Watercolour from April 2020. When I was growing up, I used to play in the cornfields in my village. This reminds me of those times.
Summer fields.
Bouffant and friend.
Painterly doodle of a friendship, from April 2020
A Workout
A painterly doodle made in April 2020.
Dickens book covers for Penguin Vintage Classics
Earlier this year I was commissioned to illustrate book covers (and endpapers) for 6 of Charles Dickens classics for Penguin. The designer at Penguin I collaborated with is Suzanne Dean. They came out in the bookshops this November.
Sports day
Cooking up history
Here’s another commission for World of Interiors magazine, for an article written by a historian who explores the past through what people ate. So her kitchen is a where she does most of her research..
We’ll be eating grubs
Made for the World of Interiors magazine, for an article about an insect farm in Wales that also serves up food made from insects in it’s kitchen. Hmm. I’ve eaten brownies made from cricket flour, and these were so good..light!
Moon man
This was inspired by a Japanese myth about how the sun and the moon went their separate ways. The moon god Tsukiyomi kills the food-goddess after she vomits up rice, fish and game infront of him! He mentions this to the sun-goddess who is so furious with him that she refuses to meet him face to face ever again, and so the day and night are always apart. So here in my picture he’s carrying his night away with him.
My studio wall at the moment
Lino Cuts for upcoming fabric print
Experimenting with lino cut. These are destined for a 2 colour textile print I’m working on which will have lots of other creatures and humans rattling around in it.
Ellie Curtis - Illustrations and Textile Prints 