The week before Christmas a card came in the mail from my sister’s family, and my niece, who always hand makes the cards, had done a linocut print of a partridge in a pear tree for this year’s card.

I took one look at it and immediately shirked everything I had planned for the afternoon. I texted my niece relentlessly (she was in the middle of her school day) and ran to the art supply shop to purchase everything I would need to make linocut prints of my own. My sweet niece was kind enough to phone me when she was walking home from school to arrange the soonest possible time she had available to give me a lesson in print making. I was so delighted! Since Christmas 2026 is so far away, we decided to make thank you and birthday cards. 

I am happy with my first attempt at this impulsive new hobby, though it turned out nothing like the image I’d had planned. I’m very proud that I got the letters facing the right way around.

One of my absolute favourite things about this type of print is that each one comes out slightly different from the others. While some may see these irregularities as flaws, to me they are perfect evidence that the art was made by human hands.

Happy New Year!! I can’t believe it’s the final day of 2025. It has been an intense year! I worked on some renovations to our home, I was pregnant and went through a painful pregnancy loss, and I got married to a very amazing person. It’s been a lot and I am proud of how far we’ve come. 

I have definitely missed my art practice, but in this final month of the year space has opened up in my life for me to get back into my art studio. I enter 2026 with one resolution: to spend as much time as possible at my easel and to live life with a paint brush in my hand. 

If you also had an intense 2025, I wish you a peaceful start to 2026 and fingers crossed for a more relaxing year ahead. And I wanted to say a very heartfelt thank you to everyone who still follows me and my artwork. I haven’t had as much time to pour into my art practice this year, but I’m very grateful to everyone who still supports me and my art. And I’m excited to spend more time painting in the year ahead! 

Earlier this year I dusted off this blog and in the process came across some holiday illustrations from almost a decade ago! It was so cool to look back and see artwork from such a different time in my life.

I was just starting to develop my style as an illustrator and had endless inspiration from my two young nieces. I also had no problem staying up late into the night at my drawing table (a habit I have long since dropped). I’m hoping to glean some magic art dust from these long forgotten illustrations and get inspired by the younger, more energetic version of myself for going into 2026.

In the meantime, I hope you have a very cosy Christmas eve and a merry Christmas!

Happy winter solstice! Here’s to a very cosy winter ahead 🙂

I’ve been working on a new winter design and am excited to finally share it! Growing up, Santa was never part of our family’s Christmas celebration, but I’ve always been fascinated by Father Christmas, the old-timey, more traditional personification of the season’s spirit. 

I wanted to paint him on foot, because there is something very sweet about hand delivered gifts. Perhaps it’s slower than taking a sleigh (apparently traditional Father Christmas doesn’t travel by sleigh), but it’s an excellent way to enjoy a midwinter walk and take in the season at a slower pace.

I had a very lovely paint night with my friend, Liv, who is also an artist. We painted castles, drank tea, and chatted by her cosy fireplace.

I have always wanted to paint a night sky inspired by van Gogh’s Starry Night. I went for it with this painting, thinking it would be fairly easy, and let’s just say I was humbled!! It was such a fun night though 🙂

Happy first day of December! I can’t believe we are already in the final month of 2025. 

Several people have reached asking if I have holiday cards available this year. Sadly, I am taking the year off as I have been on a bit of a hiatus this year and haven’t restocked shops that carry my cards. I’m hoping to release some new designs in 2026 and will eventually have everything restocked. In the meantime, I hope you have a very cosy start of December.