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We’ve been having some wild weather over here, I’ve been grabbing every opportunity to go out and look at the big waves, and feel small next to their awesome power. Our prom, footpath and the Jubilee Pool on the days between. Clean up begins. ‘Who me!?’ said the sea… Share

Christmas has crept into our home a little early this year. At the end of a balmy summer I started illustrating the Christmas nativity for a new advent calendar. September was all about dozing camels, jolly shepherds, kings in all their finery and, of course, Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. The nativity advent calendar is […]

I spent a large part of last year illustrating a new Pocket Cornwall book, Cornish Feasts and Festivals, written by the excellent food blogger Liz Woods. While it works its way into all the bookshops here’s a little tongue-tingling taste of the thirty illustrations. You’ll have to get your hands on a copy of the […]

After weeks of small-detail ink drawing my eyes needed a change, so when the rain cleared I made my way to Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, near Gulval. Tremenheere is my new favourite place to go, the garden is full of exotic plants, and is home to contemporary art installations by various artists, including David Nash and […]