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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The Adventure of Discovery Never Ends: Discovery Walk Illustration Preview Exhibition
Come along to the Freedom Hair Experience salon to see some of the sketches and illustrations that will be making up the bronze plaques of Dundee’s own Discovery Walk as well as some of Suzanne’s other recent work. Opening Night: Friday 20th November, 7-9pm. Exhibition Event on Facebook ***** Discovery Walk, will celebrate Dundee’s…
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…
WhimSicAL LusH Functional Art Piece to be auctioned off for The Archie Foundation, Tayside
This is a lovely item of functional art from Whimsical Lush representing discovery, travel, adventure and Dundee’s Discovery Ship. This art piece is an upcycled wooden suitcase used on a voyage from Canada to Scotland in 1949, featuring several original illustrations, including the original compass from the ‘Ghost Ship’ illustration and freehand details. Local artist…
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…
WhimSicAL LusH x TeaPigs
TeaPigs recently got in touch with me and asked me to combine my art with their tea. These pieces were to launch their new campaign to get artists to collaborate with them. I love drawing and I love drinking tea so it was an easy commission to say yes to! Here’s what I came up…
‘In The Trees’ is off to Pitlochry…
This illustration is currently part of an exhibition in The River Room at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, which is being curated by Perthshire Open Studios. We’re looking forward to opening the doors of the Tigh-Fhada studio again in September for our third year of Open Studios. (Tigh-Fhada: Number 138: Red Route) Some work in progress…
Zoom Zoom… We’re Off To The Moon!
A small inky adventure into space…
Art On The Move!
I was recently asked by the lovely people at the Trinity Art Supplies shop in Dundee to come up with a Dundee/ WhimSicAL LusH inspired illustration for their new van. This is what I came up with…. Can you tell I enjoyed this one! There are quirky rabbits and the Dundee Penguins, the shop has been…
Win a set of limited edition WhimSicAL LusH Illustrated Mugs!
I would love to give one of you guys a set of my bone china illustrated mugs. All you need to do is sign up to this blog, share this pic and tell me why you would like to win below! The winner will be announced next Sunday night. Good luck x
The ‘Bramble Cottages’ Illustration Project
Welcome to the Bramble Cottages illustration project, that I fondly named #TheBigHousesProject ❤ I can show you pictures of this fantastic commission now as all the young uns who were involved with helping me have seen everything now… and more importantly given it the thumbs up too! ‘Bramble Cottages’ are the two brand new homes…
Bring Out The Imp!
This new Imperial Stout by the fantastic, Livingstone based company, Alechemy Brewing has just been launched featuring a specially commissioned drawing by me! This label was so much fun to draw with the design brief being “make it twisted, gnarly, impish and a little bit terrifying…. Just like the beer”. My mind immediately harked back…
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