This Is part of a project in progress, a meditation on current ideas regarding our relationship with nature. Ball point pen drawings 42cm x 59cm Treading lightly, weighty impressions Art is nature manicured

This Is part of a project in progress, a meditation on current ideas regarding our relationship with nature. Ball point pen drawings 42cm x 59cm Submerged in memory as sea levels rise Outbreak

Scenes from the launch at Ateliers de Paris, 30 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine: Display of the paperback version of the book. Meeting Michel Bouvet at the launch. Michel takes me through my pages in the monumental (70cm x 100cm) version of the book. Gallery...

I was asked by the Paris based Michel Bouvet studio to participate in the ‘Rock Pop Underground Exhibition’ during the GraphPécs 2024 graphic print event at the M21 Gallery in the Hungarian town of Pécs from 7 November 2024 to 26 January 2025. The show, curated by...

Filmakers/producers Malcolm Boyle and Carl Stickley asked me to design a poster for their feature documentary titled ‘Hoppy - Underground Head’ www.hoppyfilm.com The film explores the pivotal role Hoppy played in the London/International counterculture scene of the...

Part way through major refurbishment works at the Brighton Dome Corn Exchange and Studio Theatre site I received a request from Paul Dean to discuss plans for the Festival Bar at the Corn Exchange. He and his team from the architectural design studio Drinkall Dean...

A move to Devon and first visit to Dartmoor painting (1) on the path from Two Bridges to Winston Wood and (2) the East Dart river at Postbridge.

One of the Stanmer Woods paintings featured in the previous blog was short listed last October for The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2020 and selected for exhibition at the Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery Basingstoke from 28 October 2020 to 16 January 2021...

Early morning mist rolling off Devils Dyke, a view across grassy slopes and a chalk path at Ditchling Beacon just before another lockdown.

On the first day of July 2020 I made my first visit to Stanmer Great Wood a local nature reserve which includes the village of Stanmer, Stanmer Park and Stanmer House. I painted on site through July and August in woods that features beech trees and bluebell woods in...

Dinah and I spent a week in a contemporary beach house called ‘Fog Signal Building’ set in a distinct piece of landscape on the Dungeness headland south of Romney Marsh. Scenery not unlike a bare stage made of shingle on which a few worn and faded props in the form of...

Driving the narrow country lanes around Devil’s Dyke I came across a lay-by on Saddlescombe road opposite the entrance to the National Trust hamlet of Saddlescombe Farm hidden in the chalkland hills. The lay-by on the eastern side of Devil’s Dyke gave access to a...

In May 2019 The New York based publishing company Apollo launched 'Tommy at 50' a book celebrating the making of The Who's unique rock opera first released in May 1969. I wrote two chapters on the Mood and Look as background to the making of Tommy from the perspective...

The environmental science roadshow ‘Sex & Bugs & Rock ’n’ Roll’ http://festivalbugs.org/ made its regular appearance in the Green Future Fields at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival. The specially designed tent contained a series of my tree portraits as part of a...

On the 8th of March 2019 there was a small gathering of people at the Alexandra Palace in North London to celebrate the refurbished and re-opened East Court and Theatre. The people who gathered had contributed to the heritage display in the East Court showing the...

Maria Radoje, a member of the London based Meher Baba Association, wrote in November 2018 asking for help to design a series of posters celebrating 'Amartithi', the 50th anniversary of Meher Baba's death (‘date with the Eternal’) on 31 January 2019. Each poster design...

Richard McTague of RedHouse Originals Gallery in Harrogate organised an 'In Conversation' interview with myself and Dudley Edwards with Graham Chalmers, editor of the Harrogate Advertiser and co-organiser of the one day multi-media arts event held on Saturday 22 July...

I was invited by Karen Townshend to create a new show of 'plein air' paintings in her gallery at Kestle Barton situated in an ancient Cornish farmstead above the Helford River. I had previously exhibited portraits of trees in the woods and paths around Frenchman's...

I took part in a telephone interview with Peter Watts in March 2017. He was writing an article for the June issue of Uncut magazine for a feature titled 'Revolution Now' as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the summer of love. He wanted to talk about...

I signed my first Author Commissioning Form In July 2016 agreeing to deliver text to Elephant Book Company for a book titled 'Sgt. Pepper at Fifty'. I was used to signing paintings or putting signatures on licenses of use for images or contracts for royalties but this...

'Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains' was originally planned to run for four months at the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan, Italy from 19 September 2014. However the exhibition was cancelled with refunds promised for tickets sold. I had been asked to contribute my 14 Hour...

Jools Broom, PA to Roger Daltrey, emailed in October 2016 with a request to take part in a project organised by photographer Alistair Morrison for the Rolls Royce motor company who were creating 10 unique vehicles for a 'Wraith inspired by British Music' campaign. I...

The Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition 'You Say You Want A Revolution: Records and rebels 1966-70' opened in September 2016 and closed in February 2017. It was a timely celebration of sixties counterculture kicking off a period of reflection on the fiftieth...

A moment from the Roger Daltrey Cuvée Champagne launch in July 2016. I had been approached by Jamie Daltrey several months earlier with a request to use Tommy artwork for the branding of the champagne produced by the Charles Orban champagne vineyard in the Marne...

I received a request for permission to use the Tommy cover image for a 'Bluegrass Opry' version of the Rock Opera. The email request came from Louis Meyers who produced the bluegrass version of Tommy for The HillBenders. Compass Records released the album on the 10th...

Italian architect Claudio Catalano wanted to pay tribute to the Tommy album and its cover artwork by creating a small work of architecture in the form of a transportable home. The Nomad Micro House also doubles as a mobile pavilion. According to their website Claudio...