Portrait of a Home Part 2 - Home is where the Heart is.

I was very lucky to be given this wonderful commission. To create a caricature of a home full of life and characters, but also with a little room to add some of my own personality. I was briefed to create  a black and white ink drawing with some colour that would make a portrait of a home titled 'Home is Where the Heart is' The drawing had to be based in reality so that the charcaters in the home would ring true, but I wasn't allowed to put any figures in the picture. The client also asked for an element of fantasy. Something more than the ordinary everyday, showing how magic, wonder, music and art could enrich life and home. Personal private touches were added throughout and precious things from people who had gone were added in memory, to help feel their presence all around.

I also produced a sketchbook which traced the making of the picture which was created over two months. In the sketchbook there are notes from our two lengthy consultations, photos of members of the family and pets, planning sketches, development of different ideas, photos of how the painting was progressing and personal touches I wanted to add. The client was so happy with this little extra calling it a kind of memory book which meant as much as the painting itself.

Portrait of a Home, Part 1

I have been commissioned to create a portrait of a home. Making this piece is an interesting mix of architecture and floor plans, but also capturing the characters within the home as well. The brief was quite specific with particular features needing to go in particular places. There needed to be a degree of realism so each room and character could be recognizable. At the same time there were to be no figures in it, and a touch of fantasy. I am loving stretching myself, having immersed myself in the client's home, bringing out what is special about that person and their home. Striving to create something that person can love and cherish.

Parkside Pre-School Mural.

I am very proud to have to been asked to paint a mural for Parkside Pre-School. I love these large outside community projects, this one was particularly special as the children sang Nursery Rhymes to me as they watched me paint! I was commissioned to paint Nursery Rhymes in the main outside playing area, paint splashes around the children's outside easels, and to paint basic shapes and numbers to 20 in an outside Maths area.

I would like to thank Parkside Pre-School for their wonderful hospitality and this fabulous opportunity!

Launchpad Wall 2016.

I am very proud of our Launchpad Artists this year for producing such a vibrant wall! We have had a wide range of techniques and styles this year, more interactive parts, some heartfelt imagery and a some stylist Street Art. Come and see for yourself!

Show off what is at the centre of your world with a bespoke comission.

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Make a scan photo of one your children into a permanent centerpiece in your home.

Take this unique opportunity to turn some of your most treasured memories into a custom made piece of art. All artworks are designed after a consultation process with you making sure what you want is at the heart of the piece. Prices will be based on individual projects but will be competitive making sure you have the best value for money and a truly original piece of art you will love. As an optional extra you can buy a handmade sketchbook telling the story of how your artwork came to be made from intial idea, through artistic development to finished work of art.

Order a Memory Book to collage precious times or use it as a box to keep momentoes.

Collage can be used to enhance your photographs and add more to your memories using 2D and 3D objects.

Memory Jars can be created safely preserving keepsakes. They can be kept or photographed creating artwork with a difference.

Order a gorgeous portrait of your pets to cherish forever.

Show off what is at the centre of your world.

Get in touch if you would like to commission something in the Collected Reflections series by emailing me using the contact form on the right hand side of this blog.

More items for sale in my on-line shop coming soon!

Launchpad at Reading Arts Week 2016.

I am very proud that the Launchpad Artists are part of this years Reading Arts Week. The work has been created in projects since the new year including optical illusions, street art, landscape drawing, mosaic and character design. Flags that were created in Launchpad's Needlecraft group are also part of the show

Flags created in Launchpad's Needlecraft group.