Magic For Sale is finally out! Written by Carrie Clickard Illustrated by John Shelley published by Holiday House Books ISBN:...

Number 5 in the History of my Archive in 10 Objects, is this triple set of bird studies from early 1977. I was 17,  I was about to leave...

I’ve been quiet on the blog of late, in fact all social media, largely due to work on my latest picture book, Jane Sutcliffe’s...

…and here’s the first incomplete drawing I posted now it’s finished. I’ll upload some more spreads from the book after it’s been passed...

another image from the vaults that fits this week’s Illustration Friday Brief “Tango”. This was for an exhibition held in Ginza a while...

Old exhibition piece illustrating the saying Fairy Folks are in Old Oaks. Seems to fit this week’s “Hollow” theme. Can you spot the...

Another children’s book illustration that fits this weeks Illustration Friday theme “cracked”. This was from Hoppy no Atarashii Uchi...

Here’s something from the cupboard that matches this weeks Illustration Friday brief “Parade”. It’s from the picture book King Smelly...

This image is so old I’m quite embarassed to post it, a portfolio piece right from the beginning of my career when I was fresh out of...

This was submitted to a charity exhibition for victims of the war in Iraq. #exhibition #hope #watercolour

This is one example, an exhibition piece from several years ago which I’ve always had a soft spot for. The tree was actually in my local...

Oh well! Had things worked out differently this summer, I’d intended to print it up as postcards and send it to publishers across the...

Here’s some spreads from The Boat in the Tree. It was a great story to work on, with a gentle tone that lended itself to dream-like...

It’s important for me as being my first picture book comissioned directly from a US publisher, as opposed to co-editions of my UK books....

Here’s a couple of images from the Grimm story The Elves and the Cobbler, which recently appeared in the Japanese children’s magazine...

#character #childrensillustration #Janome #watercolour

I’ve not posted much in the way of artwork, so here’s something you won’t find on my website. It’s the background image for a series of...