Wild Swimmers Print

AHOY is inspired by the unique fishing boats, not just in Newquay but around the whole of the Cornish coastline.

Cornish Chough art print. Palores Kernewek is the Cornish language translation of Cornish Chough.

The Cornish Chough is a traditional symbol of Cornwall in the United Kingdom, even though the birds themselves were extinct in Cornwall until 2001 when they reappeared to nest on the clifftops. You can now see them on the cliffs of The Lizard, and some parts of North Cornwall.

The Tamblyn Girls is a design from my Vintage Surf set of illustrations and is inspired by wooden bellyboard surfing. A couple of surf girls splashing into the water with their wooden belly boards.

This print is a perfect gift for someone who loves the sea, and who loves to surf with wooden belly boards. Do you remember learning to surf with a wooden board when you were growing up? Do you still have a wooden board in your garage?

Best seller Olive Augusta is one of my designs from my Vintage Surf set of illustrations. This print would make the ideal gift for someone who loves the water, whether it is swimming in the sea, or ponds, or lidos, or surfing with traditional wooden boards. Belly boarders love this print, and I’m often told that they had a hat like this flowery swim hat, or that they still have their wooden boards in the garage that they learnt to surf with.

My grandmother was called Olive Augusta, and although I don’t have a photo of her in a flowery swim hat, I like to think that she would have protected her perfectly coiffed hair in something very beautiful and rubbery against the salty seawater!