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Elise Hurst.

Illustrator · Australia

Elise Hurst: Australian illustrator behind Kobi Yamada's Trying and Noticing — painterly, atmospheric inspirational picture books for ages 4–10.

Elise Hurst is an Australian illustrator best known to UK and US children's-book readers as the visual partner on Kobi Yamada's Trying and Noticing, inspirational gift-shelf picture books in the same series as What Do You Do With an Idea?. Hurst's style is painterly, atmospheric and slightly dreamlike, closer to European literary picture books than to mainstream cartoon illustration, with strong use of warm-toned light and gentle textures. A reliable inspirational picture-book illustrator for ages 4–10 in the gift-shelf register, particularly for adult co-readers.