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Original artwork and illustrated collections created in Malta.

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KIDS CORNER

Something made just for them

A warm illustrated world of small characters, balloons and bedtime skies, made for nurseries and children's rooms.

Discover Kids CornerCommission a character
Watercolour parade of a bear, bunny and fox carrying pastel balloons under a smiling sun

The prints

Characters and small worlds

A letter C made of colourful textured flowers and leaves
Private Collection

Charlotte

Private Collection

Original painting · 40 × 40 cm

Storybook rabbits around a pink letter E with the name Eve
Private Collection

Peter and Eve

Private Collection

Original painting ·

A little elephant in a hot air balloon basket on pale blue
Private Collection

Trunk on Board

Private Collection

Original painting · 30 × 30 cm

A lion and giraffe in a striped hot air balloon basket
Private Collection

Wild Imagination

Private Collection

Original painting · 30 × 30 cm

A smiling mint green crocodile with turquoise marks and a peach heart
Private Collection

A Croc of Love

Private Collection

Original painting · 40 × 50 cm

A friendly grey lion with a striped white mane and peach cheeks
Private Collection

Mane Character

Private Collection

Original painting · 40 × 50 cm

A cheerful striped zebra with peach cheeks and a little heart
Private Collection

Earn Your Stripes

Private Collection

Original painting · 40 × 50 cm

A yellow giraffe with brown spots, peach cheeks and a small heart
Private Collection

What the Neck?

Private Collection

Original painting · 40 × 50 cm

A warm brown fox with a cream face and heart-shaped nose
Private Collection

For Fox Sake

Private Collection

Original painting · 40 × 50 cm

[More Kids Corner artwork to be added.] Ask about a character

Gifting

Made to be given

  • Watercolour of a baby bunny asleep under a patchwork quilt, with a crescent moon and stars

    New baby

    [Gifting note to be added] A gentle first print for a nursery wall.

  • Watercolour of a bear in a party hat holding balloons beside a birthday cake

    Birthdays

    [Gifting note to be added] A character to grow up alongside.

  • Watercolour of a fox and a robin sitting inside a wreath of wildflowers

    Christenings & keepsakes

    [Gifting note to be added] Something to keep long after the day.

Watercolour view of the studio desk with paint pans, brushes and a half-finished bunny illustration

How they are made

Drawn first, painted second

[Process note to be added] Drawn first in pencil, painted in gouache, then printed on archival cotton rag.

Every print is made on archival cotton rag with pigment inks, so the colour stays steady in a bright child's room.