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30 January 2012
I'm excited to announce a new show at Westminster Reference Library. This is a great art library, just round the corner from Leicester Square. The show will run from 16th to 29th April and feature lots of new work. Come along if you can!
11 January 2012
So, a new year and now a new show!! Some of my pictures will be on display as part of an exhibition by THE CURRENT SHOW at the Rossini Art Cafe in Faenza, Italy. Great to have some pictures up in a new country!
25 November 2011
I just found out my work's being featured on the Transpontine blog. They are a blogzine which looks at “things that are happening, things that happened, things that should never have happened. New Cross, Brockley, Deptford and other beauty spots.”. Check their page to find out more!
6 November 2011
Just a quick post to say the last manga session went well. We were joined by Zarina Liew, who gave a talk about her work. Please visit Zarina's website, Cobalt Cafe, to see more of her brilliant drawings.
9 October 2011
Last Thursday I did another workshop on comics and narratives and Westminster Reference Library with Declan Talbert. We were joined by manga and comic creator ILYA who has illustrated the manga version of King Lear and also recently published a book The Clay Dreaming. Was a fun session! We're having one more this coming Thursday 13th October.
22 July 2011
I've just finished hanging some prints in Beatroot vegetarian cafe in Soho. There are five of my cityscape pictures on display. Beatroot do a great range of vegetarian food and I'd recommend popping in there for a bite to eat if you're in central London. The show runs till 25th September
22 June 2011
I've been given the opportunity to feature some of my work in the Hugo Mumbles online art gallery. They sell prints, paintings and sculptures by a range of artists, and have them grouped by the different rooms in a house. Well worth a look!
10 June 2011
This weekend and the next I'm going to have a new painting on display at Heatham House youth club as part of their ARThouse open studios exhibition. It's the first time in ages I've worked on such a large scale and was really fun to do. Come down and check it out if you're in SW London.
9 May 2011
So, I've created a print for the organisation Art Blossom Japan. This is another charity set up to help those affected by the disasters in Japan. They have lots of prints for sale by Japan influenced artists, with all proceeds donated to the relief effort. A great chance to pick up some unusual limited edition prints!
28 April 2011
I've donated a copy of my Drive Back print to the Art for Japan market in East London this Sunday. It's a charity fundraising event to help survivors of the earthquake and tsunami. You can find out more about it at their blog. Please pop down if you're in town that day, it should be really good!
2 April 2011
I've had some great news, I'm going to be able to put a show on at the reference library where I did my first workshop. It's a short walk from Trafalgar Square or Leicester Square and they have a really good collection of art books on the second and third floors. The show will run from Tuesday 5 April until Wednesday 13 April and the library is normally open until 8pm on weekdays. Check it out if you're in the area!
17 March 2011
I just wanted to post up a link to the event at the library. It's a great chance to see comic expert Paul Gravett and comic creator Ilya give a talk about the medium. Come down for a free evening of comic and illustration events!!
4 February 2011
I'm going to be running a short drawing workshop as part of an event at Westminster Reference Library on Friday 25 March. The event will look at graphic novels and illustration and feature talks by some high profile comic artists and critics. The workshops will also be held at Pimlico and Paddington libraries at some point in the future. I'll add more information as soon as things are confirmed.
5 December 2010
There are some of my prints on display at an open house show in Brighton. My work can be seen in The Cowshed, 63a Montpelier Road, Brighton BN1 3BB. I've got a range of my street scenes as well as some copies of my comic strips on display. You can find some information about Brighton Open House here.
16 November 2010
I've got some prints on display in the Mon Amour boutique in Brussels. You can get the Eurostar over there for £69 and have the chance to visit the Belgian comic museum and Hergé Museum as well as checking out some amazing comic murals in the streets!
2 November 2010
I entered the Random House Graphic Short Story Competition again this year with my piece "Nightwatching". It was mainly inspired by various office jobs I've done over the years. You can see some of the other entrants on the Comica site.
6 September 2010
Three new images from the landscapes page on this site are available to buy at THE CURRENT SHOW. View to Sky, Peacock Close and Looking Back are inspired by walks around South London late at night.
18 July 2010
Issue 16 of Smoke is now out in the shops, see their site for list of stockists. Also available is my new zine Going to Town. You can find it in Orbital Comics where the old Photographers Gallery was located, or contact me to buy a copy direct. Cost is £2.50 plus post.
18 June 2010
I found out that one of my photos will be featured in the next edition of Smoke magazine. Smoke is published several times a year and showcases writing and photography relating to London. I'd recommend getting a copy if you have an interest in the stories, experiences and unusual things to be found in the city.
I've got a new exhibition, curated by THE CURRENT SHOW, up at the Balthazar clothing boutique in Brussels! Balthazar have two shops in the city, stocking brands such as Paul Smith, New York Industrie and Comme des Garçons. My prints are on display in the Avenue Louise store, which was designed by architect Gonzague Hervy. So, if you are visiting the city, pop by and check the work out!
28 May 2010
So, been a while since the last update! The main news is that I've got some more work for sale on THE CURRENT SHOW's page. The images Jetty and In Through Window which you can see on my Narrative page are now available as giclée prints. I've also made some changes to the layout of the site - mainly adding some new images to the Narrative page and redesigning the homepage. Any suggestions about site design are very welcome.
18 April 2010
I recently submitted some drawings to a cool new site called Comics Roulette. The site lets you search through randomly chosen images by different comic artists. When you spot one you like, there is the option to visit that person's homepage and find out more about them. I think the site's creator is still looking for submissions, so get in touch if you'd like to see your work included.
11 April 2010
I was really happy to have some of my work featured on the Beautiful/Decay weblog a few days ago. B/D started out in Northern Virginia in 1996 as a photocopied zine. They now run the website, an artist's t-shirt label and also produce a book three times a year, showcasing the most exciting recent work from the creative world. Check their site for more details.
11 March 2010
I've got some work in a pop up show which opens this Friday and will run for a week. The drawings are from my recent travels around Germany and also a few new colour images based on London. There will be five other artists exhibiting and it should be a really good event! The location is 38 Friars Stile Road in Richmond, at the top of the hill. The nearest station is Richmond overground/underground.
26 February 2010
There will be a show featuring art from THE CURRENT SHOW online gallery, in the Vietnamese Caphe House in Bermondsey. Starts next Monday. Pop down for a coffee and Vietnamese baguette!
11 February 2010
I've found out that the Cocoanut show will be on until the end of February at least, which is cool. They are serving nice Thai food at the pub now, so no excuse not to drop in!
28 January 2010
There are three prints of my location drawings up in a show at the Cocoanut Pub in Kingston. It will be on until Saturday or Sunday this week, so if you're in the area check them out!
19 January 2010
I've made a few changes to the layout of the site, hopefully it will load more quickly now.
22 December 2009
I've added another page of location drawings to the site. These are from a journey I did in November. I'm hoping to have a show of my favourites and also produce a book soon.
7 December 2009
So... this is my first update! Anyway, I recently did a design for Deep River Apartments' new album, Echo Marina. Please check his page out
here to see it and listen to some of his music.
I also entered the 2009 Random House Graphic Short Story Competition, please see the link on my home page. You can see some of the other entries
here.
I found out a little while ago that my Horse book had been added to the University of Portsmouth's
Zineopolis. Not sure where they bought their copy from, but I'm happy it's been added to the archive.