Work in progress

How long will Jeremy Corbyn’s finger be able to plug the dam and stave off the reality of a political drowning, only time will tell. I finished painting Corbyn’s portrait and thought it would be an ideal time to post a few images before the guillotine falls. If you would like to read more CLICK HERE

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Limited Edition Prints Ready to Go

21st June 2016

A new set of Giclée prints each in an edition of 50.

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I'm on Your Side?

10 June 2016

SMUG Magazine issue 2 has just landed on the shelves. It is such great fun to work on these cover artworks and I love playing around with some of Winchester’s local icons. For those of you who are not familiar with Elizabeth Frink’s 1974 sculpture Horse and Rider, I find its strange androgyny has always intrigued me. It sits very calmly in a beautifully crafted, yet non-committal way within the space it occupies in Winchester. In my interpretation I wanted to add the iconic Guy Fawkes mask and the accompanying text "I’m on your Side?" as a way of committing the sculpture to something other than quiet ambivalence.   

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Brace Yourself

18 March 2016

Original painting that I have been working on for Satire Magazine SMUG issue 1 front cover. ‘Brace Yourself’ acrylic on canvas 50cm x 40cm. It’s a very liberating process producing artwork for such an exciting new magazine.

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SMUG

12 February 2016

I am really pleased to be a part of the new Winchester based satirical magazine SMUG, working as a contributor with both my artwork and article writing.  CLICK HERE to read my article from the first issue of SMUG which I've posted on my blog. 

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2015


I have been creating a body of work for a solo show titled ‘You Think You Know Me’ which is being held at the Jewry Street Gallery, Winchester.

These are some images of two paintings I am working on at the moment. I am exploring the facades people establish around themselves, by using objects, totems and cyphers, as well as hand painted text to draw people closer to the canvas. 

The first painting is titled ‘A Hedge Fund Manager Tries To Attain Internal Peace’.

A Hedge Fund Manager Tries To Attain Internal Peace

This is a painting exploring confidence and assurance in one’s self, but I am interested in depicting a seemingly confident man overshadowed by coveted objects, calling into question his outward bravado and bravery. The title alludes to a professional person who could have everything, but still perhaps there is something missing which all of the trappings and apparels he surrounds himself with may never quite be able to satisfy.

A Hedge Fund Manager Tries To Attain Internal Peace

A Hedge Fund Manager Tries To Attain Internal Peace

A Hedge Fund Manager Tries To Attain Internal Peace

I still have some work to do on the painting, but it’s almost there. I have really enjoyed letting the brush strokes run free with this piece.

This painting is titled ‘The Virgin’.

The Virgin

I wanted to explore the nature of reflection upon opportunities that have passed by on the winds of time and also how an idle mind wonders to the stage of should of, would of, could of. 

The Virgin

The cat spiralling after what it needs is included to show the man that if you want something desperately and spontaneously and work with a degree of instinct you can obtain.

The Virgin

I am going to add a little more detail to the main figure, but not much more as I like the looseness of how the paint is feeling. I have worked out a small passage of text, but I am still disputing just where to include it so that it works best within the composition.  

Similar to the previous painting the scale of the main figure is disproportionate to the grandfather clock. The object’s dominance symbolises literal static time and reinforces the expanse of time that is over his shoulder.

As with the previous painting I am using a looser style of applying the paint although there are elements of rigidity in the background of this work as well as within the grandfather clock. I am very much enjoying the free motion of mark making on the canvas.