Emily MacKenzie

I live in a multi-coloured world full of brightly patterned objects, boldly printed fabrics, and exotic papers which fuel my inky fingers and feed my passion for illustration and screen printing.

My illustrative work draws from childhood memories, everyday observations, and my vivid imagination. In my mind, bears eat ice cream, seagulls talk and sausage dogs wear t-shirts! I work mainly with ink and watercolours on paper, but also enjoy bringing my characters to life in the form of 3D screen printed and hand-embroidered plushes, screen printed tote bags and love designing fun colour chart posters.

I have just completed my first children's picture book for Bloomsbury Publishing which will be published in 2015.