By the end of the decade her work was in wide demand and she had begun her long and successful career as a free-lance illustrator. Subsequently, she worked for several years in well known Chicago art studios. She was born in Japan and came to the United States in the early sixties where she continued studies in design and illustration at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for a year and a half.

Craft is a graduate, BFA 1962, of The Kanazawa Municipal College of Fine and Industrial Art (known in Japan as The Kanazawa Bidai). It can also be found public collections at The National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian, The Cornish Colony Museum in Windsor, VT, The Museum of American Illustration in New York City, The National Geographic Society and other corporate collections. Her work has been widely exhibited and is now in private collections in New York City, Atlanta GA, Santa Barbara CA, Dallas TX, Connecticut, San Francisco CA, Italy, Japan and Greece. Her art is also widely licensed on calendars, posters, greeting cards and other consumer goods. Her fairy tale books are currently distributed in the USA, other English language countries, Europe, Greece, China and Korea. During her career she has become known for meticulous attention to detail, a passionate love of fine art and a deep knowledge of art history. Her past commissions have included paintings for the book covers of many well known fantasy authors, opera posters, fairy tale books and covers for many national magazines. Craft is one of the most widely respected and well known fantasy artists in the United States today. Her art is also widely licensed on calendars, posters, greeting cards and * Complete list of her book covers.

Cinderella by Kinuko Y. Craft