Eva of the Farm - Interior Illustrations

I posted my cover illustration for Eva of the Farm by Dia Calhoun (pub. Simon & Schuster, July 2012) quite a while ago, but haven't been able to share the accompanying black and white interior illustrations until now. This project was my first foray into monochrome collage and I was rather nervous to begin with, but thankfully the lovely people at Simon & Schuster were pleased with the result! There are five altogether, and you can see them all here.

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A few weeks ago I learnt that two of my illustrations, one from ABC London and the Eva of the Farm book cover have been selected for the Association of Illustrators' Images exhibition and annual this summer! I'm thrilled to be successful for a third time, especially as a rather exciting project has come about from having my work in last year's Images 35.

"P is for Portobello Road and Q is for Queue" - ABC London / Frances Lincoln (as it's a few months before ABC London is published I can't show you the entire illustration yet, but here are a couple of sneak-preview snippets!):

Eva of the Farm by Dia Calhoun / Simon & Schuster (USA):

P.S. I had a fantastic weekend exhibiting at The Book Barge, more on that to follow! In the meantime there are some photos here.

Coming to a Book Barge near you!

There's more information in my last post, but if you're a Staffordshire local or fancy a day out it would be great to see you there!

Pop-Up Shop and Exhibition in Staffordshire

 Hoist the main sail! Step aboard The Book Barge this weekend for a pop-up shop and exhibition of my work.

For two days only I will be pirating the fair vessel and alongside the usual literary delights you will find original artwork from Magpie’s Treasure and the soon-to-be published ABC London (out in June 2012) as well as prints, brooches, cards and quite possibly part of the famous, travelling YSP aviary!

Come along from some spur-of-the-moment collaging and drawing, book signing, pirate-hat making, and general skull-duggery on the high seas of Barton Marina (map here).

Free entry and a free postcard. What a bargain.

It really would be marvellous to see you there.

The Great Studio Clean of 2012

I bring you before,

and, most gloriously, after...

It's taken me a day and a half to achieve such organisation! My greatest feat involved sorting though heaps of the magazines I use for collaging; instead of teetering in avalanche prone piles they are now neatly stacked on one shelf, although I haven't yet gone so far as to categorise by genre.

I have no idea how long this will last, but for now I am luxuriating in paper neatly piled in plan chests and floorboards twice swept and hoovered as far as the eye can see.

SALE!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas!

Just a quick post to let you know that you can use this code - GOODCHEER20 - to receive a seasonal 20% off everything in my Etsy shop, or visit my Notonthehighstreet.com shop to get 20% off lots of goodies there too!

Here is our tree (please excuse the very grainy photo), which underwent a severe pruning before we finally managed to squeeze it into place on Thursday!

Enjoy the last few days of 2011! x

Notonthehighstreet.com

After about 11 months of preparation, my Notonthehighstreet.com shop is finally LIVE! I genuinely did sign up for the shop in January but have had such a busy year illustrating that it was only after I finished ABC London in September that I was able to concentrate on setting it up. I'm thrilled it's all come together, and it wouldn't look half as lovely without the super photography by Holly Booth.

Along with all the usual prints, brooches and cards I have also listed some of the remaining Yorkshire Sculpture Park birds, so if you fancy receiving a gift-wrapped, giant, collaged, pink flamingo by courier this Christmas, this is the place to shop! Free delivery is included with all items.