Hi, I’m Denae, illustrator and surface designer and founder of Radish&Lime. Welcome to my colourful world!

Having just completed a masters in illustration through Falmouth university, this is my space to share my creative work, passions, offerings and products for interior, kitchen and garden 🪴🍅 In my product listings, I take you on my journey of gathering inspiration, providing you with behind-the-scenes insight into my designs. Photography is a huge part of my illustration practice and of gathering inspiration and colour palettes. I only ever use my own photographs on here, unless stated otherwise. 

Cooking has always been a great love of mine so it made sense that it would find its way into my illustration practice. Being the member of a local CSA for 5 years has brought me a closer relationship to seasonal food and our local food system, which has inspired much of my creative work. Disclaimer: im not a chef, nor a nutritionist, just a humble illustrator who loves concocting creative experiments in the kitchen. I focus on easy, quick, seasonal and sustainable recipes for busy people, using simple ingredients that you should have lying around at home. My recipes are modular, not to be taken too seriously: they are adaptable and serve more as ideas and flavour combo’s than anything else. Having said that, food-focused content is not the only content you will find on here. 

Having grown up in South Africa surrounded by nature has also greatly inspired my visual language and my love of colour can attest to this. Nature is an endless source of inspiration for many artists, and I am no different: vivid botanical varieties often inspire my designs. As a homemaker, the aim of my work is to bring colour and joy into a space, and to make you smile everyday. Now based in Europe, my frequent travels serve as inspiration for my designs, as does my interest in urban gardening, CSA membership and slow living. 

In a previous creative incarnation, I was a musician. For more on my music, see