CREATIVE ISLAND PARTNERSHIP – FEBRUARY 2024
Jersey was excited to publicly celebrate the Lunar New Year festival for a second year in 2024. featuring two weeks of spectacular events in the island. Ringing in the Year of the Dragon, I was approached by the Creative Island Partnership to produce a window display to celebrate Lunar New Year with a Jersey twist, to share the captivating tale of Jersey’s very own dragon.
I have always been fascinated with local folklore, myths, and legends. Jersey’s history is a treasure trove of stories of magical beasts, mysterious figures, and curious creatures. While some stories, like the notorious Black Dog of Bouley Bay, are widely known among Islanders of all ages, others linger in the shadows, awaiting discovery, such as the tale of the ferocious dragon who roosted in the St Lawrence countryside, terrorising the island and leaving destruction in its fiery wake.
It’s these sorts of captivating stories that have fed my imagination over the years, and have influenced my love of storytelling which is always at the heart of my illustrations.
Drawn by Jamie 