Hello!

I’m an illustrator, mostly working in mixed media collage. My favourite things to draw are currently swans, beavers and lions, but I’ve illustrated everything from romantic woodlice to Ada Lovelace and since buying my first home last year, have been covering the walls with birds and trees.

My children’s books include the Britannica First Big Book of Why (What on Earth Books and Britannica), A Peek at Beaks (Millbrook Press), The Last Bear (Harper Collins Kids), A is for Ant, D is for Dog, E is for Elephant, G is for Giraffe, R is for Rabbit and V is for Vulture (DK), Make Your Own Birds of Prey and Make your Own Flying Machines (Arcturus Publishing), The Birthday Crown (Royal Collection Trust), The Little Red Hen (Barefoot Books), ABC London (Frances Lincoln) and Magpie’s Treasure (Andersen Press).

Alongside work for publishing, editorial and advertising, I’ve also created several large scale installations and window displays, the most exciting of which was exhibited in a chapel on the National Trust's Farne Islands, off the coast of Northumberland (and even led to me appearing on Blue Peter!). You can see the enormous Farnes Flock, made up of 400 life-sized birds, here.

I also design gift and homeware with a commitment to being ethical and sustainanble, available from my own online shop and in independent shops across the UK. If you’re interested in stocking my products, please see my wholesale page. You can read more about my commitment to environmentally friendly production here.

I studied illustration at Kingston University (2005-2008). I grew up on a beautiful farm in deepest Staffordshire and, after living in London for a few years, I returned to my green, muddy roots and now work from my studio at home in Lichfield, in a room piled high with paper, watched over by Gladys (Labrador, lunatic, hound of dreams).

Apart from illustrating, I’m usually found ambling across fields with Gladys, running, reading, singing in Lichfield Gospel Choir and practicing yoga.

In 2019, as part of London Marathon fundraising for Refuge, I organised a big collaborative artwork between lots of amazing female artists for International Women’s Day. You can read more about the Refuge Tree here.