Katie Flindall is an Ontario-based artist, illustrator, and writer who spends her days chasing stories, spilled paint water, and the wild magic of childhood. Living just blocks from Lake Ontario and splitting her time with the prairie landscapes where she grew up in Kansas, her work is deeply shaped by both wide-open skies and the rhythms of life near the water.
Working in watercolor, acrylic, and ink, Katie creates everything from delicate storybook illustrations to large-scale mural installations filled with movement, wonder, and heart. Much of her work is inspired by life with her four children – muddy boots, backyard adventures, secret worlds, and the beautiful chaos of growing together. Her art captures fleeting moments of play and connection, celebrating the imagination woven into everyday life.
She is currently working on her fourth children’s book, Storm Cat, while continuing to create art that invites viewers into whimsical worlds full of storytelling, curiosity, and a little bit of magic.
Instagram: @katieflindallart
CV Born Brookfield, Vermont Currently based in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada 1999 Graduate, Virginia School of the Arts, Lynchburg, VA 1996-98 Canada’s National Ballet School/L’Ecole Nationale de Ballet du Canada Homeschooled K-9 Lyons, Kansas Residencies 2023 Milkwood Residency for Writers and Illustrators Solo Exhibitions 2018 June, Artist Showcase, Northumberland Arts, Port Hope, ON 2018 Tending the Muse, Coffee Public, Port Hope 2017 Solo Show, Premiere Dance, Cobourg, ON 2012 Let Them Play, Impresario Gallery, Cobourg, ON 2011 Solo show, Harden Huyse, Cobourg, ON 2011 Solo show, Edward Jones, Cobourg, ON 2009 Solo show, Mirabelle’s, Burlington, VT 2008, Open Studio Weekend, Waterbury, VT 2007 Solo show, Uncommon Grounds, Burlington, VT Group Exhibitions/Shows 2021 Night and Day on Sandhill Prairie Farm, Hutchinson Art Center Gallery, Hutchinson, KS 2018 Northumberland Arts, Port Hope, ON 2018 Art Salad, Grafton ON 2015-ongoing, Stonewood Gallery, Cobourg, ON 2015 Group Show, Northumberland Hills Hospital, Cobourg, ON 2015-2016 Northumberland Hills Studio Tour, Cobourg ON 2014-2018 Make It Indie Art Show and Sale, Cobourg ON 2007-2017 Cobourg Waterfront Festival, Cobourg ON 2007-2008 SEABA Art Hop, Burlington, VT 2006 Waterbury Art Walk, Waterbury, VT 2006 – Sister Show, Moon House Art Gallery, Waterbury, VT 2006 Hutchinson Art Center Show, Hutchinson, KS 2006 Prairie Fire Gallery, Buhler, KS Press and Publications Little U Magazine (offspring of Uppercase magazine) 2018, Parenthood and Creativity Highlights Magazine 2011 Oct, Stitching the Rip in the Sky 2010 April, Breakers 2009 March, The Woman in the Moon 2009 October, Stitching the Rip in the Sky 2008 May, Luke’s Magical Minutes 2007 December, The Stars Eating Well Magazine 2011 March/April, Working the Land 2011 June, Finger Food NuWork Magazine 2013 February, Premiere Issue, Monarch Children Yankee Magazine 2012 March/April, Mapping Cabot Owl Square Press Commissioned poster illustration, Fly by Night ArtisTree Press Illustrated children’s book, Prairie Nutcracker Radiant Hen Publishing Illustrated children’s book, Life is a Bowl of Cherry Pits Vermont Teddy Bear Company In partnership with Life is a Bowl of Cherry Pits Green Baby Gift Box Business Illustration Collection The Ruralist 2013 Artist Profile Logo Commissions: Northern Stewards, VT Humble Herb, Cobourg ON Ting and Co., Peterborough, ON Northumberland Homeschool Group, Cobourg, ON Leopard Cosmo, ON Mountain Lake Properties, VT Movement Center, Williston, VT Awards Grants 2015 Diversity Painting Awardee, Trinity Church, Cobourg, ON 2011 Illustrator of the Month, Stitching the Rip in the Sky, Highlights Magazine 2010 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award for Life is a Bowl of Cherry Pits 2009 Illustrator of the Month, The Circle of Days, Highlights Magazine 2004 Patron Award, Hutchinson Art Center Public Art / Large-scale Experience 2021 Branford Library Commissioned Permanent Murals, Children's Dept., Brantford, ON 2017/18 Father Daughter Ball mural, Cobourg, ON 2016 Cultivate Festival Muralist 2014 Horizons of Friendship Fairy Door Project for Green Wood Coalition, Port Hope 2001 Commissioned Mural, Tiffany House, Hutchinson KS