Pascal Milelli graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 1988. While still attending ACAD he apprenticed with CBC Television (designing news graphics and sketching courtroom trials), and the Calgary Herald newspaper. After graduating, he worked at a design studio, Cal Graphica (now Karo Design). These experiences provided invaluable lessons in operating a working studio.

In the spring of 1989, Pascal set out for the West Coast. His first freelance work came from the Vancouver Sun newspaper, which led to a contract with Vancouver Opera in 1991. The four paintings produced for that season were seen throughout the city and served as a true launching pad for new local and international work.

Since then, Pascal has illustrated projects as varied as tea packaging in Holland, videogame slipcovers in England, annual reports, book jackets for education textbooks, contemporary fiction and young readers' books as well as numerous advertising campaigns. His award-winning children's book, Rainbow Bay (written by Stephen Eaton Hume), appeared in 1995, followed by The Art Room (by Susan Vande Griek) in 2002. The Canadian Library Association awarded the latter its top prize, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for Illustration. This fall, Sleeping Bear Press will launch his third picture book, Waiting for the Owl’s Call, by National Book Award-winner Gloria Whelan.

His work has been recognized by, and appeared in, Communication Arts, The Society of Illustrators and Applied Arts magazine. For more details please see Selected Clients and Portfolio.