About me
I'm Gráinne and I've been creating since I was able to grasp my first chubby crayon.
Some slightly disturbing childhood artwork
I did some nice normal stuff too eventually
Fast-forward from my Take Hart gallery and Blue Peter sticky back plastic days – not to mention my nonsense poetry teens – I studied English at university. Twelve years later, I scratched a growing itch and enrolled on a part-time degree in Graphic Communication, graduating in 2014. So, you could say I'm officially qualified to do words and pictures.
University of Huddersfield
1996 (BA Hons English Studies)
Batley School of Art
2014 (BA Hons Graphic Communication)
I have 30 years' experience across a range of communications, design and administrative roles, primarily in the voluntary and public sectors. In 2025, I struck out on my own and Studio GRÁINNE was born.
Find out more about my career history on LinkedIn, and please feel free to connect while you're there:
My specialisms
As a proud multi-hyphenate (writer-designer-maker), I pride myself on being creative and versatile, bringing a carefully mixed cocktail of skills to each project.
I particularly love to:
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Help. It's as simple as that – I love helping and making a difference.
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Simplify and distil complex information, both written and visual.
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Generate ideas and creative solutions.
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Learn new things, whether it's getting my head around a new subject or adding a new skill to my repertoire.
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Plan and organise. A big 'yes please' to project plans, templates, checklists and spreadsheets.
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Focus and get things done in our increasingly distracted world.
Studio GRÁINNE HQ
I work from my home studio in Leeds, with a helping paw from my most handsome tabby cat, Mogulous (who, as luck would have it, has a keen eye for colour).
A taste of my home studio
The boy Mogs
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