Lilli Carré II

Lilli Carré's String Drawing illustrations with string embedded in paper like sneezes bursting out of the noses. 

Lilli Carré I

Lilli Carré has a wonderful varied illustration portfolio and a tumbler of little GIF animations that are full of charm and wonder.

Monika Forsberg II

Wonderful overlayed cutout illustrations by Monika Forsberg.

Monica Forsberg I

Monika Forsberg is an animator, illustrator originally from Sweden, now based in London she cuts out the shapes of her subjects and then paints and colours them, this technique gives her work a primitive and naive quality.

Maria Uszacka

Maria Uszacka a Polish graphic designer and illustrator launches the week, with this illustration from 'Dla każdego coś śmiesznego' published in 1971.

Matisse At the Tate Modern

(samples of hand coloured scraps)

(stage curtain design two dancers for the ballet Rouge et Nior 1938)

The sheer joy that you see in Matisse as he made these cut out works, rushes exuberantly from the work, filling the galleries of the Tate Modern not only with an eager excited audience but also with colour, love, passion and wonder. 
This is a truly inspiring exhibition bringing to the fore for me memories of recent papercut genius by Rob Ryan and the more historic story telling paper cuts of Hans Christian Andersen. It is an exuberant celebration of life creativity and art and is an exhibition not to be missed.

Nomoco I

The charming book, 'The Hen Who dreamed She Could Fly' by Sun-Mi Hwang is made even more beautiful by the sensitive delicate whispers of illustrations running through the text by Nomoco a Japanese illustrator who lives and works in London. 

Amy Rice IV

Traveling today and so I thought this wonderful illustration by Amy Rice summed up how I feel though unfortunately I have to use trains planes and automobiles. Amy Rice often uses old letters and envelopes as the base of her illustrations and graphic work, though lately she is also using maps for typography editions.

Amy's work has a lovely light peaceful uality and this she explains with her; 'Be Attitudes' As in, “an attitude you should have, how you should be.”

"My first artist statement for my first art show was:
Grow Flowers
Ride a Bike
Love an Animal
Learn Something New
Find Your Wings
Make Art of it All
It is my own Beatitudes (be attitudes). How I be happy. A decade plus into my art career and I rarely finish a piece of art that doesn’t echo those sentiments." Amy Rice 

Stefan Thompson I

Stefan Thompson makes art as paintings illustration and sculptures. Stefan's work is quite disturbing as a whole. It usually focuses on the wild and wild animals but they often appear damaged through the process of the mixed media he uses, as he likes to experiment and mix lots of techniques and media, but also in the way they are drawn.

Fantasmo III

Big Hug by Fantasmo.

Fantasmo II

Some more magical work from the portfolio of Korean illustrator Fantasmo.

Fantasmo I

There are times when navigating the internet you have so little information and often it means that you end up in a frustrating dead end with one image that you love and no links or information. Not so thankfully with Fantasmo, a Korean illustrator from Seoul who's work is beautifully light and spacious as well as being fun and innovative. 

Alice Ferrow

Alice Ferrow often peppers her work with collections, beautifully illustrated and placed, almost like surface decoration, wonderful gatherings of thoughts and objects.

Juliet Docherty I

I am looking forward to seeing many more degree shows over the coming weeks and degree shows that I do not usually get the opportunity to see. 
This is the work of Juliet Docherty who completed her MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge in the spring this year. The graduation show was at the Ruskin Gallery in February. 
I particularly like the soft layers of colour in these illustrations.