I did this ink and charcoal drawing from a bedroom window where I stayed in Paris last week. This is one of 17 drawings I did during my 5 day trip. I intend to frame them all hang and present them as one unified piece.
This is the largest and most ambitious print I have created so far. Being 39 x 50cm and printed 5 times from 2 blocks. Making a total print edition of 14 with 6 artist proofs. Over this coming year I intend to make and experiment with more print making techniques.
On my mantel piece is a random collection of things I have found, bought, been given and created over the past year. And it is this randomness that makes it the perfect subject for a still life painting.
This time I printed the grey for the craters on the moon and the two tones of grey for the Heron. Next will be a dark grey for the details of the bird then a final a print of black to complete the print.
Above is a photo taken at St Albans yesterday. I am very inspired to paint some autumn pictures with the great variety of colours that the leaves are changing.
This is the first of 22 virgin media street cabinets to be painted in the Islington EC1 area in London. This public art project Has been put on by NDC (new deal for communities) to celebrate their 10 year anniversary of improving the local area.
The spire can be seen for miles around, Distant sun reaches out to strike it like lightning, As the wind whips me and chills my bones, Pouring rain drowns out the incessant traffic.
Today I took a canvas (90 x 90cm) down to the Thames to start my first painting of the river. It was a bit difficult with the wind blowing the canvas around but I managed to get the basic compositional sketch done. I will work on it at home and finish it over the next couple of days.
This is the second stage for printing my Heron woodcut. All up there will be a total of 6 artist's proofs and 15 in the edition. The next step is to cut out and print a light grey on the bird and moon. After this I will print it again with dark grey and then a final time with black. Making this the largest and the most colours I have done in one print before.
These two drawings I did in my sketch book today are apart of a study for a body of work dedicated towards the river Thames. I would like to create many paintings of the rivers surface and all the things upon it. Making impressions of different parts of the river at different times like high - low tide, day, night and sunset etc.
Above is a medium sized ink drawing (42 x 59cm) of my friends courtyard that is full of old neglected pot plants. I like the chaotic randomness of how they are placed through out the composition and how you can see how some have died and the more hardy plants thrive.
Usually during the periods when I am having a break from painting all the time! I like to stock up on surfaces to paint on. I refer to this period in an artist's life as "The calm before the storm".
This is a painting I made in Brisbane late 2008. It is of the interior of my friend T-pots flat with his dog Penny sitting on a chair. I was able to get a photograph of it during my short trip to Australia.
While I was in Bunderberg visiting my Nanna she asked me to paint her old rusty freezer for her. I gave it a face lift by using enamels to paint a picture of daisies reaching towards the sun. The design was simple but most importantly Nanna was happy with it!
The above painting is of an old 12th century church in Doncaster where my great Grandmother and Aunt have been buried. I gave this painting to Carol and Jim my English relatives who live in Doncaster.
Above is a small piece of white marble (8 x 12 x 4cm) I found along the banks of the Thames last week. After much planning and consideration I have decided to turn it into a small sculpture of an Owl and present it siting on a wooden branch.
This is a characterture of a Belgian detective from a movie called Murder on the orient express. I really liked his low set moustache and facial features and I couldn't resist pausing the movie to try and sketch him.
This is the largest woodcut I have done so far (40 x 50cm). It will have a total of 5 colours and be printed 3 times over 2 different blocks. Each print took about 20 minutes to complete and today I did a total of 22 so it has been a long day and night!