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What has Flora Waycott been up to since winning the Global Talent Search 2014 Special Studio Award?

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Flora Waycott in her studio

Flora Waycott is the Global Talent Search 2014 Special Studio Award Winner. Since winning, she has been represented by Lilla Rogers’ Agency and created art for some of the great names in the industry, worked at developing her style and trying out new techniques, exposed at Surtex and spoke at the MATS Global Art Gathering in Brighton – all that in only 8 months!

There is no doubt that representation by Lilla Rogers’ Agency was a huge step in Flora’s career and even though she didn’t make it the first time she entered the Global Talent Search back in 2013, she was right to believe in herself and give it another go!

So, what has Flora been up to since winning the GTS Special Studio Award last October? Here are only a few of the many commissions she has been working on in the past few months. 

All images courtesy of Flora Waycott.

October 2014

Won the Special Studio Award in the Global Talent Search!

One of Flora's winning pieces for the final of GTS 2014
One of Flora’s winning pieces for the final of GTS 2014

November 2014

First job through Lilla Rogers Studio – commissioned to design a cover for “The Secret Garden”, part of a leather bound children’s series published by Sterling Publishing, NY.

December 2014

Embarked on a Christmas countdown personal project throughout December, leading to numerous images being licensed by Madison Park Greetings for Holiday greetings cards, enclosure cards and candle tins for 2015.

Artwork licensed by Madison Holiday
Artwork licensed by Madison Park Greetings

December 2014

Greetings cards commissions from Sellers Publishing, USA.

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Flora’s art on Seller Publishing’s greeting cards

January 2015

Started to work with Flow Weekly on several drawing tutorials for their publication (plant tutorial below in issue #21)

Plant tutorial for Flow Weekly
Plant tutorial for Flow Weekly

February 2015

Exploration of paint in my work becoming more prominent, I am developing my style and aesthetic as I build my LRS portfolio

Jugs and leaves
Jugs and leaves
Kitchen shelves
Kitchen shelves

May 2015

Exposed my work at Surtex, New York with Lilla Rogers Studio, meeting numerous prestigious clients in person to show my portfolio and discuss my work as well as meeting a number of Lilla’s other artists.

Surtex 2015 flyer
Surtex 2015 flyer
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Surtex 2015 – Lilla Rogers’ Studio booth

June 2015

Participated and spoke at the Make Art That Sells Global Art Gathering in Brighton, sharing my experience with fellow artists and meeting loads of talented people.

Flora on a panel with Lilla Rogers at the MATS Global Art Gathering in Brighton
Flora on a panel with Lilla Rogers at the MATS Global Art Gathering in Brighton

I am working on my first adult coloring book and my first children’s board book with a publishing house, greeting cards commissions, children’s bedroom decor and several personal projects. Stay Tuned!

Find out more about Flora:


This could be YOU!

 

Entering the Global Talent Search doesn’t only give you the chance to launch your dream career working for all those clients that you admire, it will be a valuable experience whether you make it to the final or not. You will meet fellow artists through our community, make useful contacts, create great pieces for your portfolio, gain experience working on professional level assignments with real deadlines, get your work in front of Lilla Rogers and potentially 19 industry experts, and this is not even mentioning all the art directors out there who keep a keen eye on the competition to spot new talent.

No matter what, we can guarantee that entering the Global Talent Search will be an important step in your creative career.

Believe in yourself, enter now!

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BONUS!

Flora Waycott on her experience with the Global Talent Search:

[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/133127898[/vimeo]

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