As a visual narrator, my medium shifts to accommodate the needs of the project. I have spent the past two decades telling stories with images. These stories have taken the form of illustrations for newspapers, posters for telephone poles, and paintings for galleries. Some have taken shape as collaborative theater projects. Others have been made of clay, narratives disguised as the decoration on ceramic vessels. Most recently, I have turned to telling stories digitally, using the computer as both design tool and delivery format. I believe that the most interesting future for visual communication will be crafted by hybrid creators: Artist/Writer/Designers whose work and job descriptions will be difficult to pigeonhole.

~Joellyn Rock


+ about the book

Beautiful Angiola: The Great Treasury
of Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales
Collected by Laura Gonzenbach
by Jack Zipes (Introduction + Translation)
Joellyn Rock (Cover + interior illustrations)


+ new work