Christmas Carol illustrations

Examples of the next book of vignettes I've just completed for FJH publisher.

New Illustration Work

Am working on a book teaching children to play piano, published by FJH (US publisher). Lovely job to do as has challenge of tiny spaces to fill - the pics all have to be vignettes, but with very varied subjects. The job came through the lovely agency Arena.

Pics for Unicef

These are some of the pics I've just done for a worksheet commissioned by Unicef for nursery and reception children, trying to explain climate change.

New Card Designs

New House Painting for Birthday

Commissioned by Fran for her husband's birthday...

New House Painting

This pic took longer than most as the family had scaffolding outside and skips and it was difficult to see the house until all that was cleared away.

Fritz Wegner

I've put these pictures up because Fritz Wegner has always been one of my very favourite illustrators and I bumped into him again a couple of weeks ago. I first met him when I was sitting on my cards-and-house-paintings stall at Highgate Fair last year and he came up and was looking at my work so I asked if he was in 'Art' himself and he said he was an illustrator, so I gently said 'Can I ask your name?' and I nearly fell of my chair when he smiled and said Fritz Wegner. I love his brilliant drawing, line, colour and sense of humour...

More British Council pics

Have just finished big job for the British Council of over 30 illustrations for their new online course on cultural  cifferences between partnership schools. The course will be accessible to schools in the UK and countries in South America, the Caribbean, Africa, India and other countries in the Far East.

Icons of Osteopath Clinics

The osteopath, Robin Kiashek, commissioned me to do little 'icons' of his two clinics, for use on his website and stationery etc. These were coloured in Photoshop, instead of the usual watercolour technique.

High Tea of Highgate painting

Georgina commissioned this for her husband Ric for their wedding anniversary recently...

New British Council pics

This pic is one of a new batch I'm working on for the British Council. It's a new online course for schools in the UK, South America, Africa and India, looking at how we are shaped by our culture...

Latest House Paintings

New exteriors of, top, a cottage in Wiltshire; middle, the outside of the same house from the last blog entry; bottom, a house in Muswell Hill with extended family members....

New Interior Painting

Penny Gunstone commissioned this after I put one of my fliers in the bag of cards she'd bought at All Saints Primary school fete a few weeks ago.

Charleston Farmhouse Kitchen Interior

This is the picture I've done for this year's Quentin Follies - a fundraising event to keep artworks at Charleston House. The works of art for auction can be seen at Charleston from 1st May or at www.charleston.org.uk and bids can be made by phone or fax until 5pm on 10th July.

Pub House Painting

A wedding present for my cousin Jane's son, Charlie and his wife Michelle. They've just celebrated their first wedding anniversary, but better late than never...

Illustrations for two lovely books written by Sarah Price

Sarah Price commissioned me to do some black and white illustrations for various children's books she's writing...

Handed over my latest 'house painting' commission the other day - for Nicola Baird and Pete May - neighbours with one of the lowest carbon footprints in London....

Updating Website

Joe Field updated my website yesterday so the 'book illustrations' section has the same format as the other sections. In return I look after his daughter and dog when needed. The practice I learned most from on my MA was filling sketchbooks with drawings from life - vital for anyone wanting to illustrate!

Putney House painting

This was commissioned by friends of a couple who's house I painted at Christmas. They've gone back to Australia and wanted a memento of our memorably cold winters!

I had a worrying day or so when the couple emailed to say they hadn't received it, two weeks after posting, but it's now been found in the husband's workplace mailroom so I won't have to paint it again.

This row of houses in John Street, Bloomsbury, was commissioned by Charlotte Moerman as a reminder of the first flat she and her husband lived in as they are just about to move out of London, with the addition now of 3 sons.