Tabby Booth

A visual language shaped by folk and coastal imagery

Tabby Booth is a British painter whose work draws on a visual language shaped by folk traditions and coastal landscapes. Her compositions bring together animals, plants and maritime motifs, forming scenes that feel both narrative and decorative. Horses, birds, whales and ships appear alongside curling foliage and patterned waves, creating dense surfaces where figures and ornamental elements share the same space.

Characterised by a spontaneous line and textures reminiscent of printmaking, her work revisits familiar themes — the sea, wildlife and rural landscapes — through a graphic and contemporary lens. Booth’s imagery reflects an interest in simple, symbolic forms, where nature and folklore combine in rich and lively compositions.

For this collaboration with Bien Fait, Tabby Booth created a series of three designs inspired by her distinctive visual universe. Her work treads an interesting parallel path between illustration and raw, traditional painting, exploring themes of mythology, mysticism and the sea.

Across the collection, Booth’s line remains intentionally imperfect, with textures suggesting woodcut or printmaking techniques. Preserving the presence of the artist’s hand was essential in translating these works into wallpaper, allowing the patterns to remain closely connected to her way of drawing. The result is a set of designs that feel both decorative and narrative, where natural and maritime worlds quietly overlap.

The collection unfolds through three distinctive patterns. Menagerie gathers a wide array of animals and plants into a tapestry-like landscape where birds, insects and larger creatures move among branches and foliage.

Tabby’s Song, originally a painting on wood, depicts birds perched among winding branches, almost like a quiet chorus in conversation. The composition balances dense foliage with open space, allowing the eye to move through the pattern.

With Ancient Sea, whales, sailing ships, octopuses and shoals of fish drift through swirling waves in a playful seascape inspired by maritime folklore and historic seafaring imagery.