Creating A Disturbance

Creating A Disturbance

1975 An article in the January 1975 issue of Nova Magazine promoting an exhibition of illustration work at the Whitechapel Art Gallery held from January 4 to February 9 1975. The article features the Tommy cover, the Sunday Times Readers Dreams cover, an environment...
New Scientist

New Scientist

New Scientist magazine – July 17th 1980 issue Art Editor Chris Jones Cover Commission to illustrate a feature article titled ‘Danger: computers at work’. The article expressed concern regarding American air traffic controllers use of bits of paper to plot...
Devil’s Dyke

Devil’s Dyke

A move to Brighton in June 2015 and an introduction to the South Downs National Park and the experience of landscape painting. A painting journey out of the enclosed spaces of London woods to distant vistas and birds eye views. The popular vantage point of...
Brighton Art Fair

Brighton Art Fair

I was offered a space at the Brighton Art Fair in September when someone pulled out at the last minute. I thought it might be a good way to make a connection into the city. Spent a day setting up and three days standing around ending up with back ache, no sales and...
Shropshire Hills

Shropshire Hills

My daughter Alana and her partner Clayton recently completed construction of a spacious single story home on the edge of a field with views of the Shropshire Hills. As a house warming present I spent a few days during May 2015 in Bishops Castle painting views from the...
Kensington Place Restaurant

Kensington Place Restaurant

The Rowley gallery organise shows of gallery artists on the ‘art wall’ at Kensington Place Restaurant, Kensington Church Street W8. I was asked to fill the wall with a selection of tree paintings from West London woodland and nature reserves. This offered...
Sicily

Sicily

Spent two hot weeks in August at Villa Giuliana, on a peninsula overlooking Siricusa and Mount Etna. Unfortunately Mount Etna was obscured by ash clouds so only appeared now and then as a ghostly image. We spotted one small fluffy cloud during 14 days of endless blue...
Beverley Brook

Beverley Brook

Spent a couple of days following Beverley Brook from Putney to Barn Elms. It is one of London’s lost rivers and in times past was a habitat of beavers. There is a designated Beverley Brook walk which starts at New Malden golf course through Wimbledon Common,...
Head to head

Head to head

The opposite of confrontation A close quarter conversation Standing together, touching feeling Eye to eye unblinking thinking One on one personal stories spun Téte-à-téte face to face Better than a keypad mate ← Previous Next...
Love

Love

Keeping some balance When walking a line Between learning to fall And seeing the sign That the hat will match When opposites fit and that will be it ← Previous Next...