About Sandy
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Sandy Steen Bartholomew
Illustrator, Author, Cartoonist, Mom, Brainstormer, CZT (Certified Zentangle Teacher) 
This is the long Bio: Born in Guam, and raised in Massachusetts by a medical examiner/pathologist mother, Sandy was, literally, raised in a laboratory. To keep herself busy, she drew pictures, wrote stories, and made paper mache "specimens" - that glowed in the dark. Cartooning, illustration and photography kept her busy until she went to Brown University to study Egyptology. She also attended the School of Visual Arts, and then, finally, graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Illustration. After a very long... wait, Sandy got her Masters in Applied Cartooning from the Center for Cartoon Studies in 2017. As an author, illustrator, cartoonist, mixed-media artist, and a Certified Zentangle® Teacher, Sandy likes to fuse together all these passions, as well as hand-lettering and sketch-noting. She runs an Etsy store (Bumblebat), a studio (Beez Ink), and publishes her own comics and Inspiration Sketchbooks (Bumblebat Books). An off-and-on member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators since she was 15, she remembers when there was no "I" in SCBWI. For fun, drawing on the walls, reading YA novels, hula hooping, and watching movies - top her list. Sandy lives with her daughter, Lilah, Minou the cat, all her Inner Demons, and (coming soon!), Theo the service dog - in their colorful, mixed-media house in New Hampshire. Visit her website for samples of her work and inspiration: www.SandySteenBartholomew.com or her Instagram: www.instagram.com/beezink/ to see what she is up to lately. To read her comics, check out her Patreon site: http://www.patreon.com/SandyBee |
Here is the short Bio: Sandy Steen Bartholomew is an author, illustrator, cartoonist, mixed-media artist, and a Certified Zentangle® Teacher living in New Hampshire. She runs an Etsy store (Bumblebat) and a studio (Beez Ink) in her converted barn. Her life looks like a Zentangle - full of crazy patterns! She is inspired by magic and mystery, bits and pieces, and weird little creatures... including, but not limited to... her kids, Lilah and Alex, Minou the cat, all those Inner Demons, and (coming soon!) Theo the service dog. Visit her website for samples of her work and inspiration: www.SandySteenBartholomew.com or her Instagram: @BeezInkwww.instagram.com/beezink/ 
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