Diz Wallis has created this beautiful equine painting of Mafki, the worlds most expensive (and pampered!) stud horse for The Telegraph’s ‘The Season’ supplement.
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We’d like to welcome Folio’s newest signing, Son of Alan! Head on over to our website for his full portfolio www.folioart.co.uk/illustration/folio/artists/illustrator/son-of-alan/
Clear as Mud has created these stunning yet informative cover and inside illustrations for the Times Educational Supplement - highlighting the problem of special education needs being used as a cover for bad teaching.
I think Alex Green’s illustration perfectly sums up London today, what with all this rain and double-dip malarky!
Josie Jo has created a stunning double page spread for this months SFX magazine, alongside regular SFX contributors, Andy Watt and Maria Colino.
The Chris Beetles Gallery is celebrating 50 years of the cartoonists’ art of making us laugh. Ed McLachlan and Mike Williams, two of the all time great living gag artists from the great days of Punch, continue to be the most popular regular cartoonists in The Spectator, The Oldie, Private Eye, The Big Issue and Saga Magazine. Alongside will be shown works by Bill Hewison (1925-2002) the influential Art Editor of Punch from 1960 to 1984, and a significant theatre and editorial cartoonist in his own right. These works come directly from the Hewison Estate and are on display for the first time. Private View Tuesday 17th April 2012 6pm - 8pm Meet the artist, Ed McLachlan. The exhibition runs until 5 May.
Following a two year, £12million pound renovation of Kensington Palace. Folio’s Julian De Narvaez was commissioned to create twelve playing cards for the Kensington Projects ‘House of Cards’. Each beautifully illustrated card depicts one of the many characters to be found around Kensington Palace during its heyday, from the Yeoman of the Guard all the way through to The Lady of the Bedchamber.
The very talented Jill Barthorpe will be exhibiting her recent work at The George Hotel, Stamford. The exhibition runs from 16th - 21st April 2012 with a Private View on Thursday 19th April from 6-8pm. To RSVP please email Riona O’Shea at riona@cottrellandklar.co.uk.
Jason Brooks is going to be at the Pick Me Up Contemporary Graphic Art fair this Friday 30th at Somerset House, on the Strand, London. He’s been invited as a ‘Daily Special’ from 11 am until 5.30 pm and will be creating 50 original,signed, A4 artworks for sale from a mere £25 upwards. It will be a really interesting art fair as a whole and not to be missed, admission to the fair is £8. Hope to see you on Friday !
The wonderful Rui Ricardo has been interviewed for Der Spiegel Online, where he talks about his travels and retro poster series inspired by them.
To buy one of Rui’s prints, head on over to http://www.folioboutique.com/
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Andy Watt has created this supernova of a cover illustration for BBC Books, celebrating the 55th anniversary of The Sky at Night.
Rui Ricardo has skilfully executed the brief for the front cover of this months cover of On Office Magazine. The dreamy, hazy illustration is in keeping with his retro travel poster series, albeit one for the future!
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If you live in London there’s a very good chance you may have seen Nicola’s work when out and about on public transport. For those of you who haven’t here’s one of her stunning animations, part of her campaign for TFL. For more of Nicola’s portfolio, including the TFL campaign head on over to the Folio site.
