Sandy Steen Bartholomew
Illustrator, Author, Cartoonist, Brainstormer, CZT (Certified Zentangle Teacher), Mom... Born in Guam and raised in Massachusetts with 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. (It's a long story).
Cartooning, illustrating and photoography 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) and a studio in her converted barn (Beez Ink), and publishes her own comics and Inspiration Sketchbooks (Bumblebat Books). For fun, drawing on the walls, reading YA novels, hula hooping, and watching movies - top her list. 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. Sandy lives with her two kids and a cat in their colorful, mixed-media house in Warner, NH. Visit her website for samples of her work and inspiration: www.SandySteenBartholomew.com or her blog: www.BeezInTheBelfry.com to see what she is up to lately. To read her comics, check out her Patreon site: http://www.patreon.com/SandyBee |
Here is my (shorter) semi-official Bio in case you need to write something nice about me:
Sandy Steen Bartholomew is an author, illustrator, cartoonist, mixed-media artist, and a Certified Zentangle® Teacher. She runs an Etsy store (Bumblebat) and a studio in her converted barn (Beez Ink). Her life looks like a Zentangle - all tangle-y and full of crazy patterns! She is inspired by juicy, jewel-tones and rusty-crusty, peeling, earth-covered things. Magic and mystery, bits and pieces, and weird little creatures. If it sits still, she'll paint it. Sandy lives with her two kids and a cat in their colorful, mixed-media house in Warner, NH - a town full of introverted artists. Visit her website for samples of her work and inspiration: www.SandySteenBartholomew.com or her blog: www.BeezInTheBelfry.com to see what she is up to lately. 
The name BEEZ ink comes from my old rubber stamp company. It was called Bartholomew's Ink Murder-Mystery Rubber Stamps. My customers shortened the name to B's Ink.
When I sold the company, B's Ink became BEEZ ink. The bee theme - which carries through all my businesses and logos - is appropriate as my mind is constantly humming and buzzing with ideas! 
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A new challenge? Bring it on!
Well... maybe after a nap.
Well... maybe after a nap.
