A fine art print of my cartoon Swaledale Shenanigans will be available in my online store from early April 2025.

Having been inspired by recent visits to the Yorkshire Dales, I’ve brought my sheep characters out of retirement, having last drawn them some 20-years ago. I’ve seen some funny antics from these woolly characters during my years in Scotland!

I also love the stone barns of the Dales, one of which is included in the cartoon. In beautiful Swaledale, where there is a high concentration of these barns, they are more commonly known as a “cow’us”. The “cow’us” in this particular cartoon is based on an actual barn you can find near the village of Gunnerside … Keep an eye out for abseiling sheep!

Each print is professionally printed on Somerset Enhanced Velvet 330gsm paper which has a texture similar to the watercolour paper I used for the original, 8″ x 8″ in size and priced at £19.99, including postage (UK only).

To bring the antics to life, I painted the original cartoon using watercolours on a heavyweight watercolour paper, with permanent black fine liner used for the outlining work.