PORTFOLIO | SKETCHBOOK | ABOUT | INSTAGRAM
I AM A (SOON TO BE) ILLUSTRATION GRADUATE FROM FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY, RESIDING IN MY COZY HOME IN CORNWALL. WORKING PRIMARILY WITH NATURAL AND SPIRITUAL IMAGERY IN PICTURE BOOKS, I SEEK TO UTILISE ILLUSTRATION TO SHARE IN THE MAGIC OF LIFE WITH PEOPLE. THROUGH EXPLORING CHALLENGING OR TABOO THEMES I SHOW WE CAN CELEBRATE THE MOST HONEST, AUTHENTIC AND MIRACULOUS SIDES OF BEING HUMAN. I BELIEVE IN THE INTEGRITY OF THE READER, ESPECIALLY WITHIN CHILDREN AND WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN AUTHORIAL CULTURE THAT RESPECTS THEIR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD.
MY WORK IS UNDERPINNED BY MY LOVE OF FOLK, ESPECIALLY WITHIN CORNWALL AND MY DAY TO DAY LIFE. OBSERVATION OF PEOPLE, CULTURE AND NATURE IS THE SOURCE FOR MOST OF MY STORIES; I BELIEVE THE MAGIC OF THE PROSAIC IS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE.
WITHIN THIS MANTRA, I HAVE PREVIOUSLY WORKED MAKING FOLK MURALS IN MY LOCAL COMMUNITY, PRODUCING ZINES FOR SUSTAINABLE GARDENING IN STORES AND T SHIRTS FOR A LOCAL BUSINESS.
FEEL FREE TO GET IN TOUCH FOR ANYTHING, I’D LOVE TO CHAT!
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