Book launch
Very pleased to announce that our long awaited book, The Duchess In The Cupboard, is here!
The story, written in verse by my very dear friend, Paul Brice, tells of a Duchess who, in a quest to find her husband who has gone missing on his travels, captures a very quarrelsome fairy in the hope he will assist her with magic to help her find the Duke.
The fairy relents, but in exchange for some magical help, condemns the Duchess to living in cupboards until the Duke is found, collecting trinkets and extraordinary objects as she travels from cupboard to cupboard.
It was the most inspiring project to work on and such a thrill to be able to bring Paul's characters to life with my illustrations - the Duchess, and her fox fur stole - took on a life of her own as the poem progressed, with the words influencing the illustrations and vice versa. A true collaboration!
Frequent get togethers with pub lunches made for a wonderful time. We are now connoisseurs of pub chips across a large part of North Bucks, with my local, The Nags Head, scoring highly.
The book is limited to a run of 100 all individually numbered, measures 21 x 30cm, and is priced at £12.50 plus postage and packing - Shop - The Duchess
The story, written in verse by my very dear friend, Paul Brice, tells of a Duchess who, in a quest to find her husband who has gone missing on his travels, captures a very quarrelsome fairy in the hope he will assist her with magic to help her find the Duke.
The fairy relents, but in exchange for some magical help, condemns the Duchess to living in cupboards until the Duke is found, collecting trinkets and extraordinary objects as she travels from cupboard to cupboard.
It was the most inspiring project to work on and such a thrill to be able to bring Paul's characters to life with my illustrations - the Duchess, and her fox fur stole - took on a life of her own as the poem progressed, with the words influencing the illustrations and vice versa. A true collaboration!
Frequent get togethers with pub lunches made for a wonderful time. We are now connoisseurs of pub chips across a large part of North Bucks, with my local, The Nags Head, scoring highly.
The book is limited to a run of 100 all individually numbered, measures 21 x 30cm, and is priced at £12.50 plus postage and packing - Shop - The Duchess
So excited to finally take delivery of my children's book, 'Jessica Fluffy Gurmington Swine'. Wonderful to see it in print after all this time and to be able to hold an actual book.
The story features Jessica and her friend Hugo who go in search of the truth behind the tale of the Gurmington Swine curse - that the eldest Gurmington Swine child will turn into a pig for a year and a day on the eve of their tenth birthday.
Jessica is about to turn ten and is, understandably, rather concerned.
With the help of her grandparents, Jessica and Hugo travel to see her eccentric aunt, Louella Lulabelle, and find out more about what Jessica refers to as her 'super weird' family.
The book is priced at 6.99 plus postage and packing - Shop - Jessica