Chichester Design

The movie of the moment is very much Tim Burton’s adaptation of Alice in Wonderland in which 19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure. There she reunites with her old friends, such as the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit and the Cheshire Cat, and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen’s reign of terror.

While Lewis Carroll’s original tale included its fair share of obscurity, in true Tim Burton style, with Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, Alice in Wonderland is tipped to be full …

So, after a few days scrutinizing her beloved’s face and detailing countless freckles and drinking many, many, many cups of tea and suffering a rather uncomfortable bout of easel-related numb bum…

Ellie Williams completes portrait of Simon Batchelar to enter into BP Portrait Award 2010 (see left).

We’re all very impressed – the proud Simon has even changed his Facebook profile picture to Ellie’s portrait. What do you think?

The Chichester Design team have their fingers and toes crossed for you Ellie! Keep checking back here for updates on Ellie’s progress in the competition.…

The Chichester Design team are a creative bunch but the better halves of Executive Director Simon and Managing Director Ben are giving the team a serious run for their money in regard to creative prowess…

Simon’s fiancée Ellie Williams is entering the BP Portrait Award 2010 and after careful contemplation of which face inspires her most, husband-to-be Simon was the perfect subject choice.

The Portrait Award is now in its thirty-first year at the National Portrait Gallery, is open to everyone aged 18 and over and is aimed at encouraging artists to focus upon and develop the theme of portraiture …