Whilst creating our puzzle collections we are fortunate to collaborate with popular puzzle artists like Hello Angel. We are so pleased to have worked with Hello Angel for a number of years now and she is the talented artist behind some of our bestselling puzzles, including ‘Proud Peacock‘ and ‘Puzzling Pumpkin‘.
Get to know the artist behind some of delightful designs, from mesmerising mandalas, pretty paisley patterns and colourful creatures.
Angelea Van Dam aka ‘Hello Angel’ is a self professed creative explorer, dabbling in a number of creative pursuits but always returning to her true passion with ink and colour.
Working from her home in New Zealand, with the support of her partner, daughter and troublesome studio pets. Angelea spends her days creating by hand intricate and intriguing illustrations and boldly colored masterpieces packed full of flowers, animals, patterns, doodles and layers of details.
Working from her home in New Zealand, with the support of her partner, daughter and troublesome studio pets. Angelea spends her days creating by hand intricate and intriguing illustrations and boldly colored masterpieces packed full of flowers, animals, patterns, doodles and layers of details.
With her imagination and surroundings for inspiration Angelea hopes her imagery provides you with hours of relaxing enjoyment and creative happiness.
How would you describe your art?
A cacophony of colour, shape and pattern. I leave no space untouched.
Where do you draw inspiration from?
I’m an observer of things. I like to look at things closer than I think most do and I’m looking for pattern and shapes. Bringing those observations into my busy works is fun, sometimes it’ll be a literal pattern or sometimes just a thought that leads to an interesting outcome.
Do you have any ‘signature’ techniques, styles or processes that we should look out for in your art?
The use of colour and embellishing are my biggest signatures. I don’t shy away from using all the colours and then I love to add more colour on top of the base in the way of pattern and other flourishes.
How do you feel about your art being made into a puzzle?
It’s fabulous, my art might not suit a lot of home interiors but as a puzzle, it’s a super enjoyable way to embrace it.
Do you ever complete a puzzle yourself?
Yes – but I’m an all or nothing puzzler. If I don’t have time to sit and complete a whole puzzle I won’t start one. My favourite time to do puzzles are on miserable days in winter while binging some subscription tv with the family, it’s even better if I never have to get out of my pjs!
As an artist what do you feel makes a good puzzle image?
An interesting theme then colour, pattern and repetition to make it a bit more challenging. Hidden gems are always fun too.
Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram to keep up with all of Hello Angel’s amazing art jigsaws. Follow Hello Angel on Instagram to see her detailed designs come to life, from mesmerising mandalas, beautiful blossoms and colourful creatures.
If you like Hello Angel’s artwork, you’ll love her pretty paisley patterns in our shaped puzzles, ‘Puzzling Pumpkin‘ and new ‘Blooming Blossoms‘. These difficult jigsaw puzzles for adults are made using our new confounding ‘Vine’ puzzle cut, perfect for those who love to be challenged by hard puzzles.
Our collection of shaped jigsaw puzzles is full of superbly detailed images to explore, but if you enjoy animal jigsaw puzzles then you will love ‘Herd for Life‘ and ‘Proud Peacock‘. These unique puzzles follow the outline of Hello Angel’s illustration meaning there are no corner pieces and no obvious place to start!
Or, if you love to be captivated by colourful patterns and repetitive pieces then you might just be puzzled by ‘Mesmerising Mandala‘, ‘Indecision Mandala‘ and ‘Butterfly Garden', all featuring Hello Angel’s intricate illustrations.
