From Dreams

In my dream I had a tiny frog and he died suddenly. I was looking at him lying at the bottom of the tank and then I saw a fish quickly pick the frog up, hold it gently by the throat. She was pushing the frog upwards, I could feel her panic, as if I was that fish. She thought that the frog was sick and needed air, she didn't know that he was dead, but I did.
I don't remember what happened later, maybe she did manage to save him. I'd like to think so.

Acrylics on watercolor paper. A print is available in my Etsy shop TinyRed

A Girl and Her Peacock

She thought he was an enchanted prince but he turned out to be just a peacock....

Acrylics on watercolor paper. Print is available in my Etsy shop TinyRed

Nicoletta Ceccoli, weird and wonderful

Italian illustrator Nicoletta Ceccoli holds a special place in my heart. I own seven books with her illustrations (and hope to buy more) and I often indulge myself with an evening in bed flicking through page after page of her gorgeous art.

Nicoletta uses my favourite medium - acrylics, she also combines acrylics with Photoshop and clay sculptures.

She paints eerie girls with pale skin and huge unsmiling eyes, like these....

.... and she also does incredibly warm and imaginative illustrations for children, like these....