Christmas Stamps for The Royal Mail 2023 by Tom Duxbury

Illustrations by Tom Duxbury, Design by Steers McGillan Eves – for Royal Mail Group @ Royal Mail Group 2023

Artist Partners are delighted and privileged to announce the first Royal Mail stamps showing the silhouette of His Majesty King Charles III for and celebrating Christmas 2023. the designs have been exclusively illustrated by Tom Duxbury. These five beautiful images were based on the theme of the nativity and the traditional Christmas carols. The five designs feature the carols: O Holy Night; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Silent Night; Away in a Manger; and We Three Kings.

Tom worked closely and collaborated with the designers and Royal Mail in order to achieve these stunning images of the nativity.

‘Rather than using my usual printmaking techniques, the stamps were illustrated with watercolour and ink. I wanted to create rich, colourful nightscapes and needed layers of pigment to build this depth of colour. The particular paints I used once belonged to my late mother so it felt like a pretty special collaboration when putting these together.

It’s been a privilege to illustrate the first Christmas stamps for King Charles III. The theme of Nativity became a chance to create rich, luminous nightscapes. They echo my own experiences of being out in nature at night – especially the moors where I live. This time and place holds a special kind of feeling; that of stillness, softness, and magic.’ Tom Duxbury

See Tom’s folder here

: Steve Stone

: David Roberts

: Tom Duxbury

: Lizzie Fright

: Sharon Pinsker

: Paul Young

: Paul Sizer

: Martyn Pick

: Lisa McGuinness

: Sally Taylor

: Angelo Rinaldi

: Adam Willis

: Geoff Hunt

: Clare Mackie

: Max Schindler

: Suzanne Carpenter

: Stephen Player

: David Mostyn

: Katerina Kerouli

: Alexis Bruchon

: Miguel Ordóñez

: Gary Blythe

: Emily Tull

: Stewart Easton

: Brian Bartlett

: Kimberley Pope

: Sarah Perkins

: Charlie Sutcliffe

: Graham Byfield

: Richard Jones

: Julie Westbury

: Caroline Smith

: Mark Entwisle

: Pauline Ellison

: Biz Hull

: Lin Blythe

: Bob Lea

: Sophie Tilley

: Naomi McCavitt

: Susannah Lovegrove

: Kenny McKendry

: Chris Moore

: Gwyneth Jones

: Mel Grant

: Rod Holt

: Mark Edwards

: Annika Olesen

: Debbie Boon

: Benjamin Warner

: Lizzie Sanders

: Rosamund Fowler

: Dawn Austin

: Cally Gibson

: Alan Kerswell

: Brian Sanders

: Ray Winder

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