So it comes as a surprise that she more or less stumbled into her job as an illustrator. “I’ve always liked drawing for myself but never really thought it could be a viable career choice,” she told Lonely Planet.

“I thought I would work in fashion but ended up studying Fine Art at Bath Spa University,” she explained. “As soon as the course started I realised it wasn’t going to work out for me so I switched to Graphic Communication, where I muddled my way through type and font projects for a year until we started working on image-based work. I had a great tutor who spotted my drawings in the margins of pages and encouraged me to draw for projects and that’s where it all started.”

Bowsher quickly realized her true passion and went on to illustrate books. She takes her inspiration from the world around her, from people she sees on the train to her close circle of friends.

Take a look.

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“Born in the Highlands of Scotland in 1979, I recall drawing from an early age; obsessively drawing and re-drawing pictures, trying to achieve perfect scale and interesting ways of devising images,” writes the painter on his website.

“My paintings are an exercise in attraction,” he explains. “Through them I am constantly searching for new ways of communicating with the viewer. By seducing them with my imagery, I try to create a new visual language with the power to pique their attention and make them stop to ask: why?”

His desolate landscapes and houses hold within them a secret; suggesting the presence of a narrative that exists as much in the viewer’s mind as in the painting.

Only question left is do you, the viewer, believe in magic?

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So it comes as a surprise that she more or less stumbled into her job as an illustrator. “I’ve always liked drawing for myself but never really thought it could be a viable career choice,” she told Lonely Planet.

“I thought I would work in fashion but ended up studying Fine Art at Bath Spa University,” she explained. “As soon as the course started I realised it wasn’t going to work out for me so I switched to Graphic Communication, where I muddled my way through type and font projects for a year until we started working on image-based work. I had a great tutor who spotted my drawings in the margins of pages and encouraged me to draw for projects and that’s where it all started.”

Bowsher quickly realized her true passion and went on to illustrate books. She takes her inspiration from the world around her, from people she sees on the train to her close circle of friends.

Take a look.

The post Alice Bowsher’s Illustrations Are a Recipe for Smiles appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“Born in the Highlands of Scotland in 1979, I recall drawing from an early age; obsessively drawing and re-drawing pictures, trying to achieve perfect scale and interesting ways of devising images,” writes the painter on his website.

“My paintings are an exercise in attraction,” he explains. “Through them I am constantly searching for new ways of communicating with the viewer. By seducing them with my imagery, I try to create a new visual language with the power to pique their attention and make them stop to ask: why?”

His desolate landscapes and houses hold within them a secret; suggesting the presence of a narrative that exists as much in the viewer’s mind as in the painting.

Only question left is do you, the viewer, believe in magic?

The post These Paintings of Desolate Landscapes Hold a Secret Within appeared first on MobiSpirit.