Butterflies
These butterflies illustrations were created as a visual metaphor for transformation, resilience, and systemic change.
Using fluid watercolour techniques and vibrant, layered colour palettes, the works reflect the books central theme: Humanity needs to undergo a profound metamorphosis to achieve sustanibilty.
Each butterfly suggests both fragility and strength, echoing the tension between current social structures and the possibility of a more balanced, regenerative future.
“Like the caterpillar that wraps itself up in its silken swaddling bands prior to its metamorphosis into a butterfly, we have wrapped ourselves in a tangled skin from which we can emerge only by going through a similarly dramatic transformation”
Brian Goodwin.
Super Sophia
(Childrens book )
Super Sophia is a gentle, imaginative tale brought to life through bright, heartfelt illustrations inspired by the artist’s son and the author’s daughter.
The story follows Sophia – a brave, curious girl with a wild crown of hair and an even wilder imagination as she explores forests, fields, and magical places with her loyal cat and a kind warm-hearted boy as her companions.
Through simple moments of wonder – sharing milk with a kitten, climbing trees, discovering butterflies – Sophia believes that courage, kindness, and friendshipare the truest superpowers. Filled with colour, light, and playful detail, Super Sophia celebrates childhood, adventure, and the magic found in everyday life.
The book is a collaboration between the illustrator and the author, Philippa Shepherd.
Fit For Life
My illustrations for Lene Hansen’s book entitled, Fit For Life, translate movement, fitness, and health into a refined visual language. Using expressive ink lines and a restrained palette, the drawings capture strength, balance, and bodily awareness in a way that feels both modern and timeless.
The illustrations support the book’s message by inviting the reader to experience fitness and health not only as a training, but as awareness, presence, and life energy, where bodies, gestures, and organic forms merge into a visual rhythm.
