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Just Published: Animal Noises by Thomas Flintham

The chickens are clucking and the cows are mooing in this fun rhyming picture book, Animal Noises, by Thomas Flintham.

Published by Scholastic Children’s Books, this is the second in the series of toddler books by Tom. His drawing style uses bold shapes, strong lines and a limited colour palette to create a joyful book with a simple, engaging story, perfect for very young readers.

Thomas Flintham is represented by Arena

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Poonam Mistry

Poonam Mistry has been working on a series of greetings cards inspired by her love of animals. The lovely intricate designs will be on sale soon, along with a series she has been working on for a large London advertising agency. Poonam Mistry is represented by Phosphor Art.

Poonam Mistry is represented by Phosphor Art

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Frances Castle: Shapwick Record Sleeve Design

After the success of Clay Pipe Music's limited edition Shapwick CD by Jon Brooks, which sold out within a couple of hours, a 12" vinyl version in now available to pre-order. The release features new artwork by Clay Pipe's founder, Frances Castle and is beautifully printed on reverse mat board and limited to 500 hand numbered copies, each with a download code.

Frances Castle is represented by Arena

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Introducing our new ‘Startworks’ artists! – Stacey Knights and Sami Al-Adawy.

The Artworks are delighted to introduce our new Startworks artists Stacey Knights (1st below) and Sami Al-Adawy (2nd below). Both artists graduated with first class honours in 2012. Sami graduated from the University of the West of England. His work comes from a love of intricacy and design, fused together with a delicate interlacing of bold colours and shapes. Stacey graduated from Norwich University College of the Arts and specialises in paper collages. She creates hand painted paper bespoke to the project or image she’s working on, making every piece of illustration truly unique.

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Richard Johnson bags prestigious job with Liberty of London.

Liberty, the World famous luxury lifestyle and fashion store in London, have commissioned Richard Johnson to design and create a stunning bespoke mural for the launch of their new children's department in March 2012. Richard has been working tirelessly behind the scenes to hand paint the area, and with his usual fabulous attention to detail and magical imagination, he has really created something special. So get down there and be transported to a world of wonder... even if you haven't got kids! It's a treat to see.

Richard Johnson is represented by The Organisation

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