A passion for language learning and linguistics informs much of my practice and life. Coming from an unconventional educational background, my interest in illustration developed from an understanding of the visual as inextricably linked to language and linguistic retention, more than any definition or formula - a kind of visual context for language and life.
A Tintin fan from 7-77 (and consequently an appreciator of Hergé’s beautiful drawings from the get-go), I decided I needed to learn another language when for my 12th birthday I was gifted my first French copy of L’île noir and a dog-eared copy of the Oxford Popular French Dictionary, small enough to fit in my pocket. At age 14, I decided to start taking this language thing seriously and (atrociously) translated an earlier, unpublished copy of Tintin au pays de l’or noir, the manuscript of which lies untitled and carefully hidden away in my family home.
Anyway, I suppose that means the illustration thing and the language thing were sort of destined to be linked from the start. Now I’m pretty fluent in French and more or less passable in English, Spanish and Illustration, and continue to develop the two passions alongside each other.
I live in Falmouth, Cornwall but grew up on the Yorkshire Moors amidst vast expanses of heather (and yes, sheep).
Contact
Email: enquick@protonmail.com
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