About

Kirsty is an illustrator who specialises in Gothic whimsy and creepy beauty. With the advantage of an illustrative mindset, her illustrations are full of ethereal scares and pareidolic adventures.

Her work adorns many publications of short story literature, poetry and literary reviews – plus an award winning fabric, to name a few!

Her work has been exhibited in galleries internationally, and ‘Metamorphosis’, the fabric she designed for and in collaboration with The Monkey Puzzle Tree – art fabrics and wallcoverings, won ‘Best in British Product Design’ at the Hotel Designs Brit List Awards 2021.

Motivated by pareidolia, ephemeral visual misunderstanding, ocular strangeness, nightmares, dreams and fleeting glimpses of unreality; inspired by Faerie tales, folklore, myths and legends, transformation, aboriginal cultures, and Quixotism, Kirsty works in traditional mediums such as pencil and ink on home-made marbled papers.

Her work is embracing of change; using methods such as marbling to create a base for images. Using the traditional analogue techniques of drawing, inking, and painting, Kirsty picks out details which tell the tale, creating work filled with narrative, allure, and creatures from around the allegorical world.