Artist Statement

Working with children and having access to an enormous range of children’s literature, I was quite
interested in the 1950’s illustrator’s construct of childhood. The hopefulness of the post war world exuded through these characters; the language of a future
dream emanates from their work.

These drawings look at that perception and language of hope and innocence; of rapture and wonder.

“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you actually seem and smarter than you think”

– Winnie the Pooh

 “It never pains to keep looking for Sunshine”

– Eeyore

“Every child comes with a message that God is not yet discouraged of man”

– Rabindranath Tagore