim became bright. Gloom became glad.

Kyo Maclear

Virginia Wolf

illustration of a young girl sitting in a tree looking down at a fantasy version of a black wolf