Discovery Walk: Creating Mary Ann Baxter’s Plaque

Mary Ann Baxter If it wasn’t for Mary Ann Baxter we wouldn’t have Dundee University and I may not have studied equally alongside men when I attended if she had not insisted on this happening all those years ago. I also wouldn’t enjoy all those wonderful twisted trees, the pretty flowers, the pavillion and those…

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Discovery Walk: The Story of the Title Plaque

The Story of the Discovery Walk Plaque Designs: The Title Plaque Working on design proposals for the plaques led me to develop a series of stories depicted by both words and complementary illustrations. The idea was to take people on a short journey to experience the lives and achievements of those notable individuals being featured…

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Fun A Day

   Fun A Day challenge: Create something fun every day in January… Just cos! Anything that you like… Just cos! Then we will have us an exhibition of all our fun creations.  I loved this Fun A Day challenge, the perfect antidote to January and a good excuse to do whatever I felt like that…

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Snowboarding in the Art Bar

What do you do with your snowboard when it’s no longer fit for the mountain? Turn it into a piece of 3D functional art of course! This is the new door in the Art Bar, Dundee. The snowboard has been retired from its mountain adventures but is still very much in use as the 3D…

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It’s Snowing!! Did you see my snowflakes in Dundee?

It may not be snowing where you are but it is here in the little world of WhimSicAL LusH! We’re off to make SnowBots… Have a fun time too. Happy Christmas! xx This animation was the snowflakes that some of you might have seen on the Caird Hall and City Centre walls in Dundee on…

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The Christmas Night Market Hosted by BrewDog Dundee and WhimSicAL LusH

WhimSicAL LusH and BrewDog Dundee are delighted to bring to you their second Christmas Night Market. Packed full of unique treats from local artists, makers and small businesses making it an ideal chance to get some perfect unusual presents for Christmas.    Come along, find some wonderful surprises, and enjoy some beery treats from BrewDog too….

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WhimSicAL LusH @ SPeX PisTOls

   This was such an awesome commission for Dundee’s very own optical boutique… SPeX PisTOls! The wee shop is so sweet and when we decided to include the cherry tree from along the lane, the famous bicycle, one of their gorgeous kitty cats and a washing line from Johnston’s Lane yesteryear, this illustration pretty much…

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❤️ WhimSicAL LusH 2016 Calendar ❤️

Woo hoo! The WhimSicAL LusH 2016 calendars are here! Hooray! Available to purchase from the WhimSicAL LusH Etsy shop now!    Check out link below for all details and some new illustrations that haven’t been released before as well as including some firm favourites from over the last few years. Buy the WhimSicAL LusH 2016…

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A Week in the Heart of Scotland for Perthshire Open Studios

This will be the third year that I have teamed up with my mum to do Perthshire Open Studios. Our studio is at Tigh Fhada in Inver, by Dunkeld.    We have to be in one of the most beautiful areas in Scotland, being on the doorstep of the renowned Hermitage. It would be impossible…

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Exploring Shoreditch, London: Thierry Noir

Thierry Noir‘s work is so bright and distinctive you can spot it a mile off, which is exactly what happened last weekend when we were having a proper good explore around Shoreditch in London.  We first stumbled across these colourful pieces up on the walls…      So simple, yet so brilliant, which has to be part…

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