Tuesday, November 28, 2006

This image was a response to a poem I found in the Clive Barker book, 'Abarat: Nights of Magic, Days of War.

Do not blame the wind.
It carries whatever freight
It is laden with, fair and foul.
It brings gossip,
It brings laughter,
It brings prayers
And songs of love.
It brings the chatter
Of madmen and children,
Not knowing one from the other.
Do not blame the wind.

Sunday, November 12, 2006

One of the more satisfying pieces I have produced in recent months, it's really an experiment with texture, in this case newspaper along with an ink drawing. The guy is a musician called Bob Schneider, from the album 'I'm Good Now'.
This is just an experiment I had done with ink. I used to produce a lot of my images like this, when I was apeing Bill Sienkiewicz, I'm going through a similar phase right now. He is just too damn good. Damn him!
Here is my most recent painting. I completed it about three weeks ago, it is about turning dreams into reality. The photograph is a bit shaky.

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

This image was the first concept image of my childrens book.



These are some monotypes I produced last year. Basically a monotype is a printed painting created by inking up a flat surface with a oil- based ink, and then making marks into the ink that composes the image, by taking the ink away with a rag or brush. The plate is run through a press with some heavy rag paper that has been soaked in water. These prints are one-offs and cannot be duplicated.

Monday, July 24, 2006

This is my first 'commission', it is a painting of my girlfriend, Fiona. It was requested by her Mum, it took a couple of hours to complete over a couple of days. Though her Mum wouldn't receive the painting until a good 8 mouths later.