Progressive Greetings - Art Source

19th May 2012: Our 'birds of a feather' editorial is featured in the May issue of Progressive Greetings

'A flock of birds has swooped onto new artist's agency and image library, Art House Licensing. Representing over 50 new and established artists, alongside our heritage collections, Glasgow Museum, and the archive of Hollywood costume designer Travilla, images of birds are one of our most requested subjects. Having gained immense popularity over recent years, this shows no sign of letting-up! Owls, robins, and penguins are of particular appeal and this trend is reflected across the board from paper products to apparel and retail packaging.

Consumer trends are widening to include more exotic birds: check our Art House artists Lorna Siviter's robins, Morag Lloyd's naive watercolours, Frea Buckler's photomontages and Ruth Green's peacocks. Micro-trends are moving towards bright, neon colours - Paul Thulby's embracing flamingos are guaranteed to grab audience attention. Marion Brandis' bird designs reflect the ever popular interest in re-purposing 'antique' motifs. Her use of Victorian imagery contrasts with Craig Shuttlewood's more modern take. His hand-pulled screenprint 'Six Lost Owls' appeals across the board, with a generosity of scale and witty take on life.

Keng Wai Lee's series of bird paintings demonstrate today's fixation wth blending detailed realistic painting &  intricate pattern. Lending themselves to embellishment and new print treatments, these strong yet delicate works of art are suitable for a wide range of licensing needs.

Art House Licensing can help you source fine art heritage imagery, retro and moden photography and surface pattern. Designs featuring birds of any feather could be flying off your shelves soon'

Alex T Smith - Six New Galleries

18th May 2012: Alex T Smith's work is taking the illustration world by storm. In partnership with Arena Illustration, it is our pleasure to be working with Alex's exceptional portfolio.  Six new galleries by Alex T Smith are now live.

An already impressive list of books under his belt, Alex has illustrated several successful series You, Me & Thing (Faber & Faber), The Horrible Princess and The Baddie (Meadowside), Fantastic Frankie and The Brain-drain Machine (Simon & Schuster). Alex has written and illustrated his own picture books: Home (Scholastic), Bella & Monty (Hodder) winner of the Dundee Picture Book Award 2011, My Mum Has X-Ray Vision (Scholastic), written Angela McAllister, winner of the Stockport School's Book Award 2011 and Egg (Hodder).

His latest book, Ella (Scholastic) received great reviews. Home, Egg and Eliot Jones Midnight Superhero were also featured on CBeebies Bedtime Stories. Alex is also the creator of fiction series Claude, about a little dog's adventures with sidekick Sir Bobblysock. Claude in the City was selected for the Richard and Judy Children's Book Club 2011 and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2012.

Art House Licensing have already secured licenses for greeting-cards, gift-wrap, and an exclusive license for rubber stamps with Penny Black, The Almanac Gallery, Camden Graphics, & Jung Design. These highly popular images would translate wonderfully onto a whole array of products - contact us for more details, imagine what Alex's work could do for your brand!