You may have realised that I have not been blogging here since the end of 2019; when all of Australia seemed to be on fire. I was so traumatised by what I could see was happening, so many lives lost; people and animals. Then we had Covid. Rather than dwelling on these sad events and all the other weather events that have caused so much heartache, my focus is on helping us to make our lives more beautiful and to help to promote the conservation of our environment and nature.
I now have an art licensing agent, Suzanne Cruise Creative Services. If you are looking for art for your products, Cruise Creative have a platform I am so happy to announce that I am now represented by Suzanne Cruise Creative Services. It has been a journey to get to this point since having left teaching behind and learning about surface pattern design and art licensing. It was always my dream to make illustration my focus rather than graphic design and have an agent to work with so this is a dream coming true for me. Teaching Visual Communication and Illustration was a joy and I often felt so fortunate to be paid to teach and work with my lovely students but it also meant that I was doing less of my own work and although the University kept stating that they were all about staff having a good work/life balance, that was not how I was finding things in the end. Now I get to create every day; to design and illustrate surface patterns for textiles, wallpaper, greeting cards and home decor products. I keep a list of stockists and outlets for my designs and art on my Shop page on my website and I will keep you updated here of any new events or offers here. I will be summarising the contents and sending it out as a newsletter, which you can sign up for here.
Please let me know how I can help you. I have been considering mentoring and a Skillshare class and would love to know if there is something I can cover that would suit you.
During the last fortnight, I took part in an exhibition called “It’s all in the Detail”, in a local gallery, Cstudios Art Gallery. The exhibition focus was Natural History and Illustration exhibition so I got to exhibit with some ex-students and colleagues from the Natural History Illustration degree, which I had also taught on.
I shall be at Lambton Park for the next Hunter Arts Network Art Bazaar on the 26th March 2023 and I will be on the NCEATA stand with my tea towels, greeting cards and some other interesting items. I will add the stand number and location in my social media and also here.
