A little bird house

Just something from my new book I've just started, sorry for the hash job of the stitching-together-of-the-pages... I only have an A4 scanner! More to follow..!

Colour...

Ive always felt that colour and I have a love/hate relationship.

It runs through my mind without me even knowing.

In early summer I bought new shampoo, conditioner, body wash and exfoliator - all in shades of orange (mango, tangerine, peach etc...)

I've just finished a selection in green... (mint, aloe, apple...)

And without even realising I've just been into town and purchase PINK products (strawberry, cherry, rose...). All of them. How do I do this? It always matches and they aren't even from the same range!!

E R A P O L O G Y

'ERAPOLOGY' is an Arts Platform founded by Tori Elliott in 2010, with hopes to encourage and enable artists and designers to promote and sell their work, to a diverse range of customers.

With only the pure talent of each individual artist to hold this together, "ERAPOLOGY" celebrates the individualistic and sometimes experimental style of the artists and designers that it supports.

www.erapology.blogspot.com

Lately..

So here is the 8ft x 4ft mural I did for the council, even though its a fairly poor photo.

Exciting Times

WOW. wow. Where on earth do I start? I just graduated from University College Falmouth, UK with a BA Hons in Illustration, with a most satisfying 2:1! So glad to be done and dusted, and waiting for the next adventure!

But the adventures are coming alot quicker than I thought! Firstly, I had the second story of The Phlunk from Lou Rhodes just before a trip to New York, which is currently being doodled to threads inside my sketchbook! New York went very well, with great feedback from Nickelodeon and Harper Collins. Speaking to HP on a regular basis via email.. who knows?

Then, the success of The Eden Exhibition with fellow creative Sarah Lucy Baker. Had a great time and met some other great artists with like-minded work, contacts contacts! Along with a whole £10 earned on postcards, worth every penny.

I was invited to the private view of the latest Damien Hirst exhibition 'Tamed' in Torbay, which was interesting but I'm not sure how well the press are taking it, I guess not many people like dead cows much. Might be the 'Devon' thing! Still very unsure how or why I was personally and privately invited, but either way I'm very priviledged!

Happy with the progression of artwork, I checked my email to find a commission request from Torbay Arts Council to produce a mural by Torquay Seafront and Torre Abbey Meadow. I'm stupidly happy! It's paid, and its great exposure. Working with the Gingko project too to encourage children with art, I still can't believe I'm going to fill a 8x4ft board when my work is so small and detailed. It's such a great feeling that someone saw my work and wanted it.

New Designers 2010 is going swimmingly well, I've had a commission for cancer research (which I've heard many people have) from someone who's seen my work, AND TODAY I had a call regarding a job offer who'd seen my New Designers board. I'm so happy!

Characters: 3 (2) Three Little Pigs

Day 3: (2) Three Little Pigs.

Characters: 3 (1) Three Blind Mice

Day 3: (1) Three Blind Mice.