Tag: art

Tropical Art Challenge 2020

So one of the things I realised late last year was that I was spending way too much time on social media/marketing, and not nearly enough time creating art. So in the spirit of a new year, I decided to set an art challenge for myself to complete 25 tropical-inspired

The Reef

My newest design is called ‘The Reef’ This design was inspired by the view of coral reefs from the air – a myriad of turquoise shades and abstract shapes. I’ve been lucky to fly over a few coral reefs and find the view so mesmerising – these are some of

A 12 month review

I got quite interested in surface pattern design a couple of years ago and recently decided to turn Girl and the Deep Blue Sea into a business for surface pattern design and ocean imagery. This is a pretty long blog post about what I was up to in 2019 turning

Print portfolio!

Exciting news… I have now added my first set of prints to the website! Check out my prints portfolio – I would LOVE to know what you think!! Do you have a favourite?

Design Inspiration – Shells

how to find time to be creative when you have a baby

Apart from ‘why won’t my baby nap’, ‘how to find time to be creative when you have a baby’ was probably one of my most googled topics in the first few months after my daughter arrived.  You don’t really realise til you have a little human on your hands just

May Moodboard – pink party

April Moodboard – fresh turquoise

Surface Pattern Design

If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you may have noticed the odd drawing or pattern pop up on my feed, a bit different from my beach photos!  Welcome to the world of surface pattern design- something I’ve been interested in for awhile and am now happily trying to

March Moodboard – electric blue

Hi everyone! I’ve been learning how to create moodboards, so thought I would put some together inspired by the colours of Girl and the Deep Blue Sea! Blue, turquoise, pink and white! First up is blue – I would LOVE to know what you think of this 🙂