EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 16 © 2016 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

62 ABOVE: A Davies advertising illustration captures his ability to insert chic into an otherwise mundane activity. RIGHT: Davies was constantly in demand for magazine assignments, illustrating romance stories aimed at a female readership. FACING PAGE: Never content to just limit himself to bread and butter work, Will Davies' work has been an ongoing exploration of how to capture the beauty of the world he sees around him, typified by these studies of the naked female form.