Eleanor Sykes is an illustrator and author based in Scotland. Working predominantly with mixed media on paper, she brings together themes of traditional folk practice and childhood imagination through her storytelling imagery.
She spent her residency filling a small collection of empty sketchbooks with quick and intuitive drawings that were inspired by an entirely new way of existing, making the shift from working and living in the city to the quietness of Stöðvarfjörður.
Embracing the humanness of being slow and surrounded by nature, local folklore and tradition became present in her illustrations and reflected her experience of childhood within the experience of inhabiting somewhere new and beautiful.
