• Green Man
    • Flowers
    • Birdtree
    • Dance the World
    • Inuits. From 'the Inuk Quartet'.
    • Fireside Stories
    • We're Riding on a Caravan
    • Maps
    • Enlightenment cabinets
    • 'Youthtopia' animation
    • Tiroyo and the bird
    • Little Leap Forward
    • Geisha dancing
    • Birds and animals
    • A Home for the Winter
    • Tam O Shanter
    • On that Christmas Night
    • Children's Museum of Manhattan
Children's Museum of Manhattan
2012
Illustration, museums, information boards
Commissioned by the Children's Museum of Manhattan for information boards, print and large scale friezes for the exhibition 'Gods, Myths and Mortals'. A series of images depicting gods, goddesses and mythical beings. Each image needed to be heavily researched and completed to museum quality accuracy.
  • Gods, Myths and Mortals
    Illustrations for an exhibition about Ancient Greece for the Children's Museum of Manhattan
  • Museum quality researched illustrations used in posters, brochures and large scale friezes and information boards for a travelling exhibition aimed at children.
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  • Green Man
    A cover depicting the Green Man for an anthology of stories commissioned by the Book Foundation.
    Illustration, Painting
    2013
  • Flowers
    This project was to create decorative endpapers that were feminine in feel, bringing together elements from all the stories in the book.
    Illustration, Packaging, Pattern Design
    2012
  • Birdtree
    Designs for greetings cards and wrapping paper.
    Graphic Design, Illustration
    2012
  • Dance the World
    Illustrations from 'Dance Stories', an anthology by Jane Yolen and Heidi E Y Stemple.
    Illustration, children's books
    2011
  • Inuits. From 'the Inuk Quartet'.
    Work for "The Shipwreck" by Jorn Riel, an illustrated novel for older readers (7-11yrs) about a Viking boy who grows up with Inuits on Greenland. All the images were influenced by Inuit prints making use of lots of white space and a flat perspective.
    Illustration, children's books
    2012
  • Fireside Stories
    Watercolour and mixed media illustrations from 'Fireside Stories', an anthology by Caitlin Matthews. Each story had a decorative border.
    Illustration, childrens' books
    2012
  • We're Riding on a Caravan
    Illustrations from 'Riding on a Caravan', a picture book by Laurie Krebs, Barefoot Books. A chinese family goes on a journey to market along the silk road. Some of these illustrations were exhibited at Chicago Art Gallery.
    Illustration, children's books
    2012
  • Maps
    Selection of commissioned and personal maps.
    Calligraphy, Illustration
    2011
  • Enlightenment cabinets
    For Brighton Life Drawing Sessions (now Draw), I designed and painted a bespoke "Cabinet of Wonder" which, as one of three, was pulled around the city as part of an all night arts festival. Stopping at designated points, it opened theatrically to reveal a life model inside which the resulting crowd were encouraged to draw. I was also commissioned to create a map of the city showing the designated stopping points. The map was additionally used by BANG for their publication. The general theme of the night was "Enlightenment" and both pieces were influenced by the 18th century age of Enlightenment.

    This project was supported and funded by The Big Draw and Brighton and Hove county council. Enlightenment: The Cabinets of Wonder won a Drawing Inspiration award from the Big Draw.
    Calligraphy, Illustration, Painting, prop-making, theatre, arts events
    2011
  • 'Youthtopia' animation
    A site specific stop motion animation that was projected looping on the side of a youth centre for the White Night 2011 festival. In collaboration with Fat Pebble Films.
    Illustration, Drawing, Animation
    2011
  • Tiroyo and the bird
    A story from Mali. Illustrations from 'Dance Stories', an anthology by Jane Yolen and Heidi E Y Stemple.
    Illustration, childrens books
    2012
  • Little Leap Forward
    Illustrations from 'Little Leap Forward' by Guo Yue, a semi autobiographical illustrated novel for children (7-11 yrs) about a child growing up in Mao's China.
    Illustration, childrens' books
    2011
  • Geisha dancing
    A story about a Japanese goddess from 'Dance Stories', an anthology by Jane Yolen and Heidi Stemple. I was interested in how to depict movement in a decorative way.
    Illustration, children's books
    2012
  • Birds and animals
     
    Fine Arts, Illustration, Painting
    2012
  • A Home for the Winter
    Illustrations from 'Fireside Stories', an anthology by Caitlin Matthews. A Russian story about a group of animals who build a cabin for the Winter. Each story has a decorative border.
    Illustration, children's books
    2012
  • Tam O Shanter
    Illustrations for 'Dance Stories', an anthology by Jane Yolen and Heidi Stemple.
    Illustration, children's books
    2012
  • On that Christmas Night
    Illustrations for a children's picture book of the Christmas Story by Mary Joslin, Lion Hudson.
    Illustration, childrens' book
    2012
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