A woman with long flowing hair and a green dress stands on a rock looking out to sea, a green dragon at her back. The dress has gold embroidery.
Happy International Women's Day!
A woman with long flowing hair and a green dress stands on a rock looking out to sea, a green dragon at her back. The dress has gold embroidery.
Happy International Women's Day!
Wow, what a piece!! π
A medusa in gold jewelry with gold rattlesnakes for hair, clutching the stone head of a king and breaking it to pieces while making intense eye contact with the viewer.
just, painting my current vibes, like one does π
QTP with powerful women
gouache painting of two mice in love sitting among blackberry bushes holding dandelions while bees buzz above them
gouache painting of a squirrel reading a book with a cup of tea amid the branches of an oak tree
gouache painting of a mouse dressed in an overcoat and holding a briefcase standing amid leaves as though preparing to go on a journey
gouache painting of a mouse offering a fresh green salad to a rabbit on a cold winter's day
Interested in owning one of my original gouache paintings?
Here's a little reminder that a number of my originals from my solo show at Nucleus Portland are still available on their website! π
www.nucleusportland.com/collections/...
Watercolour illustration of two wattlebirds against a starry sky. The branches they are sitting on are silhouetted against the sky.
A painting for my love for Valentines Day, with Australian wattle birds β€οΈ
Oh wow! Striking!
REMNANT opens March 1st at Ryan Graff Contemporary in San Francisco
A woman holding a map is riding a giant cat, which is crouched, looking towards the horizon. A child sits behind the woman with his arms around her, and an older man walks next to the cat, carrying a lantern. There are trees around them in varying shades of pink and purple.
An angled picture to show the sparkling paint, particularly on the light coming from the older man's lantern.
Another angled picture to show the sparkling paint.
Put your hand up if you don't like giant cats and families of adventurers, with sparkles. That's right, you can't, you're too busy patting the giant cat.
Oh these look beautiful! Can't wait to see them fired! π
Qrp with your watery art π
Ok soβ¦ Thereβs a nice little park on a corner, and a path running directly to one edge of the park. Thatβs the first image, but thereβs 12 other images here. In the second image, there is now a desire path running diagonally across the park. Next image, the path has been blocked by a park bench that the council has put in as a deterrent. Unfazed, in image 4 the path now deftly avoids the park bench. In images 5 and 6 the process is repeated, this time with a strategically placed bin which the desire path also avoids. Presumably in a fit of rage, the council plants an entire hedge to stop people creating new desire paths but eventually this too is defeated and a new path find a way. Finally, the council admits defeat and turns the desire path into a proper paved pathway. After a little while, a new desire path curving off this new paved pathway begins to emergeβ¦
A little comic about desire paths.
A woman with short hair, wearing a long black dress, stands casually in front of three screens. The background is stylised with foliage and hints of colour.
Angled photo taken to show sparling paint on the woman's shoes and dress.
Angled photo taken to show sparkling paint on the screens and parts of the background.
Tending the codes. Watercolour and ink, 2025.
Photos show sparkly watercolour details πβ¨
An androgynous figure stands in partial shadow wearing white armour and holding a green axe that looks as if it is made of glass.
Something brand new from me today?
Cover art painted for W Ryan Kaufman's book "Gawain: A Year to Live" π
A black and white ink illustration of a girl sitting in the window of a tower looking out. She is wearing casual leggings, socks and a loose top. She has immensely long hair, which is hung over a hook behind her on the tower wall to keep it out of her way.
A girl sits in rags next to a pond. She is reaching out to a golden fish, whose light fills the pond. She looks calm and happy. Illustration is from Ye Xian: The Chinese Cinderella by Alyssa Curtayne (2023).
A girl holds a golden slipper. She is wearing a dress of browns and golds that transforms into a coat of brilliant blue and teal feathers. Behind her is the stylised skeleton of a giant fish. Illustration is from Ye Xian: the Chinese Cinderella, by Alyssa Curtayne (2023).
A girl stands in looking to the left of the screen, wearing a red hooded dress that billows in the wind. She is carrying a heart shaped bag full of flowers and wheeling a yellow bicycle. Behind her the giant silhouette of a wolf sits, looking in the same direction. The silhouette is full of stars.
Belated #PortfolioDay post β¨
I'm Erin-Claire, I'm an author and illustrator who retells, reimagines and subverts fairy tales and folklore through illustrations (digital and traditional )and stories.
HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you π
Wow! π (Already following! But what a piece!)
The figure of a woman with long, flowing white and grey hair towers over a town of tall old buildings. In front, a girl is reading a book on a bench lit by yellow lamplight.
A close up of the woman from the main image, showing silver paint that sparkles in her hair, and on the moon and clouds in the background of the image.
Another angle showing silver paint
A black and white kitten is curled up asleep next to the half finished painting. Her head is on the board the painting is taped to.
A recent painting, photos to show the beautiful sparkly paint, and a new little adorable painting friend β¨
Illustration of a vampire gently holding and biting her victim who is wearing a beautiful white lace dress. They look like theyβre dancing
Illustration of Legacy of Kain official encyclopaedia book cover. Blue Raziel is in the centre standing inside Kainβs palm, with his sword and broken wings encircling him. A large portrait of Kain stands looming behind him. Beneath Raziel swirls the Lake of the Dead, underneath the vortex are giant tentacles of the Elder God.
Book cover illustration of HOUSE OF THE BEAST by Michelle Wong. Two silhouette figures standing inside a giant eye of a beast, surrounded by a swirling and chaotic world
Illustration of Princess Mononoke. The Forest Spirit God is standing in the centre of the forest, backlit by the sun with many tree spirits (kodama)surrounding him. The forest and roots frame the scene almost majestically. The atmosphere is ethereal and magical.
Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Eileen, a London based Illustrator. I love to draw horror, gothic romance & fantasy π¦π©ΈLooking for more book/comic cover work, film posters, games, vinyl art & other exciting projects from early Feb!
βοΈ eileenkhkwan@hotmail.com
π©Έ eileenkaihingkwan.co.uk
something sweet
A boy in a winter landscape, wants to believe, is given a bell from Santaβs sleigh so the magic of Christmas may continue in his mind.
Merry Christmas and Happy Winter Holidays to everyone.
May your days be warm and filled with the magic you believe in.
It does seem like a shame! Especially faceless - wow! Thanks for reading the blog post π
As a feminist author and illustrator who loves painting diverse heroines and heroes, I couldn't agree more haha ππ
I will definitely look up Nicole Clavloux, I hadn't come across her before! And I also didn't know Story of a Mother - just looked it up, some consistent HCA themes there by the look of it!
Well that is strikingly terrifying! Wow!
The way this piece grabs me every time I see it...!
Yes! I love her fairy tales - very dark, but very moving. She was writing them even earlier than that - one of the books she's best known for (The Bloody Chamber) came out in the 70s.
Do you have a favourite fairy tale?
Yes I do love the little interesting patterns etc that come from not being able to control it all! I use Winsor and Newton too, although I also have some beautiful Daniel Smith paints (moonglow is especially favourite, used partially in the wolf here) and Lisilinka sparkly paints.
This painting has been embellished with some beautiful sparkly Lisilinka watercolours I've been playing with lately β¨