I met Chrissy, I mean Christine Joy Pratt, when I was just a little pup about a year ago, but I know all about her. She grew up on the mainland, in New Jersey and attended the University of Vermont, majoring in Fine Art. She did an internship with a Fine printmaker and illustrator, Mel Hunter, who inspired her to take up illustration. One day quite unexpectedly, she bought a one-way ticket to Hawaii back in 1990. Chrissy relocated to the island of Oahu where she lives and works ...and surfs...today. It's a good thing she did, cause this is where she met her husband Tom...and ME of course! Anyway, Chrissy creates artwork with scratchboard and watercolors in her Honolulu office. She especially likes to draw things for children''s books. You might have seen her art in Cricket magazine. She enjoys illustrating stories about Hawaii and the South Pacific but likes all types of projects. Her goal is to travel to faraway places to research illustration projects. Oh, and a doing a picture book is high up on her wish list too. Shoots, let's take a peek at some of her "woof-er-ific" creations.