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• Mandalorian Tim

  

  Likenesses aren’t exactly my forte but I will say that I’m quite pleased with this one. It’s of one of my oldest friend’s, Tim Henrick (so unless you know him,... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• And When I’m a Man… (Rediscovered Slides)

  

  Following on from my earlier blog post about rediscovered slides of some of my art college work (and, through shear laziness, lifting its opening paragraph... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Mariella Frostrup: Times Radio Interview

  

  Last Wednesday (12th July 2023), I was delighted to have been invited by Times Radio to talk about the issue of London's exodus of artists, on the show... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Oli Bennett Secret Cards 2023

  

  Here are the four pieces that I created for this year's secret postcard sale in aid of the Oli Bennett Charitable Trust, which took place at Westminster School... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Chimp Pills

  

  Back in the 90s, before digital photography was really a thing, if you were an art student wanting to document your work, you were told slide film photography... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Blackbird's Prayer

  

  is the latest in a line of what I like to call my minimal intervention sculptures. These are sculptures I've made from found materials, where I've done little... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• 100+ Small Paintings Challenge – Another Update

  

  Back in January 2020 I decided to set myself a challenge of seeing how many small oil paintings I could produce in a 12 month period. Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Nest

  

  I've only relatively recently returned to painting with oils. What I love about this restart is that it feels like I'm starting from scratch again, and... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Hydra Horsey (Finishing Touches)

  

  I'd not been happy with the upper background section of this painting since I painted it in 2019. So I've just got round to changing it. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Sky Begins At My Feet (The Wrekin Project)

  

  Last year, I and the rest of the Wellington Arts Collective (a recently formed collective of artists living in or near the Shropshire town of Wellington in... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Flag

  

  s are deceptively simple things; seemingly bright and cheerful, they can also be heralds of humanity's darker nature. I applied for this year's Royal Society... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Synthetic Bodies & Minds

  

  I’ll warn you in advance that this blog post is mostly based upon notes from my notebook entry of 11th Feb. 2023, and is primarily about what I had going throug... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Biomorphic Dreams

  

  As far back as I can remember, the natural world has always filled me with a sense of wonder. Rembrandt knew what he was talking about when he said "Choose... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2023 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Creative Review 'Out Of The Box' Article

  

  In a previous blog post I mentioned how pleased I am to have had a few of my sculptures featured in the new art book, 'Out of The Box' by Tom Buchanan. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Lycra Sausage

  

  For some time now I've been planning a sculpture series called 'Never Let You Go'; a body of work comprised of individual stuffed fabric sausages that are each... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sophie Scholl

  

  With the world's attention once more focusing on courageous women facing tyrannical regimes I thought I'd re-share my small oil sketch of one of my heroes,... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Out Of The Box

  

  I'm delighted to announce the publication of a new art book called 'Out Of The Box', that features box-related artworks by a wide range of artists, including... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Small Paintings Series (Another Update)

  

  Back in mid-January of 2020 I came up with the idea of setting myself the ridiculously ambitious challenge of trying to paint 1000 small oil paintings in a year. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Ironbridge Alien

  

  I made this papier-mache alien for a group-initiative window diorama at the Bolthole, a design hub in Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Biped (& Yoshi)

  

  My new sculpture, 'Biped', made from reclaimed wire, stands on a base of 300-year-old reclaimed English oak. The oak is reclaimed from floor boards from an old... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE