Illustration Commission

The last couple of years have seen me getting down and busy with Eye Heart Spleen, and makin’ movies!  However I have always been a  doodler at heart.  Nothin’ more relaxing than putting pen/brush/nib to paper!  Luckily the year started out with an illustration commission!  It was for Backpax magazine.  Backpax is a map available in youth hostels for travellers in the UK to get a glimpse of back-packing hotspots around the UK.  They wanted a map of Edinburgh and a map of London.  Both needed to feature quirky and ‘doodley’ icons of must-see-places in the city.

Here are some snapshots of the artwork I created….

LONDON

EDINBURGH

A New Permament Home in Southmead Hospital

A successful exhibition at Frenchay’s Fromeshaw gallery back in October 2013 led Eye Heart Spleen to become part of the permanent collection at Bristol’s largest hospital. The staff and patients alike were very taken with the work, so the hospital’s exhibition curator purchased the collection which will now go up in their newly refurbished site in Southmead.

Below are some photos of when the images first went up. I will soon visit their new permanent home.

 

 

 

 

Busy times on Etsy!

Ordered a whole bunch of parcels to send out my prints in parcels to Eye-Heart-Spleen fans all over the globe! From Canada, to Australia, USA to Brazil, I’m getting great support from the Etsy community!

Keep on keeping on!

To get yourself one, click here to visit my shop
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/EyeHeartSpleen

Thank You to the Internet

Hello all,

I feel compelled to express some thanks to the internet community for raising Eye heart Spleen to dizzying heights.  By the wonderful whim of the internet I found the images going viral and popping up in every other design blog around the world.  I had interest expressed from press agencies in China, Italy and the UK, culminating in two articles being published on major online platforms- the Huffington Post and ABC news.com.  I made a few exciting sales on Etsy and had an outpouring of fans from around the world.  So to you, I say thanks- for deeming these images valuable enough to share, and for giving a little artist like me, the hope and confidence to continue sharing my work.

Lets stay in touch 🙂

To read the articles press here and here

 

 

 

 

Yay! I’m on Etsy!

Another big ‘Finally!’ The one-stop place for all your Eye Heart Spleen prints!  I’ve always beena supporter of Etsy, giving a worlwide creative community an outlet that encourages original crafts and artwork.  So it was a no-brianer to send Eye Heart Spleen prints their way!

Eye Heart Spleen Shop on Etsy

You can now easily and simply browse for prints and order from Etsy.  You can easily pay online.  Contact me for international shipping quotes.  They are being sent to all corners of the Globe, from Guatemala, to Australia and even China!  Happy days for travelling organs!

 

Yay! A website!!!!

Finally after much deliberation and expectation (at least on my part!) I decided it was really time to give these prints a dedicated home on the net. The designer has done a lovely job and I look forward to sharing it with you all and hearing your thoughts!

 

Behold and welcome……. EyeHeartSpleen.com

 

Homepage

Really loving the colour scheme

 

And Gallery of course!

Now go see for yourself!!

 

Introducing Breasts

I’ve been busy!

After attending the  Back2Health conference, I had countless women ask after an image of ‘breasts’.  I realised it was a much needed addition still missing from the collection.  The demand was both heartening and overwhelming.

So under the beautiful April skies I began the foraging.  From Glastonbury to the Clifton Downs, the foraging expedition to find the prefect breasts was no small task.   However, after several frustrated attempts at arranging soil and small blossoms to into breast shapes, in the place of delicate feminine contours what I had staring back resembled miniature volcanoes made of dirt.  Not quite what I was aiming for!   So in attempt to try harder, off I went in search of wider meadows, scouring the Clifton Downs for the ideal textures to make up the breast tissue, and finally arrived to Glastonbury town centre, where there lay round little pink flowers perfectly shaped like nipples.

So now, I proudly present the newest addition to the Eye Heart Spleen collection:

 

 

If you would like to order one, please visit the Price List page and email me with your order to eyeheartspleen@gmail.com

Eye Heart Spleen website

This blog is getting too big for my boots!  Coming soon, Eye Heart Spleen’s very own website!  

Fromeshaw Gallery Frenchay Hospital

 

Coming up in October, Eye Heart Spleen will be showing in the Frenchay Hospital’s very own Fromeshaw Gallery.

Showing dates: Oct 4th 2013 – Jan 7th 2014

More news coming soon….

Back to Health Conference

Hello friends,

Its been a while since I’ve posted anything.  Camera assisting has been keeping me busy these last few months.  So here’s what’s new with my art:

Eye Heart Spleen had a very successful appearance at the ‘Back2Health‘ Conference, an integrative Cancer health-care event, organized by the wonderful Fiona Shakeela Burns.

It hosted a dynamic range of speakers with powerful testimonials about their recovery from cancer using alternative therapies, as well as some fascinating talks about health, life and spirit!

There was a great reaction to the prints, as people responded well to the use of nature plants and herbs to portray our organs.

I would love to do more events like that so if you’re in the know please drop me a line.

In the meanwhile, I hope you’re feeling blessed and happy!