Sheila Moxley

A series of illustrations depicting the signs of the zodiac.

No Man is an island - except for this one perhaps. Very loosely based on the John Donne poem.

A series of ridiculous imaginary non-sensical products that you might find in a bargain basement shop.

These “products” also gave me lots of opportunities to use hand rendered lettering.

Print available at sheilamoxley.bigcartel.com

There’s lots of examples of illustrations where I’ve used hand rendered type (eg bargain basement series) but here are some more examples of my hand lettered illustrations used in a variety of contexts.

My submissions for the 2026 Bodegas Terras Gauda Poster competition.

Terras Gauda is a white wine produced in Northern Spain. It is a great complement to seafood - hence the merpeople imagery.

Here are two variations on the theme.

Update : Very pleased to report that I am a finalist in this competition. There were over 2100 entries from 83 countries. Lots of very high quality competition!

A series of imaginary kiosks.

There’s a lot of them about!

I love type and often incorporate it in some form into my illustrations. My interest in typography led me to undertake a course on traditional sign writing during the Covid lockdown. Since then I have dabbled with it and undertaken a few commissions. I particularly like to create the illusion of three dimensional letters with bevels and shadows.

A book cover for The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. The novel is set in France during the Second World War and focuses on the lives of two sisters and their quite different experiences of it . We see the impact war from a female perspective. One sister becomes involved with the resistance, whilst the other who has children to look after contends with all the difficulties of being a single parent and sheltering children from the Nazis.

Inspired by a recent visit to a tacky gift shop in Spain, I decided to create a series of “gifts”. Some of the items do actual exist in real life, others are figments of my imagination.

Illustration based on the Emily Brontë Novel.

A lot of talk, but little action.

A series of drawings on the theme of ghosts.

People are typically categorised as being either Night Owls or Early Birds. These two illustrations illustrate this concept.

A couple of illustrations about urban gardening. The idea here was to use the shape and form of vases and flowerpots to make buildings.

An illustration for the Financial Times Books section. The illustration accompanies an article about the novel Big Kiss Bye-Bye by Claire- Louise Bennett. The narrator of the novel is a woman who has moved to the countryside. She contemplates her former life and is surrounded by memories of her past lovers.

An illustration for The Financial Times book review section. The book, “A Disappearing Act” by Maria Stepanova deals with themes centred around exile, identity and war. There’s also elements of magic and trickery.

It’s a thing, apparently. In very fancy restaurants. Some types of water can be eye wateringly expensive.

The issue of privacy is massive. How much privacy do we need, and how much are we prepared to sacrifice?