Jo-Anne Mason has lived on Anguilla for over 20 years. She creates illustrated children's books and artwork about the Caribbean. 
Books
Seven Days on Anguilla
The images that make up the series “Seven Days on Anguilla” were digitally created using the program “Painter”. She produced them as images printed on paper and were so popular she decided to write a short description of the scenes and put them together into a small book.
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Paddy the Goat that Saved Anguilla The images for the Paddy book were created using the digital art program Painter. Jo-Anne wrote the book and then using scenes from around Anguilla created the illustrations. Paddy was first pu  blished by Macmillian Caribbean in 2003. The second edition of the book is now on shelves in local gift shops and has been renamed "Paddy the Goat that Saved Anguilla"
TRIXY The Monkey That Ate Nevis
Is now on bookshelves in Anguilla and Nevis. A delightful tale about and monkey who never gets enough food and gets into big trouble. Trixy is a 42 page book with two pages of information about Vervet monkeys and the island of Nevis.
Another childrens book this time illustrated in Adobe Illustrator is planned for 2011.
Stamp SeriesJo-Anne has created several stamp series for the Anguilla Postal Service.
The Rotary Club of Anguilla commissioned Jo-Anne Mason to create 5 stamps for the 100 year anniversary of the Rotary International. These images were created in Adobe Illustrator.
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Social Security 20th Anniversary Stamps On May 28, 2002 The Anguilla Social Security Board presented a 20th Anniversary stamp series created by Jo-Anne Mason. The stamps were commissioned by Soical Security to highlight three areas of the S.S. functions to Anguilla society. Community Service, Employee Benefits and Benefits for all ages. The stamps portray images of Anguillians at work, play and in various age groups. These images were created in Adobe Illustrator.
Anguilla Wild Flowers
Wild flowers were created using prismacolor art pencils and the originals are on sale at Savannah Gallery. The images will eventually be used to create a book about the plant life of Anguilla. The Postal Service selected six flower images to create this stamp series for 2009.
Jo-Anne often returns to conventional art and has had many shows at Savannah Gallery with watercolors and oils. Currently she is working on the series "The Minds Eye", a group of oil painting depicting scenes of Anguilla that have a lasting effect on locals and visitors alike. Favorite restaurants, beaches, historical old cottages are among these images.
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