Happy New Year everyone!

Here's a piece inspired by my time in Thailand. I took a fond liking to travelling by Tuk-Tuk where possible.  Since returning, I always had the inclination at the back of my mind to produce some Tuk-Tuk inspired art.

The RSW travel award competition was my excuse to get cracking on this piece. As I'm not too fond of using an old paintbrush, watercolour pencils were the next best thing. Anyway, I didn't feel this this piece was quite up to the standards of The Royal Scottish Watercolour society, perhaps because I come from an illustration background and well, frankly, it isn't one of my favourite pieces. I wanted to finish it anyway. So here's the result! I hope to crack on with more drawing over the next few weeks- ideally Valentine's cards, some commissions that have been on the back burner for a while around uni work, and to finally complete my Duke of Edinburgh project from many moons ago. Watch this space!!

Christmas cards now available at Blackhall Framing Gallery, Edinburgh! :o)

Fashion Africa, by Jacqueline Shaw. I finally got hold of the published article- complete with my illustrations! Yippee!!

As much as I hate the thought, Christmas is coming, and will here be before you know it! So here's a couple of card designs I've produced and hope to get printed in the run up to the festive season! Enjoy!

Pet portraits. Not my favourite area of illustration, nor am I pleased with the image quality here, but needs must! I guess it shows what else I can do...

Robert Laidler's Jockney Rhyming Slang.

OutSmart exhibition 2011.

I was privileged enough to have my work exhibited in a Smart Car showroom exhibition this year as part of OutSmart ,an initiative by Gemma Randall. I received some images of the exhibition yesterday, and was pleased to be offered the chance to exhibit the piece this Saturday at Mercedes Benz world.