Abbey Rawson is a digital artist, an improvisor, a writer, an illustrator and a printmaker based in South Australia. She is currently studying animation and digital illustration at CDW Studios. Her style is quirky, fun, whimsical and a little bit weird. Children’s books and illustrated texts are one of her passions, and Abbey works as a bookseller in a little bookstore by the sea. She has a Bachelor of Arts (International Studies), a Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design, and a Master of Teaching. She has been part of On The Fly, an Adelaide-based improvised theatre group for four years, and performs with various troops including Adelaide’s only all-female troop, Alex and the Babes. Since graduating art school, Abbey has been awarded the IAF Franz Kempf Printmakers Award and has received funding to undertake arts residencies through The Helpmann Academy and Carclew House. Through these grants she was able to travel to Scotland, India and Italy, where she learned from master artists and craftspeople. Abbey has also undertaken writing courses through Writers SA, Tafe SA, Moniack Mhor Writers Centre, and Ty Newydd Writers Centre. Abbey engaged in the Elevate Mentorship Program through The Helpmann Academy, during which she was mentored by Sally Heinrich in picture book creation and design, while simultaneously studying digital illustration as part of the Creative Incubator Program at ACArts. Abbey has self-published a picture book titled Baz Likes Hugs, which local schools have used as a teaching resource. Abbey also designs and sell greeting cards and prints featuring her work, and has worked on local commissions. She enjoys creating social media content, posters, animations and designs for films and events. Most recently, Abbey undertook an archaeological dig in the Darkhad Depression, Outer Mongolia, to develop her skills in artefact illustration, and to learn practical archaeological techniques in a remote location.