thousand yard stare

Here's a little oddity.

Throwaway stuff really, although there is something I like about it. Started life as a page in my sketchbook which I scanned and used as experimental practice exploring varying combinations of pencil, acrylic and digital painting. I had no plan or idea what might happen just hat I might learn something along the way and get to grips with some new software and techniques.

Should I post this kind of stuff? images have a long life on the internet, will I see it floating around in three years time and think why the f**k did I post that? Who knows? not me that's for sure.

Bye for now.

Secret 7" - my images

It's all done and dusted now so I can post my Secret 7" images.

I went in a more photographic direction with the first which was a D J Shadow cover and then pencil, acrylic and digital painting for a Florence and the Machine cover.

More soon, bye for now.

Studio / Hermitage

Thankfully January was an unusually quiet month, it would have been tough to deal with any major commissions whilst Sarah was in hospital. She's up and about and recovering well now and work has picked up. I am working on a book cover for Scholastic NY, a poster & general artwork for a stage show and a couple of editorials so I will be posting some new stuff soon.

In the meantime here's a few snapshots of my studio where I am holed up for most of the time, gazing longingly out of the window … where real life happens.

Sceret 7" artwork

The guys at Secret 7" have uploaded all the exhibition artwork. A bewildering array of images. I have managed to spot a few and linked them with their creators.

I created two, can you spot them? look in the Artwork + section here www.secret-7.com

Bye for now.

125 Magazine

A recent illustration for a piece on the runner Oscar Pistorius in the olympia issue of 125 magazine.

Secret 7"

I have completed two images for the wonderful Secret 7" project ... http://www.secret-7.com/ ... to raise money for the teenage cancer trust.

If you can make it to the exhibition the details are here http://www.facebook.com/events/117046375093671/

Want to know which tracks I chose to illustrate? I'm not tellin' it's a secret ; )

2012

Well, a very belated 'Happy New Year' to you. I am sure you are enthralled with my excuses for slack blogging but this one is quite a dramatic one. Sarah (girl in all of the muse images) was airlifted from Bodmin moor after a pretty nasty injury. She had an operation on her foot and has been in hospital or confined to bed since before New Year so it's all been rather manic here, I am looking after Sair and my daughter and finding very little time for creativity. So I am getting a bit of a creative itch, she's up and about now albeit on crutches so things are starting to resemble normality again and perhaps I will get to scratch the itch soon (I won't mention itches to her, sore point! her foot in in cast)

The last image I managed to create was a couple of weeks before Christmas and ironically enough was about a place on Dartmoor (we do spend a fair amount of time wandering around moorland) I made this image as a little gift for her for Christmas, the words are mine and it's about a copse on Dartmoor that holds a special place in our hearts. It's a bit of a hike to get there but we are looking forward to going back there as soon as her foot allows.



Bye for now.