
Megan Dowsett is a creative consultant working in museums, galleries and the arts, an illustrator who is finding her voice through personal and local projects, and a parent to two young beings who can't help but influence her creative journey.
Through the name Norris and the Flamingo, she shares the sense of adventure that runs through all of life, wherever we are on our journey. A sense of imagination, of possibility and discovery, for children and adults alike.

29 March 2011
Oliver's Heroes

25 March 2011
Going on a Bear Hunt
We're going on a BEAR hunt ... ... we're going to catch a BIG one ... ... I'm NOT scared ... ... Oh NO ... ...
An enormous pool of slirpy, sloppy, soggy water ...

A twisty, tangly jungle ...

Ah, the bear ...

Phew! And home ...
A two hour workshop with toddlers to turn Heathfield Children's Centre into a stage set for a Comic Relief Bear Hunt!


A twisty, tangly jungle ...

Ah, the bear ...

Phew! And home ...
A two hour workshop with toddlers to turn Heathfield Children's Centre into a stage set for a Comic Relief Bear Hunt!
14 March 2011
Artists Boxes

I've been playing with the idea of an 'Artists' Box', as a development to an 'Artists' Book'. I'd like to to develop boxes which reflect each of the birds I fell in love with as I travelled down South America. Today, in checking out what other people have been up to in this area, I came across John Dilnot, who is similarly intrigued by both birds and boxes. I like the combination of paper illustrations and real trees ...
11 March 2011
The Infinite Possibilities of Polyblock Printing
8 March 2011
Jungle Collograph

1 March 2011
Golden Swans and Blind Vultures


In a day which used printmaking, collage, painting and drawing, as well as getting to know their folktale of choice, we had a grand old time! Here are illustrations of the Golden Swan and the Blind Vulture.
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