Hi! I'm Steph, a Northern Irish author - illustrator living in Berlin. 

 I'm currently focused on:

Picture Books - working as author-illustrator focused on showing diverse children living in cities/apartment blocks. I am open to working with authors texts too of course! A bonus would be the story incorporates stories of how to practice creativity in the context of community.  I was recently longlisted for Dpictus Unpublished Showcase 2024.

Editorial - Cultural Events Around Town (concerts, exhibitions, music), Portraits, Communities, Diversity, City Life.

Telling stories of creativity in the city is absoutely my jam- I use a mix of collaged painted papers, pastels, and photoshop.

I'm delighted to be here in Berlin, learning from incredible illustrators all around the city. A few great groups I'm part of and can highly recommend:

@brushupclub @sundaysketchingberlin

Qualifications

Writing For Picture Books course (With Kelly Bingham, Writers.com), 2023

MA Illustration, Falmouth  2022

Fine Art, Central Saint Martins 2008 

In the transition from Fine Art to Illustration I ran a coffee bookshop, opened an upcycling charity shop, managed a women's centre, worked for a rehabilitation charity, ran art workshops in refugee centres, had a kid and made music videos made with risography (you can see Lowland Hum's The Darkness here and The Maureen's 4AM here). Somewhere along the way I moved from London to Berlin. Grateful to use illustration as a vehicle for storytelling and world-imagining.

Contact me here: