Poetry

I am currently working on a poem "Let's Go Hunt Rainbows" inspired by being stuck indoors with young children after several days of rain. It will be about getting outside, whatever the weather.

I have written and illustrated a couple of books of poetry for young children. A bonus of doing this is that I have found it a really good way of creating a coherent group of pictures.

"Take to the Wing" is a celebration of the birds in the UK that we commonly see and our relationship with them. Many of the pictures that illustrate it feature Clumber Park, a local National Trust property, teeming with birds.

"Under the Leaves" is a poem about the animals and plants that live in Sherwood Forest, on the themes of conservation, utilisation and foraging. It resulted in a series of 11 A4 acrylic paintings. It was inspired by a fur collar that I was given to wear as I a volunteer at Papplewick Pumping station 1940's event.

"Let's go and pick peas" was written after I was asked to make a book for a baby with realistic pictures of farm animals.