Most of my work on kaolin-coated board is priced as noted below. These prices include the frame and hanging kit*. In general, monochrome work willl be at the low end of the price bracket and colour at the top. Work on paper is more variable…
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I have put together an illustrated list of the works included in Sylva, my solo exhibition at the New Era theatre in Newbury. It includes the exhibition statement and my artist’s statement, as displayed in the exhibition, as well as titles, media and prices. It…
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January was made completely within its titular month, from snowy photograph to completed drawing. It took me longer to find a scene I wanted to represent the second month – I eventally settled on snowdrops in a sunken lane and made a start on the…
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I’ve reopened my web shop specifically for my book, The 21st Century Dragon. The book is a collection of drawings of imaginary dragons, based on the premises that dragons exist, and that they look a bit like lizards but are differentiated from ordinary lizards by…
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These two drawings are both on full imperial (57 x 76cm) sheets of heavyweight watercolour paper, It’s handmade paper – as you can tell from the lovely deckled edge visible in my photograph of Mandrake – and somewhat rougher in texture than my usual choice.…
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I’m in the process of creating a book of dragons. It will be a 210cm square hardback with 100 pages and 46 individual dragons, and it will be £20 (+£5.50 shipping to mainland UK). The pages that aren’t occupied with full colour pictures of dragons…
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A pair of intertwined oak trees in the park at Calke Abbey, Derbyshire. I could see extrvagant gestures in the limbs as if the two were dancing a tango. inks on kaolin-coated board, 12 x 16 inchesframed size 34x44cmprice £420
Dragons have appeared in my work before – there have been stylized dragons in paint and print, and suggested dragons in tree drawings – but this side-project is a little bit different. It started with an art club challenge: a 6×6″ picture of a pet.…
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This is a monochrome drawing of some of my favorite hornbeams on the edge of Sandlford Wood, near Newbury in Berkshire. It’s actually looking into the wood, from the adjoining field, without the fence that is present in reality. The title refers to the relative…
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Exuberant is a drawing in document ink using pen and ink wash. It uses the same inks as Procession (albeit with different techniques) and is on a slightly smaller sheet of paper (it is 50x70cm, 100% cotton watercolour paper). Like Procession, it was started before…
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Completed November 2024 Procession revisits the exposed roots of the trees at Folly Wood, near UrchFont in Wiltshire (see end of post for links to previous drawings). In fact, I revisited the location in the summer (2024) and took some fresh photographs. It was somewhat…
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I’m very excited to report that I won the President’s Award (selected by the president of the society, Dr. Susan Poole) at the Society of Graphic Fine Arts 104th Open Exhibition for Squeee! (above). The picture was sold at the Private View on Tuesday (11…
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