BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS
Giles' uses a unique technique of "paper relief" to create elaborate collages for children's book illustrations. Every illustration involves drawing, cutting, painting, and gluing. Often, a piece has seven or eight layers. Spacers are placed between each layer to give the final artwork added depth and dimension.
Giclee prints of selected illustrations are now available. Please email Giles for more information.
Click on the images below for larger views.
PARTHENON
From "What's Inside?
Fascinating Structures
Around the World," 2009
WHEELS SPIT
AND SPUTTER
From "What Do
Wheels Do All Day?" 2006
CHALET
From "If You Lived Here:
Houses of the World," 2011
MAGELLAN'S VOYAGE
From "Down to the Sea
in Ships," 2005
APURIMAC
RIVER BRIDGE
From "Bridges
Are to Cross," 1998
BAPTISTERY
OF PARMA
From "Sacred
Places," 2000
WHEELS RACE
From "What Do
Wheels Do All Day?" 2006
THREE
LAUGHING GULLS
From "Who Sees
the Lighthouse?" 2002