I took the bus from Vancouver BC across the border to Seattle, Washington. It rained, it was dark, I didn’t see a thing. The following day the rain stopped and I found my way around the city, discovering places I’d read about: the wonderful food and craft market at Pike Place and the historic Pioneer Square.
Two and a half years ago I moved from YorkshiretoDevonwith my partner John and two cats in tow. The move was prompted by a desire to live by the sea and the realisation that the North Sea off the Yorkshire Coast was just a little too cold for comfort.
I sold my eco-bag business in Sheffield,licensed my giftware brand to Judge Sampsonin Hastings and set out life as an illustrator for hire and map maker extraordinaire!
Last weekend I took an autumn city break to Malaga. It’s quicker for me to fly to Spain from my home in Devon then it is to get the train to London … and almost as cheap, so spending a long weekend in one of Europe’s iconic cities is not a difficult undertaking :-)
Last week I met up with my sister who was over from Canada and we took a trip to the lovely, little market town of Southwell, which is near to where we grew up.
It’s show time again, which means that I and or my illustrated giftware head off for different parts of the world and present ourselves to retail buyers from every corner of the globe.
Earlier this month I travelled to Chicago from Toronto for a business meeting with a potential licensee and found myself with 2 hours to spare after flesh had been pressed and deals done and won.
Last week I created my first Live Cityscape at the wonderfulBlack Creek Pioneering Village in Toronto. I had visited this open-air, historical museum a few years ago
For the past two years I have been creating my Cityscape artwork out of a tiny, back bedroom. It’s even more cramped when my cats Bibi and Bobby decide to come in and share the space with me,