The development of a draft for my latest project with Bath Abbey. I’m having fun sketching my way through five centuries!
Building a Castle!
Building castles takes time… I draw by hand, always, with each drawing taking hours or even days to complete. I then build up layers of colour and tone, using a combination of coloured pencils and digital colours. Some finished illustrations comprise hundreds of layers!
Ely Museum
Draft drawings from March, when I found myself somewhere in the C11th/C12th sketching for Ely Museum's forthcoming castles exhibition. It was a joy to work with them!
Parrots and Pirates at Westminster Abbey
This week I’ve had great fun creating illustrations for Westminster Abbey’s forthcoming Parrots and Pirates activity day. In this swashbuckling adventure, families will set sail on a quest to explore the Abbey's connections with the high seas!
Lancelot Andrewes
Lancelot Andrewes (1555 – 1626), Elizabethan and Jacobean preacher and bishop, who was nicknamed stella predicantium ("star of preachers"). Remembered for his piety and scholarship, Andrewes had a remarkable memory and was reportedly fluent in 15 modern and 6 ancient languages! This illustration was created for the Sun, Moon, Stars, and More trail at Winchester Cathedral, which visitors can explore until March 1st.
Mary Jackson
Aerospace (and superhero!) engineer Mary Jackson (1921 – 2005) was NASA's first black female engineer. In addition to her remarkable achievements in engineering and mathematics, Jackson also worked to influence the promotion of women in NASA’s science, engineering, and mathematics careers. The Washington, D.C. headquarters of NASA was renamed the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in 2021 to honour her life and work.
SS Great Britain
The Superhero Engineers have landed at SS Great Britain for some half-term fun!
Winning Whales!
Delighted to hear Tessa Campbell Fraser's Whales at Winchester Cathedral won Best Event at the Cultural Enterprises Awards. This exhibition of monumental sculptures highlighted our relationship with oceans and whales, transforming the Cathedral into an underwater themed, multisensory environment. I had wonderful fun working on Ocean Commotion, the interactive family trail that accompanied the exhibition.
Ada Lovelace
Here’s Ada Lovelace with her computer algorithm, Note G, and the plan for Charles Babbage's Great Calculating Engine. Lovelace, who had a remarkably creative and mathematical mind, was one of the first people to imagine what computers could do. Working with her friend Babbage, she wrote notes describing how his “Analytical Engine” could follow instructions. Some now see this as the world’s first computer program! Superhero Engineers opens at SS Great Britain on February 14th.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was one of the most ingenious figures in engineering history, combining creativity with bold and daring ideas. His creations included the SS Great Britain - the world's first propeller-driven, iron-hulled ship. Visitors to the SS Great Britain can soon embark on a new voyage of discovery, learning about Brunel and other engineers as part of a trail that I illustrated. It was great fun to draw them all! The Superhero Engineers trail begins February 14th and will run until March 22nd.
Look Up!
Draft sketches and final artwork for the Guardian Angels' Chapel at Winchester Cathedral. The wonderful angels adorning the chapel's ceiling were painted nearly 800 years ago, in 1240! It was a joy to bring them to life for the Cathedral’s new Sun, Moon, Stars, and More trail.
Melesina Trench
Writer, poet and diarist Melesina Trench authored The Moonlanders (1816), one of the earliest works of science fiction. In it, she imagined angel-like creatures who lived on a green moon.
This large-scale illustration is for Sun, Moon, Stars, and More, an interactive family trail opening today at Winchester Cathedral, where Trench is buried. The trail will run until March 1st, accompanying Helios, an art installation by Luke Jerram.
A Map for Bath
In less than a week Threads Through the Bible will open in Bath. This hand-drawn trail map guiding visitors around the exhibition venues was a delight to design and illustrate! I had a lot of fun rendering the city’s beautiful streets in pencil.
Sun, Moon, Stars, and More!
Leaping into 2026 with a medieval bishop journeying across a galaxy of encaustic tiles! Bishop Godfrey de Lucy and others will form the interactive trail I illustrated to accompany Helios, a seven-metre sculpture of the Sun by artist Luke Jerram, opening at Winchester Cathedral later this month.
Follow the Star!
Visit Winchester Cathedral before January 11th to become a star-spotter with the help of the cathedral’s winter trail. It was marvellous fun to find and draw from the cathedral’s celestial adornments while creating this trail!
Mason Mouse's Adventures
Mason Mouse enjoyed many adventures around (and under!) York Minster in 2025, including the cathedral’s new Dragon Quest trail. Exciting plans are afoot for Mason this year, and I look forward to sharing them!
York Minster's Undercroft Museum
I am very excited to share a few details from a set of large-scale illustrations I created this year for a new display in York Minster's Undercroft Museum. It is an absolute pleasure to work with York Minster's team, to take Mason Mouse on adventures, and to draw from the cathedral's wonderful Great East Window. Visitors can have fun helping Mason dress the altar using giant magnets.
Illustrated Maps
A sneak preview of a hand-drawn map of the city of Bath, which I drew earlier this year. I love illustrated maps, and it is always a pleasure to draw inspiration from (and lose myself in!) John Speed's beautiful C17th maps.
Dragon Quest!
Visitors to York Minster can now join Mason Mouse on a noble quest to find all the dragons in the Cathedral. The new trail includes playing cards for visitors to battle it out and discover the fastest, fieriest and biggest of these fascinating creatures... From a 1,400-year-old Welsh dragon to a mysterious golden dragon that is said to bow to a knight at the stroke of midnight!
Mason Mouse at York Minster
It's been a summer of Georgians and dragons so far, the latter being part of some new Mason Mouse illustrations I've been working on for York Minster. Mason will be sharing many adventures with families at the Cathedral this summer, and I look forward to sharing illustrations of Mason's latest quest!