Etsy shop opening

My brand-new Etsy shop has just opened! Feel free to pop in.

Calendar 2013

Here an image of my new hand-printed calendar for 2013. It is a three colour screen-print and can be purchased from the Red Door Gallery, Curiouser and Curiouser, Marchmont Gallery, from the Edinburgh Printmakers gallery-shop and from the wonderful cafe-gallery Bon Papillon in Edinburgh. Although personally I cant quite believe 2012 is almost over, I hope this calendar gives some positive thoughts for the fast approaching new year.
If you have the chance to drop by Bon Papillon before Christmas, they currently have a group exhibition on, also featuring a few of my prints.

Upcoming events for Christmas

The festive season is moving closer and so are Christmas craft fairs. This winter I am taking part in a few events here in Edinburgh, together with fellow printmaker Catherine Hiley. There will be some of my new work on display, including these Christmas cards.

The dates are:
- The Market at St Columbas-by-the-Castle.
  Saturday November 17th and Saturday December 15th, 11am-5pm.
 - Xmas Art Market, Out of the Blue/Drill Hall. Saturday December 1st, 11am-5pm
- Designmarket, Fruitmarket Gallery. Thursday  December 6th, 6pm-9pm.

Bird Tattoo

This snapshot has been taken at a James Yorkston concert, for whom I illustrated an album cover in 2006. I was delighted to see that one of the birds from the illustration is now a tattoo.

Marchmont Gallery

Belatedly some shots from the Marchmont Gallery. Fellow printmaker Rosie Walters and myself were chosen to be artists of the month and our work was displayed in the gallery throughout August.

What Counts?

Here are some pictures of a commission I have been working on this year for postgraduate Rosa Martens from the Netherlands. Rosa's thesis, titled 'What counts? Cognitive Development and Arithmetical Performance. The Role of Child- and Environment-Related Factors' is published by Neuropsych Publishers. I hugely enjoyed working on this project and the challenge of coming up with illustrations for such a complex subject, especially since it deals with issues relating to childhood. The commission included a cover illustration and 7 chapter illustrations.

Curiouser and Curiouser news

Recently I designed a small series of greeting cards for Edinburgh based gallery Curiouser and Curiouser. The gallery asked a group of illustrators to contribute some designs for a range of original cards and includes work from Eleni Kalorkoti, Kate McLelland  and many more.
The greeting cards can be purchased from Curiouser and Curiouser as well as from many other shops across the UK and beyond. For more information just take a look at the Curiouser web page.

Sketches

Here some drawings from the sketching-process for the Owl Lover's calendar.

Owl Lover 2013 Calendar

This month I had the honor to contribute a piece to the 2013 Owl Lover's Calendar, published by Shivani and the amazing My Owl Barn blog! This wee owl here is singing a forest song and is a drawing using ink pens and felt-tip pens.Check out the full calendar and all the different artisitic contributions here.

This week Craig has posted an article about my work on his blog Fishink, how exciting! You can read the full interview here.

Scree Magazine Cover

I recently illustrated the front cover for the summer edition of Scree, an independent magazine featuring poetry, art and music.

Featured Artist at Marchmont Gallery, Edinburgh

Throughout August I will be featured artist of the month at the Marchmont Gallery in Edinburgh, alongside with fellow printmaker Rosie Walters. Here three of my new screen-prints featuring in the show.

New Tote Bags

Next event

If you are not busy this weekend and you are in Edinburgh, join us at the Fruitmarket Designmarket, where I will share a stall with fellow artists Catherine Hiley, Lizzie Cameron and Emily MacKenzie.
 The event will begin Friday 13th of July at 5pm and will continue with the usual opening hours of the Fruitmarket Gallery until Sunday 15th of July.
Hooray!

Here some photos from yesterday's market and some close-ups of a new, screen printed postcard-series I started. You can also see the work of Catherine Hiley and Louise Smurthwaite on the table.

If you are not busy this Saturday, please join me, Catherine Hiley and Louise Smurthwaite at the Market event at Out of the Blue, Drillhall, Edinburgh.

Endangered Species

Here some pictures of the latest product from our collective WE MADE THESE. The colouring book about endangered species features artwork by illustrators Karoline Rerrie, Ruth Green, Gemma Correll, Kate Hindley, Beth Morrison, Helen Entwisle and myself. I had the fun and honour to illustrate the cover as well as two double page spreads about land and marine animals. The cover is hand screen-printed by Karoline.

Gute Jute

Here a printed sample of my design for tote bag label Gute Jute from Berlin!

Happy Animals

The Happy Animals have travelled all the way to Hamburg and are now part of Anja's lovely kitchen!

Berlin, Leipzig