Winter trees

Winter trees

In my bones bare branches echo Scaffolds of growth in seasonal exposure Stark fingers clinging to leaves that fall Breathing space emptied, vacated and spare. Putney Heath February 26 clear sky 12 centigrade and Putney Heath March 14 blue sky 18 centigrade. 2012...
Your Music Memory part two

Your Music Memory part two

The hand painted Tommy artwork on the Gibson SG Special was finally completed and dispatched to the Your Music Memory Rock Collection in Toronto at the end of November. The photographs show completed work before controls, pickups, bridge, pegs and strings are...
New year seed

New year seed

Promises could flower To grow purpose Possibly blossom Flourish and sow In ground more fertile For a following year More blooming promises ← Previous Next...
Your Music Memory

Your Music Memory

I have been commissioned by a Toronto based company yourmusicmemory.com to adapt the Tommy album cover artwork for painting onto the front and back of a Gibson SG Special (the guitar Pete Townshend used for the 1969 American tour of Tommy). These are the design...
Plectrum magazine

Plectrum magazine

I have an interview with Guy Sangster Adams in the current issue of Plectrum magazine (issue 9 June/July 2011) in which we discuss early work, recent commissions and current work on tree portraits. The interview is accompanied by a centrefold image drawn from the...
Moving images

Moving images

A recent move to a house in Putney creates opportunities for tree portraits in new locations including Barnes Common and Barnes Elms river path in SW13 and Bishops Park Fulham SW6. ← Previous Next...