Name: Deborah Maizels

Location: Old Coulsdon, Surrey. UK

E-mail: debbie@zoobotanica.com

Qualifications:

I am a Member of the Institute of Biology and hold Chartered Biologist status. (C.Biol. M.I.Biol)

B.Sc. (Jt. Hons.) Botany and Zoology, II.i (University of Reading, 1987-1990)

B.A. (Hons.) Scientific Illustration, II.i (Middlesex University, 1990-1994) (included a four-month work placement at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)

A-levels Biology (A*), Pure Mathematics (C), Chemistry (D)

I completed my Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in 1992.

CAREER: 1994 - 2007 Freelance biological and medical illustrator working in digital media including Adobe Photoshop 7, Illustrator CS and Painter IX, and traditional media such as watercolour, acrylics, pencils and pen and ink.

2002-3 Artist's residency at the Grant Museum of Zoology, University College London.

Other interests: I am an active volunteer for Croydon Cats Protection. I edit their bimonthly newsletter, and also foster some of their cats and kittens that are rescued and waiting for new homes. I am also secretary for Austin Close Limited (flat management company).