I am a self-employed freelance artist and designer of twenty years experience in the private and commercial sectors and five years working within community settings, proficient in a wide range of mediums.

Clients have included include Shreds for Harrods and Selfridges, Halcyon Days, BAA, La Senza, The Royal Family of the United Arab Emirates, Furlong Homes, Age Concern, Druglink, ‘Looked After Children‘, ‘Haven’ Homeless Day Centre, Fenland Arts, SPID Theatre Company,The Phoenix Cinema Finchley and The London Borough of Brent for the 2012 Olympics.

Throughout my career I have developed professionalism in project initiation and management through to completion, and more recently discovered my natural talent for running workshops with originality and enthusiasm to catalyse and enhance the learning process.

Areas of expertise include:

Murals - Decorative, scenic work, Airbrush and Trompe L’oeil .

Illustration (Water Colours, digital & Acrylics) - Books, Posters, Production Design, marketing campaigns, visuals, Giftware, Cartoons, Caricature

Installation - Site specific and conceptual art for public display.

Community Art - Mural projects, scenic and prop making, site specific and heritage work, lantern, mask and performance art,

Gallery and entertainment project Management and set up - Temporary gallery spaces for St Albans, Successful ongoing standup comedy night and music/film/visual arts and cabaret events.

Jul 2011 to Aug 2011

Illustrator at London Borough of Brent

Creating a set of appealing young animals and mixed species parents for the Children's Social Care Fostering and Adoption Team at The London Borough of Brent for a marketing campaign aimed at fostering children.

Reviews for this job by:

Mariana Dimmock

I was aware of Joanna’s talents before I commissioned her to produce the illustrations and I’m delighted to say that she exceeded my expectations. I found Joanna to be extremely easy to work with, as she was in contact throughout the entire process. The final artwork was wonderful and entirely matched our brief. I would have absolutely no doubts about using Joanna again and would highly recommend her to anyone in need of a fantastic illustrator.