Street Haunting: Illustration for Somerset House Exhibition (2)

This is a new illustration I created based on a passage from Virginia Woolf's short story 'Street Haunting: A London Adventure.' We MA students at Central Saint Martins have partnered up with Kings College London to create an exhibition opening later this month at London's Somerset House. This piece will be part of my contribution for that. (More information and work for the exhibition coming soon.)

 "The very sight of the bookseller’s wife with her foot on the fender, sitting beside a good coal fire, screened from the door, is sobering and cheerful."
-Virginia Woolf

 

Valentines Day 2012 Illustration Series

I'm not a huge fan of Valentines Day. It's not that I'm not some sort of dour singleton-- I don't hate the holiday or anything. Rather, I'd say that my attitude regardless of being single or taken is best summed up as being 'generally apathetic to its existence.' That said, I'm always happy when there is a reason to make art, be it holiday-that-I-don't-observe-based or otherwise. I mean, really, how many of us who make Christmassy art actually believe Jesus arose and walked on water? So without further ado (except to say that if you are interested in prints or cards of this art, GO TO MY SHOP HERE) here is what I made in honour of this week's upcoming Hallmark Holiday: