Arts Thread

I am recently graduated, UK based illustrator and adventurer. I aim to share my message and experiences through a variation of mediums and styles with focus on exploration, environmentalism and industrialism. The subjects I illustrate are almost all environmental studies of interesting and unique places, mostly based on places I have visited. These often have themes of isolation or solitude intertwined to create an element of emotion in artwork that does not include the human subject.My more recent work has been influenced by written language incorporated into my illustrations to tell my stories, leading to my graduation project ’90 Days in Hokkaido’, a book I have written and illustrated about my experiences alone in Japan.One of the strongest traits in my work is commitment and attention to detail.  This is seen across most of my work, such as in prints and digital pieces, but is more prominently seen in the drawings that involve traditional fine line.The majority of my work is inspired by my experience of my exchange in Hokkaido, Japan. This was a sudden and lifechanging experience in which I was given the opportunity to attend Bisen, School of Art and Design. I was taught many ways of traditional Japanese painting, carving and drawing, and had adventures which has influenced all my work since.