Every month I eagerly await the delivery of my Progressive Greetings Worldwide trade magazine – which provides a wonderful insight into the industry’s news of the day, publishers and their new products. This month however, I was proper excited! I knew it had the announcements for the finalists of the prestigious Henries Awards – the industry’s ‘Oscars’ – and a… (more…)
Hooray! My new range of greeting cards, Gg (Girls’ guide) has been launched today by The Art File at Progressive Greetings Live 2010 in London. I’m currently working on new designs to license in other areas. Here are more of my favorite designs…
A little while ago, I was asked to design a fairy character – she was to be all grown up and typical of a fun-loving, modern woman. Think “shopping, chocolate, shoes, purses, chocolate, diet, partying and oh… chocolate”! I fell in love with my new character; she is me after all – but a lot thinner! – and was so… (more…)
I was browsing through some photographs of flowers Mark and I had taken last year in our studio and decided to get a little creative with them. I love collaging my hand-painted images with textures, so why not throw in some photography too? I created a serene color palette, added some text and the end result is two new designs… (more…)
I’ve recently completed this commission for a US greeting card company, targeted for a Christmas 2010 release. The fabulous color palette combined with fabric textures is predicted to be a big trend for Christmas 2010 (predicted first at the Frankfurt Christmasworld Show). Let’s hope so; much more exciting than traditional red and green or the ice palette!
Last year, I created this range of cards for Jonny Javelin – a wonderful independent greetings card company, based in the UK. The range’s success has led to a subsequent licensing for china ware. Can’t wait to drink tea from one of my very own mugs
Color trends for 2011
Being an artist and licensing my artwork to many fashion-led industries such as greeting cards and home decor, I need to keep abreast of color trends. It’s the perfect excuse to buy great magazines like Italian Vogue and W with their insight into what’s hot for the coming year and their coverage of the runway, showing what we’ll be seeing… (more…)