Here is a little section of new work I did yesterday ... don't ask why she has a frog on her head! And a monkey character from a picture book I recently wrote.
I am due to
graduate soon from the MA in Children’s
Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. It’s been a wonderful two and a
half years of rediscovering illustration again, after I took a rather long
break from it in 2001.
Back then I was represented by Linda Rogers (Associates)
who has since retired. She took me on soon after
graduating from the same art school. I can still remember my excitement and
buzz from that meeting. So here I am
today, reliving that buzz and excitement as I prepare for our graduation show
in London in February and then onto the Bologna Children’s Book Fair!
I work in a
totally new way now, using lots of texture but you can still see the same characters peeping
from the pages. Whilst updating my website last night, I found my old
work from the last century! So for fun here it is.
Looking back I realise
how lucky I was to work with authors such as Mary Hoffmann, Edward Blishen, Fiona
Kennedy (now publisher of Orion), Dr Pete Rowan to name a few and some great editors and publishers too. (click on the images to enlarge)
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| USA cover. |
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| Sally sky Diver (J.M Dent/Orion) |
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| (The Amazing Voyage of a Cucumber Sandwich, J. Cape) |
But for now it’s a
beautiful crisp cold morning herein the UK , reminding me I must somehow squeeze Christmas in as I work 24/7 finishing the MA. Fortunately I love what I do and feel so lucky to be tutored by Prof Martin Salisbury and Pam Smy plus the wonderful part time tutors up in Cambridge.
Have a
lovely Christmas and New Year.
