About

Hello and thanks for visiting my site.

I graduated from OCAD in 2007, and have been working with cut-paper collage ever since. I've illustrated over a dozen picture books, including Love You Head to Toe (Owlkids), My Forest is Green and My City Speaks (Kids Can Press) — a 2022 winner of the Young Children’s Schneider Family Book Award.

In addition to my freelance work, I enjoy teaching art classes and presenting my books to libraries and schools.

In 2017, I was Toronto Library's Illustrator in Residence: a program organized by IBBY Canada honouring children's book illustrator Joanne Fitzgerald. And in 2019, I got the chance to tour Vancouver as part of the CCBC’s TD Children’s Book Week.

I live in Toronto with my partner, Kevin, and our four cats.

For all inquiries, please contact me at hello@ashleybarron.com

Clients

Disney, Kashi, Owlkids Books, Kids Can Press, Orca, Groundwood books, Canadian Wildlife Federation, TEDX Toronto, Ontario Parks, Woodland Park Zoo, Children’s Wish Foundation, The Globe & Mail, Elle Canada, TD Bank, CAA, Cover Girl, The Royal Ontario Museum, Humane Society (HSUS), Leaves of Trees, Wesbanco, LOFC, St. Louis Magazine, Skirt!, Shameless Magazine, Kind News, Chirp Magazine, Spidar Magazine, WILD Magazine, Innovate, Cottage Life, Workforce, Best Health Magazine, This Old House Magazine, GE, Pepsi Canada, Highlights, Quill&Quire, Ontario Nature, Ontrario Charitable Gaming.