In the 1980’s television presenter, Angela Rippon, put pen to paper and
wrote a series of children’s books about a fairy called Victoria Plum.
Victoria was a tree fairy from the Great Wood who lived
amongst her fairy friends Marsha, Ben and Sugar Plum and her talking woodland creature
friends.
The books were illustrated by artist Colin Petty and were
published by Purnell and Sons.
We were lucky enough to persuade Colin that we would find
happy homes for the last original illustrations of Victoria that
he had. His cartoons and illustrations
are very special and would make any nursery a happy one with Victoria on the wall.
Colin
Petty was born in Wanstead, East
London. He
studied graphic design at the South West Essex School of Art in Walthamstow,
London
“When I graduated I found
work in a cartoon studio in Wardour Street, mainly because many of my serious
attempts at artwork still looked like cartoons. Since the late 70s I have
worked for myself, initially on licensed character work. I have illustrated
almost every cartoon created, from Disney, MGM, Loony Toons, Rupert the
Bear and The Magic Roundabout etc. Most of this has been in the form of
comics and children's books. I have worked for Disney in the past and have spent
some days at their Paris studio learning all the finer details that Walt had to
offer”
Victoria and her friends currently reside here.
