Summer...

Just adding a touch of Summer to my (quiet) blog.
Mind you, it's raining here at the moment.

Flower Stamps

I have produced six new 'flower-themed' stamp designs for
Sugar Nellie.
I think my favourite is 'Sweet Pea', shown above...

Skipping...

I'm busy working on several projects at the moment (good thing)
so I've been neglecting my blog (bad thing)...
I'll be able to post images from the projects once they're
published, but in the meantime, this is Poppy, skipping...

More Stamp Designs...

Here are a few recent illustrations for a set
of 'fairy and elf' stamp designs for the
rubber stamp company, Sugar Nellie.
Great fun to do...

Stamp Designs

I've been illustrating stamp designs for a rubber stamp company
called Sugar Nellie for a while now. Here are a couple of the latest
designs - done during the recent snowy weather!
I've also just finished a batch of fairy designs for them too - I'll
post some of them here once they're on sale over at Sugar Nellie.

Illustration Friday - Focused

Harry, focused on balancing...

The Special Present

I just received copies of a book I illustrated last year,
for EECI, Inc. These photos show the cover,
and a compilation of my favourite bits...

Highlights High Five - Jan '10 Cover

I just received my copies of the January 2010 issue of
Highlights High Five magazine, for which I did the cover artwork.
This is such a great magazine, always full of artwork by a wide
range of illustrators. It's a real shame we can't buy it in the UK!
(click on pic for larger version)

It's cold out...

Illustration Friday - Hatch

hatch, hatch, hatch......

Illustration Friday - Unbalanced

Hmmm....

Illustration Friday - Frozen

Illustration Friday - Infinite

Illustration Friday - Strong

Pamela was showing off again...
(click on image to enlarge)

South West Illustrators' Exhibition 2009

I am a member of South West Illustrators, and am taking part
in an exhibition at the Rostra & Rooksmoor Galleries in Bath, UK,
in conjunction with The Bath Festival of Children's Literature.
The exhibition runs from 19th - 30th September 2009

Art for Hearts

I've just finished this little watercolour called 'Bedtime'.
It's for a charity auction of artwork by children's illustrators,
and all proceeds will go towards funding research by the
transplant team at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
The auction is called 'Art for Hearts',
and is being run by Ian Stacey -
you can view the artwork in the auction at his blog, here.

Illustration Friday - Wrapped

Wrapped up, watching snowflakes, rapt...

Little Boys Blue

Just finished painting these little chaps.
They're friends with the little characters
I painted a few weeks ago - here.

Illustration Friday - Modify

One Summer, when my twins were little, I bought them
some sweet little denim sun hats. Then we went to a
shop to choose some ribbon to modify the hats.
Harriet chose red, Sophie chose yellow.

Illustration Friday - Hollow

Some Hollow Doodling...

Illustration Friday - Worn

They had worn matching outfits for the occasion...

A bit of Architecture...

Here are some details from a job I finished recently for
a children's guidebook for The National Trust.
It's been quite a while since I did any architectural illustration...

Illustration Friday - Drifting

Illustration Friday - Unfold

Illustration Friday - Craving

Illustration Friday - Adapt

Illustration Friday - Cracked

More cakes

Been painting more cakes...

Illustration Friday - Contagious

Illustration Friday - Parade

A Parade of Hats.
(Parades like this are seen regularly on the streets of Bath...)

Illustration Friday - Hierarchy

I'm the eldest of six siblings.
Here we are circa 1973, back when I used to
boss them around quite a bit!
(using artistic licence as no.6 didn't actually
arrive for another 5 years or so...)


And here's a detail of my brothers...
one is now the manager of a leisure centre,
the other a housing manager,
but this is how I always think of them...

50 cakes

Cakes for someone a little older than Poppy...
Happy Birthday Colin!!

For Poppy...

This is for Poppy, who is ONE today...

Rhymes with Tails

I have just received copies of a book I illustrated last year for a Romanian Publisher, Genesis.

It's called 'Rhymes with Tails' and is written by Lucia Muntean. Here are some photos of the cover, a couple of spreads and some details...