Continuing with the series on obscure leading ladies of dance, I give you Aida Overton Walker. Aida starting in vaudeville and was a huge hit in the US at the start of the 1900s. She went on to successfully transition to more serious dramatic […]
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Bowie Aladdin Sane boy
One of my son’s best mate – so when it came to celebrating his birthday – there was only one way to rock’n’roll… and so Bowie the Boy became A lad insane…
Chris’s family tree
Now the nice thing here, is that this is the counterpart of Nicki’s family tree that I posted earlier. The first tree was for Nicki’s family, and this one is for Chris’s family, her other half! Chris’s parents are keen gardeners, and his dad is […]
Shona’s family tree
A lovely tree for a smashing family… Shona and her team of super smart cookies! This tree is completely bespoke, from the clothes to words and bikes -exactly as specified by the family. Apparently, it’s a big hit with the kids ‘it’s sick!!’ More family […]
Wild things in colour!
The wild things colouring in piece took me a while – but I finally completed my version…
Wild things – Wilderness festival
last week we went to Wilderness festival – our first festival with the kids in 3 years, since Rudy was a tiny 4 months old baby (much easier to go round with a sling than with a toddler!). The beauty was spending 4 days in […]
Pam’s family tree
This is not that new an item, but amazingly, it’s slipped through the blogging net until now! I am very proud of this tree, although I was mostly very daunted by the prospect of over 50 people to draw initially! But the thing is, ultimately, […]
Spiderman birthday boy
It’s my son’s best mate’s birthday – they are both obsessed with dressing up – and so i created this portrait of him in his favourite superhero costume. Added a little bit of a London skyline to take it closer to home! As ever, […]
Family coat of arms
Families have their very own identity, their heritage and their quirks. And pets! So going back to tradition, I thought it would be nice to allow our modern families to revisit the concept of coat of arms.
Eliza’s babbit
Eliza is our sweet sweet sweet goddaughter. Aged two and a bit, whenever she saw a kangaroo, she would exclaim:’babbit!!’ And so it was that she had to be given her very own one…
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin
Another one from the vaults, I did like the band enough, but loved the pic more. Can’t find the original, but likely to have featured in what was THEN the best music mag on the planet, French monthly Les Inrockuptibles. It’s now shortened to Les […]
Anthonin Artaud
You want to be hip by being ‘au fait’ with avant-garde French penseurs, you know your Sartre from your Camus, your Duchamp from your Vian, the 20th century of French surrealists and over-realists has no secret for you? Then maybe Anthonin Artaud has a place […]
Karuski's little shop of colours 