Weather for a good book

Having read the UKs forecast for the coldest March weekend for fifty years, it looks like my excited words for the onset of Spring were a little premature!

Back to hot chocolate and a good book for me this weekend, I have a couple from my local library to get lost in so the snow can do as it pleases. 

There is something about a library book and generally books that are a little over thumbed, it makes the stories within them feel more real. Perhaps it’s the faint dusky smell or the yellow edging of the pages, it all provokes my imagination. 

TROWBRIDGE artist Charlotte Morgan uses her imagination when handling a story book too. She is giving new life and some incredible colour to vintage book covers by turning them into works of art. Charlotte's collections of individually hand painted book covers focus on groups of wildlife, sea creatures and domestic animals in all there are more than 70 images and colour combinations to choose from. Dolphins and turtles to lions and bears to every mans best friend, the loyal pet dog. Taking a well-read story book, she first creates texture and movement by sponging different colours over the entire book cover. She then paints the outline of the animal or sea creature with a complementary colour. Every cover has touches which give character and personality to the animal and because each one is hand drawn and painted no two are exactly alike. 

You can see Charlotte at work in her studio creating these wonderful individual pieces in this video:

Hope you have a great weekend,

Charlee