Katie McConnachie (U.S.A./Antigua) b. 1959 Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. and now resides in the Island of Antigua, in the West Indies. She began her artistic career painting Special Effects for cartoons for Hanna Barbera Productions before moving to Antigua.

She left California in 1984 to "go sailing" and settled in Antigua in 1985. She started Seahorse Studios, supplying graphic design facilities for the local businesses and yachting communities.

Katie's delightful wildlife illustrations utilize Ebony pencil, Pen & Ink, Acrylic paintings, Prismacolor pencil and Air Brush techniques, won her Best in Show at the 1988 Antiguan Artists Society Annual Exhibition. She entered the 1989 Island Arts competition. The largest competition of it's kind held in the Caribbean for 35 years and received International Awards for Best Other Media, Best Technique and was a runner up for the Supreme Award for Excellence.

Her resume includes: opening a number of Art Galleries with her Originals and Prints, Children's book Illustrator, Antiguan Postage Stamp creator and commercial and residential Muralist with works all over the world. Katie's favorite medium in Prismaclor pencils, which afford her drawings an incredible amount of detail work. She also works a great deal in Acrylic paints. Her subject matter spans from her Pet Portraits of Birds, Cats, Dogs, etc. to Native Island and underwater wildlife.