Welcome to
Charlotte Philtjens Art!
Charlotte Philtjens is an illustator who lives in the small northern community of Telegraph Creek, BC, Canada. She enjoys creating her art surrounded by her big family. When she is not in her art studio, you will find Charlotte in nature, gardening with her kids, building things with her husband or enjoying a spooky book. She is originally from Belgium, where she studied art at Haute Ecole St Luc de Liege.
She always was an illustrator, really. Charlotte wrote and illustrated her first book when she was six years old for the greatest pleasure of her parents who kept the precious artifact to this day. It wasn’t meant to be published of course but after that, she never stopped drawing, and later on, painting. She designed several comic books that depicted herself and her horse on all kinds of funny adventures ; she never got enough of reading comics either.
When Charlotte moved to Canada in 2010, she travelled all over the country but mostly stayed and enjoyed northern communities where she learned the bush life and survival skills you can only experience and live in Canada. Alongside poeple she met ‘up there’, Charlotte learned to fish, hunt, trap and somewhat dog sleigh. She had always been an outdoorsy person so this lifestyle resonated with her very very much.
From there, her art had a new purpose, a new direction. She never had to wait for inspiration anymore, it was all around her…
Charlotte’s art is directly inspired by her everyday life of homesteading, mothering and living an altogether different lifestyle. It has been leading to more magical worlds as her art evolved a lot in the past few years partially because she worked on so many different children’s books. Some made it out in the world, some never will but the inspiration from those stories is very much alive in her heart.
Her illustrations and stories inspire her own children with adventures and wonder. She hopes you will see her art through your inner child’s eyes and enjoy it as much as she does.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Graham H., author
Charlotte is patient and professional. She was so helpful with the
illustration and book design process. Charlotte adjusted my book
multiple times and was understanding when I asked for changes.
She brought my creative dreams to life! I highly recommend her
and I plan to come back to her for future projects.
Kaitlyn L., author
Charlotte was a dream to work with! She is professional and
completes the amazing illustrations in a timely fashion. She is
extremely helpful and anticipates any needs I may have. I will
definitely hire her again!
Evan N., author
This was my first ever experience writing and producing a book,
and I hit the jackpot landing with Charlotte as my illustrator. Not
only did she do a fantastic job bringing my story and characters to
life, she was SO incredibly helpful as I fumbled around trying to
figure out how to get this project from idea to reality. She was
there every step of the way, making recommendations and
answering a barrage of questions, going above and beyond what
was needed. She was super communicative and did a great job of
simplifying and explaining even the most basics aspects of the
project, and was quick to reply with updates. I would 100%
recommend Charlotte and would work together with her again in a
heartbeat (and hopefully will for the next book I am writing!)
