Man at a potters wheel instructing a young boy.

Lori McElrath-Eslick is a children's book illustrator. She graduated from Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan with a degree in illustration and now resides in Muskegon. For her paintings and illustration, Eslick often combines her passion for “plein air” painting in the great outdoors of Michigan, with her love for painting portraits. Many of her children’s book illustration focus on children learning skills and life lessons from adults.