Known for her signature silhouette, Tabby Booth’s work treads a captivating parallel between illustration and traditional folk art painting. With a passion for interiors, each piece is designed with this in mind, threaded with themes of beasts, folklore and the sea.

Tabby studied illustration at Central St Martins and went on to found Cygnets Art School and Sailors Jail Gallery with her artist husband James Heslip. They live in Cornwall, England, by the sea with their two children Rudy and Ziggy.

"The best things in life are about contrast, and for me, nothing looks better on a wall than that rich, bold silhouette. It works in any size, on any color, and just as well on its own as combined with other styles and textures. It has the power to transform the character of a space. I love to play around with the juxtaposition of something that looks like an ancient relic, yet with a naive and whimsical element that doesn’t take itself too seriously."

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ZODIAC COLLECTION

Created exclusively for MEPAINTSME in Tabby’s distinctive silhouette, each piece in this collection represents an animal of the Chinese zodiac: traditionally allocated to a person depending on their birth year.