Finished work on the 1 metre square piece Closer, was a challenge working both in a quadrant format and also at that scale in pen ink and of course tea.
Closer illustrates our connection to nature as a two way relationship, our dependency and our appreciation
Sketches
New Large Scale Piece
Work in progress a new larger scale piece of work, whereby I am returning to concentrate on the underlying drawing in the piece. This is the largest piece I have worked on, being 1.2 metres square and is a stepping stone to a planned 1.5m metre square piece to see how the inked foliage combines in scale within the image… more pictures to follow as the piece progresses.
Whats New…
A visit to Harwood King to see Quentin & Nyle on Friday to have a look at the prints of “The Harvest & Rose – & they are looking Gorgeous, really do the originals justice and more than that using varnish they capture part of the creation process of the pieces, – a few tweaks here and there and selecting a printing paper for the finished 2 editions and we’ll be there, look out for them they’ll be around very soon. Then after Harwood King I visited Ink_d gallery in Brighton to meet up with Dan and show some new work. It’s a great space which hosts some amazing work from textile artists – painters and printmakers, loved the layout and the vibe of the place. Dan had displayed 2 of my light boxes alongside the large drawings of ‘Acceptance’ and ‘Gust of wind ‘ which looked great in the space, I left a bonus piece with Dan too which I hope will get seen by visitors to the gallery. Left without a souvenir cigarette by soft furnishing artist Harriet Hammel … but just ordered one from ink_d now, they are amazing!!
http://www.eyestorm.com are also featuring 6 originals of my work online, (currently featured on the front page of the site) – The Harvest, Rose, Thistle, Nettles, The Discovery and Sacred.
Goldleaf
Goldleaf explores sacred geometry, the golden section and it’s link to floral forms. Ink and Tea on paper
Work in Progress
Off to New Orleans
It’s been a busy few weeks organising the 100sqft exhibition and Arts After Dark exhibition in New Orléans, I have chosen three pieces to show at Arts After Dark and these include The Harvest, Rose and Acceptance from my recent series of drawings – I will also be showing some new light box pieces there.
Also coming up are a collection of lightboxes and illustrations for send me a postcard darling, http://www.sendmeapostcarddarling.com
The exhibition at the Redgate gallery put together by Laura Ward and James Higgott – looks like it is going to be awesome – I had a lot of fun making some new less serious free flowing illustrations to offer for sale at the show here’s a sneak preview of the 30 postcards that will be for sale between £10 to £30.00 at the show.
There are some great artists involved with the show too Featured artists include
Mark Burton, Emma Campbell, Robert Fitzmaurice, Claire Higgott, Jonny Hughes, Viveca Koh LRPS, Lulu Parent, John Riordan, David Sampson, She Makes War, Ellie Smithand Laura Ward
Also showing work will be :
Dan Alefounder ,Flash Wilson Bristow,Chris Brock,Jennifer BrownHelen Dixon,Josie Dixon,Stan Dressalaers,Marc-André Drouin,Jazzy Elizabeth,Abby Faulkner,FHNavarro,Jeff Galasso,Val Gallardo,Charlene Hamid,Jen Harrison,James Higgott,Quay Hoang,Gareth Hopkins,Blair Lamar,Femke Leemans,Cynthia Lim,Helena Maratheftis,Roly Miller,Paula McGurdy,Rebecca Molloy,Louise Morgan,Amy Napper,Jakob Stig Nielsen,Pinguino,Leonie Poot,Caroline Popham,Vicki Powell,Betty Raspberry,Jenny Rolfe,Peter Roman,Maya U Schueller-Elmes,Jae Dee Scott,John Taylor,The Slutty Get-up,Inge Tranter,Nicola Tremain,Unthought,Joanne Vance,Chad Van Gaalen,Marjolein Verbruggen,Graham Wright
Rose – Finished Piece from the Harvest
Decided not to work too much into this, there was enough rose leaf and enough suggestion of the overall form to leave the outer pencil marks to describe the shape. Again this piece is drawn from a reference image and has marked a departure from the automatic process, the leaves and foliage are all drawn from memory / free although I have been making studies inbetween large pieces.
This piece is worked in brown havana ink with blue waterman ink, tea and water on stretched bockingford watercolour paper.
New work from the Antigonish Series
Taking inspiration from the well-known poem by Hughes Mearns
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away…
A series based on our curiosities.. Victoriana – the unseen, secrecy and obsession.
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