ABOUT
I am a collage artist using paper that I decorate with acrylics using old rollers, brushes, sponges - anything to create unique and tactile textures. I illustrate and write children's picture books as well as landscapes and house portraits.
I have been shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards 2019 and 2020 (children's publishing category), author-illustrated 5 picture books and, most recently, was the recipient of the Highly Commended Artist of the Year – Artist Open Houses, Brighton 2024 for my collage landscapes.
Clients include Windy Hollow Books, Little Hare Books, Scholastic and Schofield & Sims.​
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I welcome commissions. Contact - ruthwatersillustrations @ gmail.com or vist my contact page.
Exhibitions
2026 Selected Art in the Crypt, Seaford
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2026 Selected Liberation Gallery, Brighton
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2025 Selected Art of Living Sussex Contemporary at Marine Workshops, Newhaven
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2025 Selected PaperWorks at The Gallery at Green and Stone, London
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2024 Selected Brighton Art Fair
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2024 Group Show Cut & Paste at Atelier by the Sea, Brighton
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2024, 2025 Brighton Artist Open House
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2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Summer exhibition at Atelier by the Sea, Brighton
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Picture books
Author and illustrated
2021 Not So Busy Bee, Windy Hollow Books ​
2020 Love from Australia, Little Hare Books,
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2019 Not So Quiet Mouse, Windy Hollow Books, 2019
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2019 Not So Scary Bear, Windy Hollow Books
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Illustrated
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2023 Challah, Challah, Apples & Honey Press
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2021 Apples, Apples All Year Round, Apples & Honey Press
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2019 There's a Tiger Out There, Little Hare Books
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