ABOUT

Hi! My name is Claudia Coppen, graduated from the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design in 1995 and have ever since worked as a graphic designer and illustrator. Lived and worked for many years in Amsterdam but eventually went back to my roots, the beautiful Limburg.

I mainly illustrate in my spare time besides my work as a graphic designer and so in 2001 I made the first sketches for the Ollipoppies. Only when my daughter Sara was born in 2009 I finally decided to breathe life into these little characters and illustrated the first book especially for her. The little book turned out so nice, I actually thought that every little kid should be given the opportunity to get to know the Ollipoppies. The other 3 books soon followed and so is how the story of OLLIPOPPIES began…