Beard, Midge, Illustrator
Midge Beard lives and works in Austin Texas as a freelance illustrator by day and inspired dreamer by night. For, according to Midge Beard, in deep, deep, heavenly sleep comes deep, deep divine inspiration. She tries to remember the bits and pieces of color, imagery and words that come in the wee hours. Although they're not always remembered or completely understood, she considers them to be night time treasures. She wishes everyone on the planet could remember their dreams. Whether vivid or grey, distorted or clear, one should never underestimate the power of dreaming and recall.
Like most illustrators, she remembers marveling at the drawings in her picture books as a child, wondering, “How could someone create something that beautiful, and how did they do it?”.
Even in her high school years, seeing some of Europe’s most breathtaking works of art housed in museums and cathedrals that were works of art themselves, she again wondered, “How could someone create something that beautiful, and how did they do it?”. And as she got older she thought of something. Something very simple. Maybe they dreamed it. And remembered.
Midge Beard continues to remember and pursue her biggest dream ---- sharing experiences and treasures through pictures and words.