Cheeky Lee Babcock

This is the third illustration I did for Ten Golden Years.
As you can see, the author Michael McHugh, autographed this page in my copy of the book.
It's quite an untypical subject for me, but in those days I was still trying out different styles, and I had fun with it.
But the idea of having to paint flying baked beans......

Miranda Mary Piker

Here's another illustration I did for Ten Golden Years.
This one illustrates a typically non-PC poem by Roald Dahl.
I had a lot of fun with this one. It shows that I was very influenced by William Heath Robinson all those years ago. A museum dedicated to Heath Robinson is opening in June 2010 in Pinner. I shall have to make a pilgrimage to see it.
Roald Dahl already has a museum at Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire.

The Castle

My kids are learning a lot of cool poems these days and this lead me to dig out an anthology of poetry called Ten Golden Years written by a great range of authors and illustrated by ten Mother Goose Award Winners including myself.
This spread illustrates a poem by Richard Edwards which I hope you will be able to read if you click on the image.
The boy looks a bit like Harry Potter, doesn't he?