Solo exhibition is a homecoming for illustrator

An award-winning author and illustrator is returning to her home town to stage a solo exhibition.

Catherine Rayner, who now lives in Edinburgh, is to show her work at the Barefoot Gallery in Boston Spa from tomorrow until May 19.

As well as being commissioned by publishers across the world to write and illustrate books Catherine has created images for companies including Marks & Spencer, Harrods and Faber & Faber.

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The exhibition will feature hand-made, variable edition, silk screen prints, original paintings, cards and a selection of signed books.

Catherine, 30, who was born in Harrogate and raised in Boston Spa, studied illustration at Edinburgh College of Art.

In 2010, she was the inaugural illustrator in residence at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.