Artists' Profiles

Gill Roberts

After leaving art college in Cardiff, I moved to London where I worked in an artists’ agency. This was a great education but illustration work for me was elusive and I ...
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Gerry Murray

Working as a designer and illustrator is a real privilege. I am passionate about running my own business, having the freedom to design, sketch, paint and create watercolour ...
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Amanda Loverseed

It is amazing to think that I have been working with Phoenix Trading since the turn of the century! It has been a creative whirlwind designing more cards and other products ...
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Kate Gunn

Sarah Livingstone

I left university with a degree in fashion and launched into a career designing for the main High Street retailers which, in turn, led me towards creating characters for ...
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Janine Drayson

I love using pens and watercolours to create fun and quirky designs that make people smile!

The countryside and animals I see, including our border collie, Rosa, and ...
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Alison Vickery

After Art School, I worked as a designer and design manager for some time, then went freelance to concentrate on painting and illustration on private and commercial ...
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Camilla Charnock

I’ve been working as an illustrator since leaving art school 20 years ago. I work mainly for magazines but have also illustrated several books, done illustrations for ...
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Emily Johnston

I have illustrated cards, gift wrap and other fun products for Phoenix for two years now. My first card was ‘Candy Tree’ in 2005 and my latest work includes the Height ...
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Alison Hullyer

I graduated from Newcastle in 1990 after studying Graphic Design, Illustration and Printmaking. I now live in Cambridge with my husband and two children, Emily (9) and Daniel ...
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June Armstrong

June Armstrong's delightful pen and watercolour illustrations first came to our attention in January 2004, after our brochure had found its way to her through a friend of her ...
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Carla Koala

I am a very lucky person as I get to draw fun, silly, quirky, funky, cool images for a fabby company who has continued to employ me since Noah had his ark, and I’m still ...
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Helen Smith

I graduated from Brighton in 1991 and worked as a freelance illustrator for several years, mainly on children's educational books and products. I also started designing cards ...
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Anna Cattermole

Anna is an art graduate who trained as an Illustrator. Whilst trying to establish herself as an artist, she worked, among other things, as a waitress and a ...
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Julia Rigby

Julia Rigby first design “Farm Invitation” came out in the spring of 2002. Since then, her designs have been pouring into the Phoenix office by the truck ...
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