What is name and background behind your
company?
My tiny business is called Caragh Buxton Illustrations,
my work can be found at www.Caragh11.etsy.com.
I adore to paint whimsical and childish illustrations,
My paintings are inspired by children at
play. I love the way they lose themselves in a character – a fairy, a pirate,
or a soldier. It’s magical to watch, and I try to capture that sense of
adventure in my work.
I run a very busy children’s party face painting business
(www.patyfaceslondon.com) and am also a nursery nurse. I have four children so
my life is incredibly hectic and my art is hard to fit in around a heavy
schedule of school runs, working in the nursery and non stop face painting and
body painting at events and parties. I am so in love with painting and drawing
that I work around my busy life in order to fit it in because I simply adore
illustrating, and it is my dream to be a full time illustrator.
Where are you based?
I am based in south London (tooting)
How long have you been in business for?
I stated caragh11.etsy.com about 2 years
ago now
What do you love most about living in
London?
I love the variety of people and the mix of
cultures, my work means that I see every walk of life, and every party that I
get booked for is different. Bringing my children up in London has given my
children huge opportunities. For example both my boys row on the River Thames,
they are regulars at the Herne Hill velodrome, they play rugby football and
swim. I believe that they have had all these opportunities because we live in
London and these things are on our doorstep.
Who or what inspires you?
Am definitely
inspired by children, my own, the ones I meet while face painting and the
children I look after at Nursery. I am fascinated by the way they play and
their imagination. I love to paint pictures that I know they would enjoy to
look at and it gives me so much pleasure when I see a child appreciating my
illustrations. I love to look at the little faces and the expressions and the
body language, I find it so very cute and try to capture that joy of childhood.
I am inspired by the classic illustrators
like Arthur Rackham, but also adore illustrators such as Helen Oxenbury and my
most favorites of all time Lisbeth Zwerger. Susan B. Pearse who illustrated the
vintage Ameliaranne books is another one of my favourites. There are also
illustrators that I see on etsy that I admire including Stephanie Fizer Colemen
http://www.stephaniefizercoleman.com/.
Danita http://www.etsy.com/shop/DanitaArt
What advice would you give designers
starting out?
I would say do what you love and that love
of your craft will shine through in your work.
What is new for your company?
I am having a new site made in January
which will be called www.caraghart.com I have also just completed a lovely
commission for Edition Gollong for a range of greeting cards, the limited
edition prints will be available on etsy very soon.
I am working on characters including Pirate
Girl called Captain Katy and Circus Girl called Lettuce, see images attached
Contact info
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