The Enchanted Forest: Celebrating 200 years of Grimm’s Fairy Tales

I am taking part in an exhibition with other super talented illustrators, (I am working on the pieces for this show as I write...) I am inviting you to come join us for the show. Below are the details and we are looking forward to seeing you guys there!  

The Enchanted Forest

Celebrating 200 years of Grimm’s Fairy Tales

Wednesday 28 November – Saturday 8 December

FREE Exhibition

The first ever collection of Grimm’s fairy tales, entitled “Children’s and Household Tales”, was published in December of 1812, and two hundred years later it is still thrilling children and adults alike. To celebrate two hundred years of enchantment and magic; seven young up and coming illustrators will be interpreting these wonderfully dark and mysterious stories into a very special Christmas exhibition at Foyles. With inspiration taken from both the classics, such as Hansel and Gretel, and the less well-known tales like The Golden Bird; this exhibition is about interpreting and re-discovering a cultural legacy that has been with us for 200 years.

The contributing artists include Emma Block, Lesley Barnes, LauraBarrett, Natsuki Otani, Yelena Bryksenkova, Emmeline Pidgen and Karolin Schnoor.

Prepare to be spellbound as you enter The Enchanted Forest.

The Enchanted Forest is grateful to IdeasTap for providing funding through its Ideas Fund for this project.

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Venue:

The Gallery at Foyles, Third Floor, Charing Cross Road

Opening Hours:

Monday – Saturday 9am – 9pm

Sunday 10am – 6pm

*Please note that the Gallery may be closed when instore meetings and events are taking place.

Shelter Up My Street Art Auction: Collaboration with Amelia’s Magazine illustrators!

 Photo courtesy of Amelia's Magazine

Amelia's Magazine illustrators: Lesley Barnes, Emma Block, Yelena Bryksenkova, Antonia Parker, Thereza Rowe and I participated in a wonderful charity art auction for Shelter. Amelia chose to theme the work around the concept of a safe secure home. The wonderful illustrators all created their idea of a comforting safe home and the final piece was brought together into one home designed by Lesley Barnes.

This is a close up of my illustration, I wanted something multicultural and happy so I decided to draw a secret  kid's fort party to show the joy of home. Amelia mentioned that the structure of house will be drawn by Lesley and her signature bold black style is something to consider in my design so I used a lot of black with vibrant colours, kept the inside of fort dark as well so you can focus on what kids are doing. You can see the parents peeking at them in the background if you notice?   

Close up entrance by Lesley Barnes, I love the giant key!

Close up room by Emma Block with her lovely grandparents.

Close up room by Thereza Rowe, I want to live in this room! 

Close up room by Yelena Bryksenkova, I like the caring atmosphere here.

Close up room by Antonia Parker with a funky granny!

This month Shelter hosts an exhibition of artwork including our collaboration in the concept of Up My Street at the Coningsby Gallery, so please visit there if you are around and enjoy the exhibition!