‘Top Of The Morning’ £145.00 Add to cart.But, all said and done there are times when she would rather have followed her first ambition, which was to be a bear. She now lives in a small house by the sea in Wales, painting and writing and dreaming and proving her teachers wrong. The book includes her water colours of different types of bear. She worked for years illustrating books and in 2016, she was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal for Something About a Bear. She found success at the Bath Academy of Art. On leaving college she found work in editorial, illustrating magazines like Radio Times, New Statesman, New Society and Country Living. So there and then I decided to learn how to conjure birds from paper and colour.” I watched my dad drawing a picture of a lapwing, making a bird appear on a piece of paper using only a pencil, and I thought it was some magic that made this happen. I do know that from at least the age of six I wanted to be an artist. “Here I grew up and remember little of those times. As a child she was told that she couldn’t be an artist, but despite this information being drilled into her by teachers she decided to throw caution to the wind and learn to paint. Her family moved to Evesham when she was four. Signed by Jackie Morris and Robert MacFarlaneĮach print is created, examined, passed and embossed with a seal to confirm the publisher’s approval. Each print is signed by Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane.Ĭomes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Written to be read aloud, painted in brushstrokes that call to the forest, field, riverbank and also to the heart, The Lost Spells summons back what is often lost from sight and care,teaching the names of everyday species, and inspiring its readers to attention, love and care.Ī beautiful collection of limited edition prints has been produced from The Lost Spells. Moving, joyful and funny, The Lost Spells above all celebrates a sense of wonder, bearing witness to nature’s power to amaze, console and bring joy. Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but fresh in its form, The Lost Spells introduces a beautiful new set of natural spell-poems and artwork by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.Įach “spell” conjures an animal, bird, tree or flower - from Barn Owl to Red Fox, Grey Seal to Silver Birch, Jay to Jackdaw - with which we share our lives and landscapes.
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