Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Coming up in December...


I am lucky enough to have been asked again this year to exhibit in Stavely Mill Yard Studios annual 'Small' exhibition. The preview is this Thursday December 1st 6-8pm. So if you are in Cumbria please do pop along...

1-23 December 2011 and 4-15 January 2012, Wedn
esdays-Sundays 11-4pm Twelve contemporary artists present recent work, much of it specially made for this show, including painting, collage, prints, ceramics, and sculpture. Once again, they've been selected because they are interested in stretching boundaries in ideas and practice. Some have international reputations, others are "emerging" artists, all make exciting and interesting work. As well as the main exhibition, the artists have been invited to follow a great tradition of creating one-off "Christmas cards" - original, beautiful, ironical, maybe satirical. Mounted and framed, these very collectable artists' originals are also for sale. SMALL beautiful and affordable...now in its 5th year this exhibition is a must for those who seek out contemporary art of real quality, for themselves or for those they love.

Also opening this Thursday is the Merriment Makers Christmas fair which I am proud to be a part of again after the huge success it was last year. So if you are in Edinburgh this coming weekend you would be a fool to miss this event where there will be plenty of wonderful Christmas pressie ideas to be had as well as warming mulled wine I hear tell...




Monday, 21 November 2011

Xmas cards

I have been reasonably organised for a change this year and now have two new Christmas card designs that have hit the shelves this festive season...


The cards are available from most of the usual stockists listed on my website here.



Book update


After a busy couple of weeks donning my sales woman cap my book 'I love/hate my Campervan' is now available to buy from the following places in Edinburgh:

...and thanks to my Cumbrian agent (mum!) it is also now stocked in the following places in the Kendal area:
Henry Robert's Bookshop, Kendal

Hopefully there will be more places to come soon too so watch this space...

Thursday, 10 November 2011

Finished at last!

After over a years worth of hard work my book 'I love/hate my Campervan' is finished at last!
It is a 32 page A5 paperback with a perfect bind, printed and bound by Ivanhoe printers in Musselburgh and published by Big Draw Books. Here is a little taster...




This is the blurb from the back of the book:

This book illustrates everything that is wonderful and equally frustrating about owning a campervan. Sophie invites you to sit down with her for a roadside cuppa and enjoy the adventures she recounts of her time as the proud owner of her VW T25 Gus . From burst fuel injector pipes to broken skylights there was never a dull moments travel in Gus. If you are a fellow campervan enthusiast then some of these stories may well strike a chord with you. If you are a wannabe campervan owner then you will be warned.

The book is now available to buy on Amazon here and at Marchmont Gallery too along with some original illustrations from the book. You can also buy it direct from me, just send me an email.

Friday, 14 October 2011

Some recent commissions

I was commissioned to do this portrait of her mums house by Susan...

...and her friend Jan's quirky cottage too taking in a number of different views...

I thought they turned out rather well and it was nice to have a break from drawing doggies!


Thursday, 15 September 2011

Work in progress...


I have been working on this particular project for the best part of a year now and just don't seem to be able to get it finished as more urgent commissions have taken over. However this week I have been busily working away on illustrations that eventually they will lead to my next book entitled 'I love/hate my VW T25'. Here are a couple of illustrations I have so far completed. Watch this space for news of the finished article in the (hopefully) not too distant future...



Wednesday, 7 September 2011

More dogs!

I have finished the last portraits for 'Just Dogs', 19 dogs in 2 weeks, phew! below are the lovely Sam and Daisy and handsome Tiber