Christmas present house paintings

This batch of paintings were all done as presents to be given out yesterday with none of the recipients knowing they were getting them. Locations from top, Hampstead, Kilburn, Manchester, Solihull, The Wirral and Stoke Newington... Happy Boxing Day all!

Family Christmas Card

HAPPY CHRISTMAS 2012 EVERYONE! This is my family standing outside our house. From left, my 95 year old mother, my husband John Dodgson with Korky the Cat, me (Leo says looking way younger than I really do!) sons Callum, Leo and Lawrence, and Greg the Polish builder (an important member of the family) behind...

House painting for Mexican family

Maria found me in the last 5 minutes of a craft fair at St Stephen's Church, Pond Street, a couple of weeks ago and commissioned me to paint her and her family in front of the house they had a flat in, before they go back to Mexico on Thursday. The house has a plaque on the front saying Gerard Manley Hopkins lived there...

Christmas cards for Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants

Jane Ray and I got together to design a set of cards to be sold this Christmas in aid of the Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants (I designed the 'Islington Buildings' set and Jane the beautiful tree with birds and houses at night. We're selling them at craft fairs and directly from the Centre and all the proceeds go to the Centre.

New work for Unicef

A few of new sets of pictures for two educational books for Unicef...

new British Council work

images from the latest training courses for teachers that have been working on...

Easter activity book pics

 Single and double page spreads for Frilly Fish/Bloomsbury activity books. Some are self-evident what the activity is, others less so without the explanations...

Now you see him, now you don't...

I posted this pic up a few days ago, then the client agreed it might be better if he was added... so herewith + the owner... (luckily the house is white so not a difficult change to make)

and another 'house painting'

and there's this one...

new house paintings

New paintings that have been keeping me busy. My 'house paintings' are featured in We Make London's book 'Inspired London' - to be launched later this month....

Composer Portraits

Some of the recent portraits I did for FJH music publisher...

Pictures for Oxfam

Have just finished a set (these are a few) of illustrations for a 'Right to be Heard' document for Oxfam.

50th birthday present house painting

Latest house painting, commissioned by the wife (from suggestion from the daughters) for husband's 50th birthday...

new FJH music vignettes

a few of the latest batch of vignettes for FJH music publishers...