About

Kirsty is an illustrator who works with short fiction and poetry publications for print and digital platforms.

With the advantage of an illustrative mindset, her passion is for imagery that accompanies literature based on the surreal, the Gothic, and folk tales.

Her work has been exhibited 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, and the traditional analogue techniques of drawing, inking, and painting, she picks out details which tell the tale, creating work filled with narrative, allure, and creatures from around the allegorical world.