One of our favourite Illustrators
Jackie is a highly gifted illustrator, a weaver of dreams and magical tales into pictures with a stunning quality and spirituality.
Fantastic both as illustrations on their own as well as part of 'spell binding' picture books. Take a look at Lord of the Forest for an insight into her work.
We first met Jackie at the Images of Delight exhibition in London, which was a great place to see some of the original work and to realise that her inspiration is taken from the countryside in which she lives.
Books illustrated by Jackie include work by Ted Hughes, Mary Hoffman, James Mayhew, Susan Summers,Terry Pratchett's Disc World Calendar and many others including Jackie's own children's stories.
About Jackie Morris
Jackie lives in a small cottage by the sea with her two children, two dogs and four cats. From the age of six she wanted to be an artist and was often in trouble for dreaming and drawing.
Fortunately for us she carried on with her dream and eventually went to Art College which led into becoming an illustrator for children's books.
She likes walking and watching, stories and magic, painting and dreaming, rowing and flying kites and swimming in the sea.
From insight into all that she sees around her, the sea, the fields and the wild animals Jackie captures images and thoughts and turns them into pictures of beauty and spirituality.
Her work includes a huge range of materials for children's books, card designs, calendars and magazine illustrations.
The web site at www.jackiemorris.co.uk has an amazing wealth of material, interest and information. You can see the pictures she is working on in her studio, a journal of her days, hopes and thoughts.
The collection of illustrated books and cards plus creative ideas for schools in using her books as resources for stretching imaginations.
You can read about Jackie's inspiration and workspace on her weblog here...
Jackie has been taking images of seals on Whitesands beach...read more here
Jackie's cat weblog
Jackie Morris
Jackie shares her work, thoughts and inspiration on-line.
You can see more of Jackie's work through the links below.
Look for 'drawing and dreaming' on Jackie's website.