ARTWORK
With over twenty years’ experience in commercial art and illustration, Cora Beth enjoys taking on projects which combine Fine Art with Classics.
From bookplates to murals, Cora Beth has worked on commissions for individuals and institutions around the world. She is always looking for new illustration projects, particularly in the area of book illustration.
TheCobra Illustration
TheCobra (an anagram of Cora Beth!) is Cora Beth’s illustration website, hosting a basic portfolio of illustration work.
Redbubble Shop
Here Cora Beth sells products featuring her artwork, to fund her Classical Studies Support website.
Commissions
Cora Beth will be taking on commissions over the summer, so do get in touch if you’d like to commission a personal or institutional bookplate, logo or other design!
A Little Latin Miscellany, available in paperback from Amazon.
Recent Projects and Commissions
Illustration for Sing, O Muse! Chthonic Visions, a myth-inspired zine produced by a team of artists.
Periodic Table for A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology, published by Contubernales Books and edited by the Working Classicists.
Illustrations for Caesar The Ethnographer, a tiered Latin reader published by Contubernales Books.
Logo design for the Royal Holloway MINOTAUR Project.
Commissioned Suetonius-themed cushion cover design.
Bookplate based on the Lindau Gospels (private commission).
Cover art for Charles Dickens Puzzles by Julian Morgan.
Logo design for the US organisation CripAntiquity.
Co-organising (with Greek Myth Comix) the annual #ClassicsTober Challenge.
Logo design for the nationwide Class in Classics Survey 2022.
Banner and logo artwork for the Beyond Notability Project, exploring the histories of women active in archaeology, history and heritage.
Cover artwork for multi-instrumentalist and classicist Bettina Joy de Guzman.
Logo design for the new Network for Working-Class Classicists.
Greetings cards: private commissions.
Antigone Heroism and Hubris competition: winning entry.
Author bookplates for writers including A.E. Stallings and Julie Kane.
Congratulations card (private commission).
Stained glass window design commission (St Cecilia).
Sticker designs for the Women’s Classical Committee.
Heraldry-inspired design for author and historian Dr Dan Jackson.
Myth-inspired bookplate ‘Guest Illustration’ for Greek Myth Comix.
Aeneid Illustration: private project inspired by the Kelmscott Chaucer.
Regina, an illustration for the Working Classicists, based on a tombstone from South Shields Roman Fort.
Cat portraits, with a classical theme.
Smol Dragon Latin reader (text by Legonium).
Charity, support and fundraising
Secret artwork for Sophie’s Postcard: Thurs 30th June 2022.
Supporting Sportula Europe, a microgrants organisation helping students from working class and historically exploited communities.
Graphics and web design for Asterion Neurodiversity Hub.
WCC SCS Covid Relief Fund: an auction to raise money for people financially affected by the pandemic.
Private and Commercial Murals
The Impossible Library, 6ft x 8ft. A bookcase full of texts that no longer exist.
Roman Kitchen: a life-size trompe l’oeil mural commissioned by Tyne and Wear Museums for the school resources room at the reconstructed Commanding Officer’s House at Arbeia Roman Fort.
Dragons: a particularly popular theme for children’s bedrooms, created to order. (This picture is of a flat wall – note the socket in the bottom corner!)
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