ABOUT

WE ARE MASSIVE FANS OF OUR DAD’S WORK AND WISH TO SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD. OUR AMBITION IS BEST EXPLAINED IN THIS EXTRACT FROM OUR INTRODUCTION TO BRIAN’S ILLUSTRATED LIFE STORY

Upon realising the full breadth and scope of our father’s artistic legacy - ”The treasures we discovered or re-discovered during those months of cataloguing and organising were such a revelation. Clearly, it was our responsibility to take great care of them and most importantly, share them. The internet, which had not been part of our father’s life, is the perfect means for that.
It will serve us to showcase this outstanding body of work, not only with those already acquainted with some of it, but more importantly perhaps, with those to whom he and his work are unknown. We will be working hard at bringing Brian’s work before a new generation of parent and child because we truly believe that for a child to have a Wildsmith book to brood over is to offer them something a little special to feed their heart and soul.”

“Everything in Wildsmith's illustrations sings with life, seeming to cry out: "I am a beautiful living thing. Your life is precious, too."

“Our children are our inheritance and our future. They are the building blocks of our civilisations, and we are inclined sometimes to forget this important and crucial fact. It is important to remember that at birth a child’s soul is like an empty book in which anything may be written. Let us sharpen our wits and pencils and make sure that what we write and paint will fly the child into a world of joy and wonder and imagination. We must write in those books about love, humour, compassion, truth, understanding, justice… profitable wonders that will determine how our children will develop and help build a happier and more peaceful world.”