Chris van Es is an award winning illustrator who was born in the Netherlands and moved to Canada when he was sixteen.  After misguidely spending two years studying premed he traveled widely for a number of years during which he discovered that he liked to draw. He graduated from the illustration program at Sheridan College in the late eighties and currently lives in Toronto with his wife and two children. His work has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers and a body of his work is available through the NewsArt  illustration syndicate.