Extraordinary Things for Extraordinary People

"The world is what we make it, so we should make it beautiful in every way we can" Jemma Jemma Skidmore - Illustrator & Storyteller

The Work: Picture Books, Studio Life, Slow Painting, Creativity and Joy

Hello, thank you for coming to visit Jemma Jamie Shop. The best place to add some beautiful, whimsical artwork to your home.

I'm Jemma, a British-Canadian author-illustrator and former set decorator and picture book illustrator, now based in Gloucester. I run the business with my sister Lydia, and if we had to describe what makes my work unique, it’s the textural, painterly quality.

I use gouache, acrylic, wax pencil, and the highest quality watercolour paper to create bright, colourful, whimsical pieces full of woodland creatures, captured in gestural, rough, and imperfectly perfect marks.

My work is inspired by a wide range of things I love , from 1990s fantasy films and television, to the natural landscapes and interesting buildings of Gloucester and Vancouver.

Clients include:

SIMON & SCHUSTER - BBC - NETFLIX - APPLE TV - OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS - ANTHROPOLOGIE - GALISON PUZZLES - THE HALLMARK CHANNEL