Kaley McKean is an illustrator based in Toronto. She received her BDes in Illustration from OCAD U in 2012, and since then has been working in the realms of editorial illustration, children’s publishing, and product design. Her first illustrated children’s book, “Howl Like a Wolf” by Kathleen Yale, was published in spring 2018 by Storey Publishing.
Her work features bright, minimal colour palettes and hand-made textures. She is inspired by medieval bestiaries, folklore, and the natural world. She will happily draw you any animal.
Kaley lives in Toronto’s west end with her husband (who is also an illustrator) Nolan Pelletier.
Selected Client List:
Storey Publishing
The New York Times
Aquila Magazine Corporate Knights
Smithsonian
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Variety
Middlebury Magazine
Topic.com Reader’s Digest Canada Upworthy/GOOD North99
Avenue Magazine
Time Out New York
EmDash
Alcalde
Saint Mary’s Alumni Magazine
David Herbick Design Joe Fresh
Cricket Magazine
Cottage Life Leap Magazine
Baltimore Magazine
Beer Advocate Magazine
The Globe and Mail Alberta Oil This Magazine Isthmus Milwaukee Magazine Honolulu Magazine Spirituality and Health Red Magazine
