Well, what can I say? I hate talking about myself and I am one of those people that are modest and I don't like praising myself, so I will give this my best shot... I am 25 years old. I graduated in June 2003, with a 1:1 in BA (Hons) Visual Communication/Illustration from Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. I won the '£2000 Debenhams' Design Innovator of the Year 2003' in May, and the '£200 Lousia Anne Ryland Scholarship 2003' for 'outstanding design' of my degree portfolio, which is  principally all the work on this website. At the same time I was featured on the BBCi website where I was described a 'Fantastic Illustrator'  (see links page below) and I was commissioned by Debenhams to produce three 1 metre x 1 metre canvas for their new store that opened in the Bull Ring, Birmingham this September  (see the Fashion Illustrations in the 'Portfolio' section)

I was born in Bath and moved to Buckinghamshire in 1988, where I attended the Misbourne School in Great Missenden and where I spent most of my teenage life. I now live in the mountains of North Wales with my parents and, as you can probably tell,  the fantastic landscape here is a huge influence on my work. My dad is also a painter (see links page for his website) and worked as Creative Group Head at Saatchi before retiring, so obviously has been a huge influence on me.

In 1999, after A Levels, I gained a place a Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in High Wycombe to study Art Foundation - graduating the next year with a Distinction and a place at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, initially to study BA (Hons) Fine Art. But it took me a year of frustration before I realised that 'art' today is all about 'concepts' of great piles of crap and piss stained beds, and not really about talent, I changed my  courses to Illustration. That was the best thing that I have ever done in my life and I have never really looked back since.

Since I graduated I have completed many commissions from 'blue chip' companies but I also love to paint and draw anything ... animals, humans, landscapes, weather (often the bad type!)... anything! Now I am working as a freelance Illustrator and designer  with successful commissions already under my belt from Severn Trent Water and Debenhams. To further extend my skills and experience I am also working with a Web Design company up here in North Wales. I am also busy developing my own e-commerce businesses designing and marketing greeting/wedding cards.

The current list of my e-commerce businesses:
 

Celtic-1.co.uk - Personalised handmade greeting cards for Christmas, birthday, wedding stationery, Welsh invitations from Wales

DIY Greeting cards from Celtic-1: Create your own personalised greeting cards - DIY Greeting cards from Celtic-1: Create your own personalised greeting cards. Images include Welsh landscapes, Welsh cobs, flowers, Ffestiniog railway, butterflies and dragonflies.

How to create your own personalised handmade happy birthday cards - Create your own personalised handmade happy birthday cards. Images include Welsh landscapes, Welsh cobs, flowers, Ffestiniog railway, butterflies and dragonflies.

Traditional wedding stationery: handmade and personalised designs - Traditional wedding stationery: handmade and personalised designs. Wedding invitations, wedding reception, order of service and menus created by Welsh artists.

Christmas cards from Celtic-1: traditional, handmade and personalised - Christmas cards from Celtic-1: traditional, handmade and personalised. Welsh landscape, snow scenes, holly, ivy, and Ffestiniog trains

Illustrations from Rebecca Kitchin. Paintings and greeting cards by young award-winning artist - Illustrations from Rebecca Kitchin. Paintings and greeting cards by young award-winning artist. Includes equine, Welsh cobs, childrens, novels, fashion, editorial, and photography.

How to commission pet portraits from Rebecca Kitchin - How to commission pet portraits, pet portraits paintings, pet portraits in pencil, pet portraits in watercolour

Handmade personalised greeting cards with Ffestiniog trains, signed prints and originals - Handmade personalised greeting cards with Ffestiniog trains, signed prints and originals: illustrated, personalised and printed by Welsh artist

Watercolours from Peter Kitchin: landscape paintings of Snowdonia, North Wales - Watercolours from Peter Kitchin: landscape paintings of Snowdonia, North Wales. Includes studies of slate workings around Blaenau Ffestiniog, Cwmorthin, Maenofferen and Porthmadog.

New card concepts and
specially commissioned cards:
Index page
1. Personalised St Valentines Day Cards. 2. Wedding Invitations / Stationery / Poppies & Lilies / NEW Lace Range. 3. Father's Day Cards / Watercolour Illustrations. 4. Wedding Invitations / Stationery / Spring Daffodils. 5. Christmas Cards / Handmade & Personalised. 6. DIY Birthday Cards / Ffestiniog trains. 7. DIY Birthday Cards for Children / Stylised Horse. 8. DIY Birthday Cards for Adults / Landscapes, Welsh Cobs / NEW Roses. 9. DIY Easter Cards / English and Welsh. 10. Welsh Language St David's Day Cards / Celtic Cross & Butterflies. 11. Mothering Sunday Card / Helleborus Illustration. 12. Wedding Invitations & Place Cards / Butterflies.

Link Page
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Peter Kitchin: Welsh artist, Welsh language, Welsh humour!
- Peter's humorous slant on the Welsh language

© Copyright Rebecca Kitchin & Peter Kitchin 2007. Any attempt to copy the images within these websites, digitally or otherwise, will constitute an infringement of copyright.