I grew up in the ancient Forest of Dean, surrounded by farmland, woodland, wildlife and pets both large and small. I graduated from Falmouth College of Arts in 2005 with an MA in Illustration and am currently based in Leicester, where I create lino prints in my spare room using a teaspoon in place of a printing press.

My work is heavily influenced by the prints, tapestries and illuminated manuscripts of the Medieval and Anglo Saxon periods, as well as traditional Japanese woodblocks and the natural world, and has been used to illustrate a variety of media including books, music, editorials and public sculpture.

I love horses, fossils, history, being by the sea, walking up hills and around mountains and have a particular fondness for New Zealand and its Kakapos. I'm also rather fond of charity shops, pretty frocks, slugs and snails, big, hairy spiders, good ale and homemade cake. When not in my studio I can often be found bumbling around my allotment or reading on the sofa.




Upcoming Publications
Chickens: The Essential Guide to Choosing and Keeping Happy, Healthy Hens, Suzie Baldwin, Kyle Books, March 2012
Medieval Comic Tales, Derek Brewer, The Folio Society, April 2012

Books
The Waiting Room, R.S. Barrington, lulu.com, 2011
The Kitchen Garden: Potatoes, Jane McMorland-Hunter, National Trust Books, 2011
The Kitchen Garden: Tomatoes, Jane McMorland-Hunter, National Trust Books, 2011
The Barefoot Disciple, Stephen Cherry, Continuum Books, 2010
Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney, The Folio Society, 2010
The Ghost Rider, Ismael Kadare, Canongate, 2010 & Anchor Canada, 2011
For The Love Of An Orchard, Jane McMorland Hunter, Pavillion (Anova Books), 2010
The Last Days of The Lacuna Cabal, Sean Dixon, HarperCollins, 2008
The Speckled Egg: 15 Visual Narratives, Atlantic Press Books, 2005

Awards/Illustration Annuals
Creative Review Illustration Annual 2010
AOI Images 33 (2009)
AOI Images 32 (2008)
Winner of Saatchi/HarperCollins Book Cover Design Competition 2008
Finalist for The Nationwide Mercury Prize: Art and Music 2005

Selected Exhibitions/Installations
Cover Versions Exhibition, Crawley Library, WORDfest Crawley. April 2011
Open22, New Walk Museum & Gallery, Leicester. November 2010 - January 2011
Antlers' Grotesques Exhibition, 3 Whiteladies Gate, Bristol. December 2010
Charity Art Exhibition, Pedestrian Gallery, Leicester. December 2010
Art on The Prairie, North Wing Gallery, Des Moines Botanical Center, Iowa, USA. 2010
Rugby Writers Permanent Installation, Rugby
AOI Images 33 Exhibition
Christmas Rutland Open Studios 2008
AOI Images 32 Touring Exhibition
Creature Mag Festival Party at Dare 2 Festival, Salisbury
Secret Garden Party, Cambridge Open Art Space
Rutland Open Studios 2008
Phillips and Evans Launch, Donington-Le-Heath, Leicestershire
Open 5, Vale of Catmose Gallery, Oakham, Rutland
Rutland Open Studios 2007 at Artdejardin, Rutland
Made in Herefordshire, The Courtyard, Hereford
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, St Peter's Church, Hereford
The Speckled Egg Launch, Atlantic Gallery, Falmouth
HypermArt, University College Falmouth, Cornwall
Nationwide Mercury Prize: Art and Music 2005, Air Gallery, London