Collection: Lilly Tigwell

I’m Lilly. Since graduating from University with a degree in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography in 2013, I've spent my time teaching Art and Design, Photography, Graphic Design and Design Technology in secondary schools in the UK and Kenya. After having a baby in 2023 I decided not to go back to full time teaching and have instead been raising two babies.

I have a mind that does not sit still. I’m constantly reflecting on the world around me, thinking about my faith, praying or processing how I’m feeling and why. Whilst being nap trapped or feeding a baby, I’ve reached for my iPad to draw as a way of communicating with my sometimes heavy heart; pouring in truth where lies reside. I started posting my drawings on instagram and people began asking to buy them as prints. This has organically grown into a small business and I’m now selling prints, doing some freelance illustration and exhibiting my art in a gallery local to us in Dorset.