Meet My Mood Monsters!
They started as small drawings, but they come from the same place as much of my work: the quiet tension between softness and unease.
Each one carries a feeling: anxiety, shyness, restlessness, courage, calm.
They are not just cute little monsters. They are small emotional beings... I hope they make people smile, but also recognise something in themselves 🖤 👀
Feb 2026 | Artist Interview with Lisa Arora, from Women in Arts Network.
I did a lovely interview with Lisa discussing my art practise. My inspirations, my approach and techniques, my family as well as the influences I grew up with. Click on the image to read the full interview:
' Nana Kami ' is an intimate and heartfelt project of original works. After a year of taking time out to reset, I found myself returning to drawing with more passion than ever 🖤 It has always been the quiet act that always brings me home to who I am. In Japanese, the word Kami carries a beautiful dual meaning: it means both ‘Spirit’ (神) and ‘Paper’ (紙) - That felt fitting.Each month, I’ll be releasing 7 heartfelt paper spirits - or Kami - each one its own gentle offering.This first collection is a study of one of my favourite subjects: Goldfish. They’ve long been a quiet thread running through my work - creatures I return to again and again...
Celebrating Clean Air and Contemporary Art! Special Release of my "Mingei Memory' Art-Air purifiers with the award winning design company, Rabbit Air. www.rabbitair.com
'HEADCASE' by NANAMI COWDROY @ DISORDER GALLERY. HEADCASE is a collection inspired by the craziness in the world over the last 2-years and a desire to escape into the playfulness, curiosity and love of nature we feel as children. Stuck inside and unable to travel, and being bombarded with daily images of illness, waste, displacement and suffering has turned many of us into ‘headcases’. Working as an artist on your own, in a private space can sometimes only add to this sense of anguish and isolation. I’ve really needed to break away from an overwhelming sense of adult complexity and return to the simple essence and innocence of a child’s mind. In particular the innate, inquisitive and playful love we have...
