The joy and labour of drawing people

I really love it when I get commissions to do personal pieces. For people who want to gift something to people they love. It makes me work all the harder to give them something everyone will enjoy, to liven up their wall and make them think fondly of each other....

A special birthday present

Now this is something I won’t repeat too soon but it was totally worth it. My really good friend is half irish and half iranian. She asked me quite a long time ago if I could create an art piece for her that could represent the two sides of her heritage and...

Sleepy Magic is here!

The big day is here : Sleepy Magic is now available to buy! Anyone who would like to buy the book can now do so over at Danielle Wright’s beautiful website: www.daniellewright.com For anyone who doesn’t know what I am talking about (or have been working on...

Merry Christmas from the road

It is our very first Christmas in Australia! It has been absolutely fantastic living here so far, we have a new generous sized home (and finally… an office!), I found a job already to tie me over and Summer is here! I am absolutely blown away by everything in...

Sleepy Magic Cover is finished!

After pouring a lot of heart into it, we have completed the Sleepy Magic Book cover! It turned out great and the illustration supports the text beautifully. The idea behind it was to have iconic imagery but also evoke a feeling of calm and peace. As the book will be...

Big Moves

It’s time to make changes again. After 10 years (almost) in New Zealand, I feel it’s the right moment to make a move to the other shore. I will be moving to Melbourne – a design, art and buzz Mekka that has been calling me for a long time. I was...

Book cover in the works

I got commissioned to work on such a beautiful project, I can’t believe my luck. Danielle Wright is an ex marketing director who has taken a bit of a break from the busy-ness of business and discovered a whole new world with meditation. She has then taken things...

Seat of her pants

I really love and admire the work of online magazines (or ezines), they create all this quality content for readers with partially very niche interests and it is all free. It’s an amazing world we live in and there truly is no shortage of inspiration and...