HELLO!

I’m an illustrator, mostly working in mixed media collage. My favourite things to draw are currently birds, orangutans and lions, but I’ve illustrated everything from romantic woodlice to Ada Lovelace and have lately been working in ink, too.

My children’s books include A is for Ant, D is for Dog, E is for Elephant, G is for Giraffe, R is for Rabbit and V is for Vulture (DK), Make Your Own Birds of Prey and Make your Own Flying Machines (Arcturus Publishing), The Birthday Crown (Royal Collection Trust), The Little Red Hen (Barefoot Books), ABC London (Frances Lincoln) and Magpie’s Treasure (Andersen Press).

A Peek at Beaks, written by Sara Levine, will be published by Millbrook Press in September 2021.

Alongside work for publishing, editorial and advertising, I’ve also created several large scale installations and window displays, the most exciting of which was exhibited in a chapel on the National Trust's Farne Islands, off the coast of Northumberland (and even led to me appearing on Blue Peter!). You can see the enormous Farnes Flock, made up of 400 life-sized birds, here. More recently I was commissioned to paint 100 ink illustrations, one every day in the run up to Armistice Day, to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War. 100 Years, 100 Days was exhibited in St Lawrence’s Church in Hilmarton, Wiltshire.

I also design and sell a range of gift and homeware, available to buy on Etsy and Not on the High Street and in independent shops across the UK. If you’re interested in stocking my products, please see my wholesale page.

I studied illustration at Kingston University (2005-2008). I grew up on a beautiful farm in deepest Staffordshire and, after living in London for a few years, I returned to my green, muddy roots and now work from my studio in the village, in a room piled high with paper, watched over by Gladys (Labrador, lunatic, hound of dreams).

Apart from illustrating, I’m usually found ambling across the fields with Gladys (or chasing after Gladys, chasing after pheasants), running, reading, singing in Lichfield Gospel Choir and practicing yoga.

In 2021, I’ll be running the London Marathon for the fourth time for Refuge. In 2019, as part of my fundraising, I organised a big collaborative artwork between lots of amazing female artists for International Women’s Day. You can read more about the Refuge Tree here.