Andrew Wheatley Illustration

New Tales

2006–2018

A selection of my early work as an Editorial Illustrator. These images are taken from personal projects and commissions for clients including: The Guardian, The Globe & Mail, New Internationalist, Wired, The Ecologist, The Leeds Guide, and The Kyoto Journal. This work was included in an exhibition at Milcon Gallery, after I was selected as their Artist of the Month for April 2022.

A surreal collage of a white rabbit holding a radio over a skeleton in a bathtub. — White Rabbit

A vignette of a globe, it has an iris and pupil to make it resemble an eyeball. The eye has legs dressed in a formal pants and shoes. — Surveillance

A vignette of a large hand that is holding the world. From the waist-down, it has legs dressed in a formal pants and shoes. — Control

A cat falling through the sky with a piece of toast strapped to its back. — Falling Cats

A knight walking over a hill which is adjoined to a giant snake lurking behind him. — The Lambton Worm

The letter Q covered in measuring tape. There is a man walking up the side of it with a trundle wheel. — Q

A man wearing formal pants and shoes, from the waist-up, his body is replaced by a melting ice cream. — Leeds is Hot

Three concentric circles, with the innermost labeled “Circle III, Canto VI”. In the middle of the circle, there is an image of Cerberus, a three-headed dog. In the background, there are figures toiling in the rain. — Circle 3, Canto 6

Eight concentric circles, with the innermost labeled “Circle VIII, Canto XIX”. In the middle of the circle, there is a silhouette of a figure buried upside-down in the ground, there are flames emanating from the bottom of their feet. — Circle 8, Canto 19

Leap Years

2018–2021

A collection of illustrations that tell a story. Each image is about a book or poem, and they use animals to communicate ideas. These pieces were exhibited separately in various galleries around New York City, including: Plaxall Gallery, Citi DeFord Gallery, The Factory LIC, Flushing Town Hall, AHA Fine Art, Greenpoint Gallery, and the Local Project—then together, in a solo show at Studio 41 Gallery in June 2023.

A rabbit made out of plants with a butterfly resting on its nose. There is a watch on a chain around its neck and its eye is from from a Jack playing card. — Topiary Rabbit

A fox made out of plants. Its tail is a foxglove, and it has a bird’s nest with eggs in its stomach. There are two birds perched on its back and tail. — Topiary Fox

A wolf carrying a crown walks behind a tree with the text “1908” in its leaves. — Il Lupo

A figure with no skin on its body is flying with angel wings, it is holding a cracked mirror. It has a pained facial expression, hair is made of snakes, and it has a large halo. — Saviour

A cat made out of plants is facing to the right, framed by a blue painterly border. — Cat Plant One

A cat made out of plants is facing to the left, framed by a red painterly border. — Cat Plant Two

A blindfolded goddess Fortuna stands on top of a wheel with a skeleton trapped inside. In the background, there are three beings in religious clothing: a lion, an ox, a man; as well as an eagle wrapped in thorns. — X: Wheel of Fortune

The grim reaper holding a scythe stands on a pile of flowers, a king kneels before him. — XIII: Death

The letter “F” constructed out of mechanical forms, set against a background of scientific imagery. — F: Frankenstein

A dove with a large eye sitting on top of a cracked sculpture of a fist. The dove’s wing is made of a hand with its palm open. — Dove

Février

2021–2023

These illustrations are all from collage challenges. I would produce a collage every day in response to a one-word prompt, usually during the month of February.

A lizard man stands holding a gold shield and axe. He is covered with stars and holds human figures tangled in his tail. — Lizard Man

A dancer with duplicated eyes and antennas holds a flaming torch. She has mechanical wings and stands on a leaf in front of a starry background. — Firefly

A leopard peers over a log into a pool containing scientific diagrams of fish. — Cat

A large pink blowfish carries a boat containing two men in old fashioned clothing through a cloudy sky. The boat is tethered to the blowfish in the manner of a hot air balloon. — Clouds

A woman lays on a cloud in a starry sky. Below her, there is a globe with three ships sailing across it. — Float

An old man in black holds a sphere in his chest, he has large bat wings and is floating in a cloudy sky. — Time

A bird on a branch sprouts from an open hand, they are in front of a blurry image of a green mountain. — Bird One

Two birds are crying toward a closed fist with an “X” on the back of it, they are in front of a blurry image of the countryside. — Bird Two

A pale man with yellow eyes wearing formal attire. His face is hidden by bats and a moth is resting on his chest, there is a ship sailing on the sea in the background. — Vampyr

A Victorian woman emerges from a stone archway with a jeweled halo above it. In the background, a large face stares to the left, a diagram of the Earth hovers above the sea with a shadow of a bird to the right. — Absurd Mirror

Sleep

2023–2025

I began my Sleep series shortly after the birth of my daughter. These are all digital collages that I made on my phone whenever I had the time, usually when she was sleeping. I decided to make the images about sleep, to tie the work thematically to this period in my life.

A bed with two children in it floats in the night sky. A fox is also sitting on the bed looking up at a shooting star. — Sleep One

The letter “S” with a snake overlaid on it, there is coral in the background. — Sleep Sixteen

A lion sleeps on a rock in front of a background containing a large letter “L”, there are also ornate natural designs showing woodland creatures and a piper in a black hat. — Sleep Seventeen

A cropped image of a man’s hands holding an open book with a hand-drawn “X” on it, there is a cockerel placed above the book. There is also a floating woman with her face scribbled out, and the background is a photograph of clouds. Everything is framed by an orange border. — Sleep Two

An eye cries a yellow teardrop shape containing a snake. The background is a pixelated image of sky, green mountains and water. — Sleep Six

Children dance in a circle above an eclipse with the letter “E” on it, there is a starry blanket rippling across the bottom. — Sleep Eighteen

An elephant with wooden insides and a human eye stands in front of a green, natural background. Cutouts of the letter “E” are arranged around the edges. — Sleep Nineteen

A child stepping into a crystal cave, while a spider with a human face descends from above. In the background there are dragons and other mythical beasts. — Sleep Eleven

A woman is cradling the sun in her arms. Her head is covered by stars, and below her waist there is a diagram of an object moving side-to-side underwater. Everything is framed by a jagged, starry border. — Sleep Twelve

A decorative “P” is placed on top of a cave diagram. There are collage fragments from a song about The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a dragon, and children running; these are arranged around the edges. — Sleep Twenty

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