The fashion for event-poster art has enjoyed a revival over recent years, and the famous Shuttleworth Collection has created a series of vivid designs with illustrator Katie Hounsome.
The dramatic range of featured aircraft and vehicles has inspired Hounsome and, combined with her glorious colours, the works superbly evoke the pre-war era she so admires.
Hounsome’s influences are diverse, ranging from Monaco Grand Prix posters to mid-century architecture.
Shuttleworth’s on-site subjects inspire some of Katie Hounsome’s pieces, such as the Collection’s 1937 Railton Light Sports Car and 1928 de Havilland DH60X Moth
“My parents think it’s hilarious that I’m so retro,” she laughs.
Hounsome has always loved art. “On childhood caravan holidays, I always took my pens and paper,” she explains. “Drawing has long been a passion.”
That creative talent led her to art school, with a foundation year at Loughborough followed by a degree at the London College of Communication, where she specialised in advertising: “The bulk of the course was all about developing and marketing conceptual ideas, but at the back of my mind I always wanted to be an illustrator.
“The course also gave me good business acumen.”
Espionage themes feature in much of Hounsome’s work, such as this 007-style print illustrating an Aston Martin DB5
