Alex Vann Design

It was great working with on the cover design of her tenth poetry collection 'Wum Med, Wum Growed.'

"This warm, heartfelt collection well delight lovers of the Black Country and its wonderful dialect." Liz Berry.

You can find out more about this collection and her other wonderful work at her website www.wastiesspace.co.uk

It was lovely to get to the launch of 'Do You Want Rhymes With That?' this week, the new poetry pamphlet I designed for Colin Wells.
This collection is full of wit and canny and candid observations of everyday life. Highly recommend if you are able to catch Colin at an event near you.

Pictured are Nick Pearson (whose book I also previously designed), Paul Francis, myself and Colin.

It was a lovely evening with 20 open mic speakers, reading their own work at the fab Gratitude Cafe

Thank you Emma Purshouse for recommending my design services 🙏🏻

Happy Easter Sunday!
Here is a watercolor sketch I made in preparation for an art session with young people attending scheme this week.

It's around this time of year that I do a throwback or two to Christmas themed artworks I've made.

Here's my pencil montage of scenes from the classic 1946 movie 'It's A Wonderful Life' starring Donna Reed and James Stewart in a fantasy drama about a man who has come to believe the world would have been better off had he never been born.

Over the course of the film, Clarence, an endearing middle-aged apprentice angel gains his wings ('every time a bell rings an angel gets it's wings') showing him an alternative life if that had been the case. The moral of the story being the world is a much better place with YOU in it.

Although the movie is regarded now as an inspirational Christmas classic, it was essentially a flop upon it's original release.