I Love Pets - by Mike Jupp 1000 Piece Puzzles - 685mm x 490mm Box Dimensions - 305mm x 305mm x 50mm Gibsons most famous series of 1000 piece jigsaw puzzles have been growing in the catalogue over the past 10 years and are by the amazingly talented artist Mike Jupp. In this 1000 piece Gibsons jigsaw puzzle entitled I Love Pets, we have every type of animal many of which we would hardly consider pets such as elephants, dinosaurs, pigs and chickens running riot through what appears to be a competition for various domestic creatures. The show has turned into a complete uproar with hundreds of animals trampling over each other as well as the human judges. Gibsons have taken a page out of the increasingly popular cartoon puzzle market by creating a sea of detail in the madness caused by the animals calamitous behaviour throughout this 1000 piece Gibsons puzzle. The puzzle hobbyist who appreciates the intricacy of such minute details will notice that some of the animals' activities are not only humorous but also less than genteel. Mike Jupp was born in 1948 in Erith, Kent. He studies at the West Sussex College of Art and Design, gaining qualifications in art and architecture, plus diplomas in Art and Advertising Design. His very varied career started in London working for an American design and marketing company. Later, he worked freelance as an illustrator, copywriter and cartoonist before going on to California to work on two cartoon film series. Mike worked in Seoul, South Korea before returning to San Francisco and then back home to England in 1986. Mike's ability to create images in both pictures and words has lead to an enormous demand for his talents. He worked with Central Television where he created The Dreamstone (1986) followed by Bimbles Bucket and Digit'n Dawson cartoon characters. Amongst his other conquests was a commission for Steven Spielberg to paint Empire of the Sun - the crew and more recently the design of his novel Retribution in 1999. His Gibsons 1000 piece jigsaw puzzles range is extremely popular and every new Mike Jupp puzzle in the Gibsons catalogue wins over new devotees Mike lives in Bognor, West Sussex with his wife Nikki and two daughters, Eleanor and Merrin.
