EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 9 © 2014 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

43 disenchanted, confused and unsure what to do…” This was a state of mind that would have seemed entirely alien to the art obsessed little girl that would copy her mum’s Vogue and Simplicity pattern books, or watch in amazement as her father drew out patterns on graph paper for Welsh Love Spoons, the elegant curves, hearts and twists fuelling her love of curves and elegant linework. Born in 1975, she harks back to the era of ‘Victoria Plum’ and the work of Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone with real enthusiasm. “romanticised Victorian street urchin hair, hats and boots” as she describes it and when one looks at her work, the influence is part of the mix that makes her art so compelling. Although neither of her parents were practitioners of art, they were both very encouraging and her father, who was stationed with the RAF, would not only bring