Pat Ivy is a freelance artist specializing in pastel portraits. Using photos as a reference she creates life-like portraits of wildlife and pets. Pat has illustrated a number of books for the Grolier book series "Getting to Know Nature's Children" and continues to do commissioned art work. In addition to her work as an artist Pat and her husband Bill run the stock photo agency IVY IMAGES as well as ANNA LORD FINE ARTS a book publishing enterprise. Together they have founded the NURSING MOMS PROJECT, a pro-breastfeeding initiative. When not in her studio she likes to relax in her garden or kayak on Georgian Bay.