Fanny Shorter


Fanny was born in Winchester in 1983.  She trained as an illustrator and graduated from Brighton University in 2006.  Since then she has been working as a freelance illustrator and printmaker.  She works at Cockpit Arts in London.

“I have a fascination with intricacy and pattern and a love for anything that requires a closer look.  This idea forms a very strong influence over any work that I produce. I am inspired by old anatomical and botanical drawings, maps, diagrams, architectural drawings, and anything with meticulous detail and lots of dense information.

Most of my work is screen printed and the process enables me to reproduce the smallest details from my original drawings.  I have recently been given a beautician’s magnifying lamp enabling me to draw accurate detail with a very fine Rotring pen.  From the first drawing I then create the different colour layers to be printed using tracing paper and then transfer the images to the screen.  Each colour is printed separately, lightest colour first, darkest last, with each layer needing to be accurately aligned with the previous layers.  The process can be frustrating and time-consuming but is ultimately immensely satisfying.”

This suite of screenprints features some of the world's smallest birds printed to scale.

Please click here to see a short film about Fanny Shorter.
 

Exhibitions

2022
Flowers From A London Garden, The Rowley Gallery, London
2019
Twelve Little Birds, The Rowley Gallery, London
2009
Northern Art Show, Harrogate International Centre
7th International Mini Print Exhibition, London Print Studio
Affordable Art Fair, London
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
2008
Solo Exhibition, The Angelus Gallery, Winchester
2006
Free Range, Truman Brewery, London

 

  • African Grey Parrot by Fanny Shorter
  • American Pygmy Kingfisher by Fanny Shorter
  • Anemone by Fanny Shorter
  • Apollo & Daphne by Fanny Shorter
  • Apple by Fanny Shorter
  • Bee Hummingbird by Fanny Shorter
  • Black-headed Caique by Fanny Shorter
  • Black-throated Bushtit by Fanny Shorter
  • Blue Flycatcher by Fanny Shorter
  • Blue Lorikeet by Fanny Shorter
  • Blue-naped Chlorophonia by Fanny Shorter
  • Bourke's Parrot by Fanny Shorter
  • Buddleia by Fanny Shorter
  • Buff-faced Pygmy Parrot by Fanny Shorter
  • Buttercup by Fanny Shorter
  • Calliope Hummingbird by Fanny Shorter
  • Clematis by Fanny Shorter
  • Common Blackbird by Fanny Shorter
  • Common Bullfinch by Fanny Shorter
  • Common Wood Pigeon by Fanny Shorter
  • Cornflower by Fanny Shorter
  • Costa's Hummingbird by Fanny Shorter
  • Crimson Chat by Fanny Shorter
  • Crimson-hooded Manakin by Fanny Shorter
  • Demeter by Fanny Shorter
  • Dog Rose by Fanny Shorter
  • Fire-breasted Flowerpecker by Fanny Shorter
  • Fuchsia by Fanny Shorter
  • Geranium by Fanny Shorter
  • Golden Parakeet by Fanny Shorter
  • Golden-headed Manakin by Fanny Shorter
  • Gray-tailed Mountain-gem by Fanny Shorter
  • Green Honeycreeper (female) by Fanny Shorter
  • Green Honeycreeper (male) by Fanny Shorter
  • Hollyhock by Fanny Shorter
  • Hydrangea by Fanny Shorter
  • Jameson's Wattle-eye by Fanny Shorter
  • Kribensis by Fanny Shorter
  • Loganberry by Fanny Shorter
  • Loten's Sunbird by Fanny Shorter
  • Mallow by Fanny Shorter
  • Nasturtium by Fanny Shorter
  • Northern Parula by Fanny Shorter
  • Orange-bellied Flowerpecker by Fanny Shorter
  • Orange-fronted Parakeet by Fanny Shorter
  • Pandora by Fanny Shorter
  • Pelargonium by Fanny Shorter
  • Persian Rug by Fanny Shorter
  • Pink-headed Warbler by Fanny Shorter
  • Pink-throated Twinspot by Fanny Shorter
  • Pin-tailed Parrotfinch by Fanny Shorter
  • Pohnpei Lorikeet by Fanny Shorter
  • Red-cheeked Cordon-Bleu by Fanny Shorter
  • Red-faced Parrotfinch by Fanny Shorter
  • Rock Rose by Fanny Shorter
  • Ruby-Topaz Hummingbird by Fanny Shorter
  • Rufous-capped Warbler by Fanny Shorter
  • Spectrum Fish by Fanny Shorter
  • Spotted Pardalote by Fanny Shorter
  • Sutton Mandeville Oak by Fanny Shorter
  • Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch by Fanny Shorter
  • The Life Cycle Of Salmon by Fanny Shorter
  • Tree Peony by Fanny Shorter
  • Tricoloured Parrotfinch by Fanny Shorter
  • Tropical Parula by Fanny Shorter
  • Tufted Coquette by Fanny Shorter
  • White-winged Fairy-wren by Fanny Shorter
  • Wild Strawberry by Fanny Shorter