Events Illustration

07/12/2021

The Frome Christmas box-ticking continues with mounting zestiness for production of The Wind in The Willows which opens on Wednesday 8th December.
So lovely to be back in artist-in-res mode after the whole Frome calendar of events was cancelled last year, and very excited to get a flavour of the show at last night's dress and tech.
We'll be taking our seats to the strains of the Elvis Christmas Album tomorrow night - wonder whether The King is hidden in the set this year?!
To the fantastic cast - break a (hind) leg! x



Original pen and wash drawings £40
Copies £10

07/11/2021

22/10/2021

...and the best 'do' in Frome!

Fab to be drawing the back of Claudia White's head again at the Merlin Theatre - it's not Christmas without a Merlin Theatre Productions show and it's not a full set of rehearsal drawings without the Claud bob.

22/10/2021

Wind in the Willows, choreography/scarfography at Merlin Theatre Productions

22/10/2021

warm-up and rehearsal Merlin Theatre Productions...

22/10/2021

SO good to be back at the Merlin Theatre, drawing on the spot for the first time since 'everything'.

Massive thanks to Merlin Theatre Productions who are cooking up another fantastic Christmas show - this year it's The Wind in the Willows - and even after just a short spell in their effervescent company I left with the catchy tunes in my head.
I also wanted to jump onto the stage and join in, but you can't have everything.

Will have to post one sheet at a time, I think; tech and I are not chums and I spent the best part of three hours faffing with images.

Starting with warm up.

25/05/2021

Happy Birthday, Sir Ina!

Nothing is random, even tho I can't remember all the references I know that there was an absurd amount of time spent on research for the details of this because I drive myself nuts with it. I really hope I wrote it down somewhere. I was especially pleased with the M*c**th tartan tie and the 'home beard/work beard'.
This is my favourite of the dress up paper dolls in the 'I An Distracted By Everything' Annual for Grown-Ups.
Every bookshelf should have a copy.

30/03/2021

Still taking orders for small oil commissions over at The Lockdown Limner for the temporary lockdown price of just £100 for a 7x5" oil on card.

Please send photo images to [email protected]

Lockdown in the snowy West Country.

22/03/2021

World Poetry Day 2021.

World Poetry Day.

"... in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed."

Not sure whether it's the time of year or because of lockdown, but these words that kept floating around my brain cell during last Spring's lockdown are wafting back again. Partly gratitude for the friends I've been able to spend time with in the past year, partly longing to be in everyone's company again. And completely looking forward to being around a table with people I love.

Monoprint with gouache
5x4"
£60 inc p&p UK

11/03/2021

Lockdown in snowy West London, Venezuelan style.
Thank you to my gorgeous cousins, Andrea and Juan for this image.
It's been a tough old slog but they always find the fun in it somehow.

If anyone wants to commission a bespoke, thrifty (rare to see those words together) 7x5" oil painting of a moment of lockdown madness/merriment/misery for the very bargainacious price of just £100 please send an image to [email protected]

This offer will last until Events Illustration can return to drawing at events.
Please share (rather than 'like') if possible; would especially love to do paintings for people who may never have taken a punt on buying or commissioning an original artwork before.
Thank you!