I am a visual artist and illustrator who uses nature and the people I meet as my inspiration.
Illustrating A Cat Called Q and the Magic Globe by Melody Horrill “Can you imagine shaking a seemingly ordinary snow globe and finding yourself inside it? And then embarking on a mission to save a spellbound Kingdom from ruin! …A Cat called Q and the Magic Globe is a colourful fantasy about the importance…
They say that the best time to clean out your cupboards, wash your curtains and clean up an old painting is in Spring. Well, the owner of this painting that I did a few years ago clearly thought so. She had the art in her bedroom where she looked at it each day before getting…
A lovely colleague at work had a baby girl on 3rd June and it was a wonderful opportunity to prime those watercolour brushes again. “We lose ourselves in the things we love….We find ourselves there, too” My inspiration for these two designs came from a feeling of being light and free and of course my love of nature…
It’s May and I love this time of year. Partly because the first bursts of sunshine are warming your back when it is so cold outside and partly because of the autumn colours. A tree becomes more like a show-stopper and the garden an explosion of colour. It is also this same time of year when…
Armed with all the love and mischief gathered since before her birth in 2015, a trio of pictures was created around the words her mother posted at the announcement of her birth. This was a gift for my god-daughter’s first born. One of Lotti’s many superpowers is her love of nature and the sense of freedom she oozes. Fun and natural…
Lovely watercolour pieces have been leaving my studio since my last blog! Watercolour is a medium I do enjoy and have a great appreciation for. This is, in part, because its process can be unpredictable. The wonderful mystery of how a few brush strokes creates an awesome effect is also the same mystery which can result in a simple brushstroke…
Is it too late to say Happy New Year dear friends?! For many of us 2016 was a bit of a blur and a challenging year and as I look back at my last blog…in October last year…it has been a little while between drinks! Haha! However, with the New Year has come new energy,…
I have long believed a little idle time can help us re-connect with what’s important and create a little room for new ideas to form and and old patterns to drop away. Disciplines like Yoga and Psychology refer to it as mindfulness where we actively focus our attention on the present so we may more wisely…
Some charitable acts are driven by love. A beautiful person made a request to help a friend for a good cause with no other stipulation than that she liked the Happily-Ever-After-Hearts that I had recently completed for a wedding. On further enquiry, we established the dream catcher was a favourite part. I set to work on some initial sketches using the…
Have you ever wondered how to best position your favourite artwork? “Someday, we will find what we are looking for. Or maybe we won’t. Maybe we will find something much greater than that.” Unknown. Winter is here and it’s the perfect time to de-clutter and change things up a little. Pick a room and start to remove…
