A number of notable American and Canadian artists have used dynamic symmetry in their painting, including George Bellows (1882–1925), Maxfield Parrish (1870–1966), The New Yorker cartoonist Helen Hokinson (1893–1949), Al Nestler (1900–1971), Kathleen Munn (1887–1974), the children's book illustrator and author Robert McCloskey (1914–2003), and Clay Wagstaff (b. 1964). Elizabeth Whiteley has used dynamic symmetry for works on paper.