Synesthesia Magazine Illustration // The Radiator has a Tummy Ache

I produced this illustration for the February 2014 edition of Synesthesia Magazine the theme of which was Nonsense. It is based on a nonsense poem which you can read below...

The Radiator Has a Tummy Ache by Carlotta Eden

I once prescribed tablets

to the old microwave, and

consoled the lemon squeezer,

I hadn't used in a decade.

I remember hearing the kettle

having an asthma attack, and

running to save it by pulling

its plug out, and that

was that. I suggested the radio

stick to one station, tried to fix

the funny noise

the radiator was making.

Now the nurse lends me a smile,

makes me warm in my bed

I shut my eyes tight,

see me pulling a blanket

over the hole in the shed.