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How to commission an artist - a quick guide to custom artwork.
I get a lot of commission requests and a good chunk of my work is custom orders, which is great but it's become clear that a lot of...

Karen Ruffles
May 4, 20234 min read


Subject and style
Looking at how and why I work with very different subjects and avoid over specialisation as a creative professional.

Karen Ruffles
Apr 24, 20233 min read


Reflections
Regular readers will know that last year was...interesting, with an unplanned relocation to Newcastle halfway through, but as the dust...

Karen Ruffles
Jan 8, 20234 min read


Scenes of Whitby
My first job of the year has been something a little different. Well, very different. The borough council have planned a new wayfinding...

Karen Ruffles
Jan 28, 20224 min read


From pencils to print - and what is a giclee anyway?
I've just finished listing a whole heap of new prints from the Courting Crows project - including a new to me budget range. I've been...

Karen Ruffles
Dec 7, 20212 min read
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