photo by Tyler McLeod

About Ben

Benjamin James Frey is an illustrator and fine artist located in-between the mountains and ocean in Vancouver, Canada. He recently graduated from Capilano University's Design and Illustration program in 2007, and has spent the past few years freelancing in Vancouver and in Berlin, Germany. Ben is notably a consistent art contributor to Sitka Surfboards as well as a children's book illustrator for Alanna Books UK, Annick Press, and Simply Read Books.

His biggest source of inspiration is the west coast, old illustrated biology textbooks of plants and animals, and India.