Disruption and peace- A snow adventure!
Good evening, lovely ones! As amber snow and ice warnings sweep the country for the second time this month, I thought it was time for an “emergency broadcast”, as it were, that interrupts my normal...
View ArticleShape and colour – rediscovering the palette knife!
Hello again, radiant readers! It’s been a busy few months since my last post, and I have lots to share with you! I’m so excited to announce that I was longlisted for the Templar Illustration Prize a...
View ArticleA catchup, and what’s coming up!
Hello jolly sailors! Yet again, it’s been a little while- hasn’t it been a summer and a half!? Not only have I been busy, probably like you I’ve been battling the sizzlingly un-sportsmanly temperatures...
View ArticleHappy New Year- Vive la Vole!
Happy New Year to each and all! If you celebrate Christmas, I hope you gave and received some lovely things! I know this isn’t the post I had planned to release next, (a silent book project update is...
View ArticleEire, Seaspray and Seal Girls – A Silent Book Project Update!
Hello again! Here’s hoping your February has been a lovely one! Following on from my excitable first post of the year (all about meeting and drawing a vole!) there’s a lot I want to share with you!...
View ArticleDisastrous Dogs (and where to find them!)
We love our dogs. Wonderfully, adoringly, unconditionally, they love us too! For all the “dog people” out there, I’m sure you can’t resist ruffling a pair of fluffy ears, a scratch under a soft, warm...
View ArticleSkokholm- A week in paradise!
“We must leave this province of the laboratory and theology to resume our study in the field.” Ronald Lockley, “The Island”. Third time’s a charm, or so they say. After two failed attempts to leave...
View Article“Step Into Spring”– A National Trust Trail!
Hello all! My, how the world has changed since I last posted… What with one thing and another, this post has taken rather longer to finish than I had originally planned for. It was originally scheduled...
View ArticleAdventures from home: Patterns in Nature
“Has there been a naturalist in the modern sense of the word who did not keep and greatly value a journal? The earliest journals were perhaps just scratch marks on an antler, recording the passing of...
View ArticleThe power of words- and the vessels to hold them. (The stories behind my top...
This year has forced an odd paradox. Meaningful human connection, necessary for us to function properly, has only been recommended to occur from a distance. This is a bittersweet contradiction in...
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