About

I’m a traditional illustrator who works with watercolor, acrylics, pencil color and pen and ink.

I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember. I began to pursue a career as a children’s book illustrator after watching an episode of Reading Rainbow.

Shortly after, I began illustrating covers for small publishing houses which led to illustrating a number of books for Eakin Press. Hector’s Escapades, Hector Visits His Country Cousin and Bubba Bailey and the Farkleberry Bush to name a few.

During a thirty-three year career with American Airlines, I continued to work with self published authors illustrating books such as Millie and Me, Riley the Brave and Who is God.

Since retiring from American Airlines, I find myself with more time to grow my career as an illustrator.

I can be contacted at garylaronde@gmail,com

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