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I went to David Hockney's Bigger & Closer exhibition in the summer and hatched a grand plan to go to more art exhibitions! It was so good!

36 Days of Type is a project that invites designers, illustrators and visual artists to express their unique interpretation of the letters and numbers of the alphabet. The challenge (an annual event, normally in the spring) is to create letterforms, designing a letter or number each day for 36 conse…

Everyone seems to be looking back at the last decade, so thought I'd join in! 2016 - I did my last trade show, and started to move away from selling to shops, and developing instead into personalised illustration selling direct to customers. I created the illustrations for a children's book called D…

I joined in with the folktale week challenge for the first time - it's an annual, week-long art challenge held in mid-November. The idea is to write your own story based on their prompts of NIGHT, ECHO, RAIN, BOOK, CHARM, STORM and DAWN. I started with a raven character I'd already created, and his…

I created some bepoke tins for JS Gymnastics - to keep chalk and tape inside...

Happy 2026! It was a busy run up to Christmas and I've enjoyed a good rest - these are some of the orders I enjoyed packing up = anything sweet related really! :: https://shop.alicepalace.co.uk/products/personalised-sweet-tin

It's almost Christmas! If you'd like to order, my last day to post out in time for Christmas is tomorrow (the 19th December).

I'm a big fan of the sprout - and like eating them all year round.

It's all go on Christmas orders, and I've been appreciating my travel mug for a daily cuppa outside... :: https://www.notonthehighstreet.com/alicepalace/product/personalised-travel-mug

Let's shop with artists, makers, independent shops and small businesses this Christmas. It really helps small businesses if you can shop early as well, they are small teams or individuals and can only cope with so many orders all at once.

I was listening to the radio last week, and they were talking about AI proof jobs, and it seems that hands-on artists are going to be ok! The randomness and chaos of hand-drawn illustration is AI proof. AI can make things that would be considered art, but they aren't human and can't create anything…

I was asked to create these personalised cricket mugs for party gifts - born to bat and bowl!