When did you know you wanted to be an illustrator?
For years I resisted becoming an illustrator: at school art was considered a second-tier lesson for students who couldn’t cope with ‘academic’ subjects. I did an English degree and doodled during lectures but I don’t regret it because reading and writing are at the heart of what I do.
What piece of art most inspires you?
Right now nineteenth-century cartoonist Honoré Daumier’s Les Bas Bleus series about the pretentions of female intellectuals: satirical but also deeply sympathetic. His lithographs have such wonderful tiny touches like the smoke of a woman’s cigarette clearly made by wiping a drip of acid across the plate he was working on – such personal, hands-on ‘moments’ draw the viewer closer to the moment the picture was made.
I did a Q&A with the Tate: see more of it here...
And please enter my Tate print giveaway here.
What a fantastic interview! Congrats! And how cute are you? Nice to see a little snippet of the "real" you ;)
We are crazy about you and your work, you know. In case we haven't said it lately... Xoxoxox.
Posted by: Brandon | October 03, 2011 at 06:46 PM
Aw thanks!(maybe I should get my fringe cut?)
Posted by: badaude | October 04, 2011 at 06:49 AM
the interview was great! i know you're so prepared while doing that. nice!
Posted by: writing jobs | October 07, 2011 at 03:19 PM
Hey, my wife bought London Walks today at Readings in Melbourne. What a beautiful book.
Posted by: Mike | October 22, 2011 at 08:40 AM
Aw thanks! Nice to know it's available worldwide!
Posted by: badaude | October 22, 2011 at 09:44 AM