#greeting #illustration #MerryChristmas

Unfortunately the popular portfolio website Childrensillustrators.com, which I subscribe to, is currently offline. The company is...

This is from the 4-volume collection of lesser-known tales by Hans Christian Andersen, “Unknown Andersen” published by Hyoronsha during...

Last weekend I was invited to run a workshop at the British Isles SCBWI Conference at the University of Winchester. This was the second...

My latest work is perhaps a surprising collaboration involving Disney. Popular art licensing and print company Art Print Japan, which has...

As a repeat of a successful exhibition last year, SCBWI in Romania organised a second illustration show Imaginary Journeys combining work...

#12の月たち #illustration #frozen #childrensbooks #illustrationfriday #12months

The blog has been pretty quiet of late as I’ve been moving out of Staffordshire and settling into London. It’s a big change from pretty,...

Very busy time lately, hence my silence on the blog. I’ve just returned from a long home-hunting expedition in London, with happy...

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

Best wishes to everyone for a heart-warming summer! #greeting #love #summer

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

Looking towards the end of the year, I’ll be giving a talk at the British SCBWI 2nd Conference for Writers and Illustrators Cover to...

Nevertheless, much as I yearn for London, there’s much around here to count blessings for. #canal #staffordshire #swan

Some of the full page interior cuts from the new edition of Michael Rosen’s “Nasty”. The Book consists of a series of comic horror tall...

Anthony Browne has been elected the new Children’s Laureate in UK, as reported by the Guardian here. “Browne said that he would use his...

It’s a spread from the picture book １２の月たち (12 no Tsuki-tachi, or “The Twelve months” in English), first published back in 1991 in Japan....

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

The latest book I’ve been working on is a new edition of Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen‘s “Nasty” for Barn Owl Books in London. First...

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