Rose Blake’s illustrations are charming pictures that are quintessentially english being both charming, witty and peculiarly old fashioned.
I continually find myself drawn to illustrative work that holds firm to simple shapes, textures brought together in a minimalist composition and ideas rooted in the mundane activity of everyday life. This aesthetic gives the drawing space to breathe, to tell of its intention, its story, in the most direct manner possible. Creates a surreal world that is a joy to look into, be a part of.
In Blake’s illustrations her characters imagine, think and act in a beautiful visual language that is clear and unambivalent, the blocked out colours and flat perspectives giving shape to a world that is innocent and full of vitality.