I grew up in the Forest of Dean, have an MA in Illustration from Falmouth College of Arts and am currently based in Bristol. I work mostly in lino cut, and my work has been used for books, music, editorials (both online and printed) and public art. I love horses, being by the sea, walking up hills and around mountains and have a particular fondness for New Zealand and its Kakapos. I am also rather fond of woolen skirts, flowery dresses, charity shops, slugs and snails and big hairy spiders. When not in my studio I can often be found picking caterpillars off my cabbages.

I'm represented by Handsome Frank Illustration Agency. See their website at handsomefrank.com or email hello@handsomefrank.com for more information.


Visit my blog at beccathorne.blogspot.com



Upcoming Shows/Books
Art on The Prairie, North Wing Gallery, Des Moines Botanical Center, Iowa, USA. July & August 2010
The Barefoot Disciple, by Stephen Cherry, Continuum Books, TBA



Clients
GQ Magazine
Random House
Continuum Books
Sight & Sound Magazine
Canongate Books
The Child's i Foundation
The Folio Society
Rugby Borough Council
Pavillion & Conway: Anova Books
BBC History Magazine
HarperCollins
Pete Leonard
Creature Magazine
Manor Farm Stud, Rutland
Bob Magazine


Books
Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney, The Folio Society, 2010
The Ghost Rider, Ismael Kadare, Canongate, 2010
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
Winner of Saatchi/HarperCollins Book Cover Design Competition 2008
Finalist for The Nationwide Mercury Prize: Art and Music 2005

Selected Exhibitions/Installations
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