Saturday 21 December 2013

THE ICEBEAR COMETH PART ONE

Picture book cover outline
          Have been given the go ahead to create Picture book  
          new cover art for MARK HADDON'S THE ICE BEAR'S CAVE
          due out in October 2014 by Harpercollins publishers.
         
          
          
          

Wednesday 20 November 2013

Rhino Sculpture 18th - 30th November Pall Mall london

Stunning
                          Pleasure to attend. Wonderful animal sculptures and dynamic
                          photography. Rosamond Lloyd unveiled her new Rhino bronze
                          especially commissioned by the Cotswold Wildlife Park. (Ltd
                          Edition of 10 'Astrid with Mother' with 20% of proceeds going to Tusk)
                          Highlighting the immense struggle against poachers
                          Lady in red pictures from the event here...
                              
                              

Friday 15 November 2013

Signed, sealed, delivered....see result below

Eulimene I&II pre-selected only
Pre-selected for the 161st Bristol Royal West of England Academy. Handed in on the 9th Nov.
Nearly joined the queue at the Arnolfini...over to you Han Star Wars 
Checked the result a week later (from the 15th)

Update Eulimene I&II were not selected...

Saturday 26 October 2013

Pure Evil & Wild

Wise Rabbit

              The Opening of Pure Evil and Wild exhibition at the new POP Gallery in town
              Andy Warhol's new kids on the block...

Thursday 24 October 2013

RWA Pre-Selection

Eulimene love I
40x40cm oil on linen canvas

Eulimene love II
40x40cm oil on panel
Both Eulimene I and II (post 7/9/13) have been shortlisted (pre-selected) for this years Royal West of England 161st Open Submission Exhibition in Bristol. Selected works to be delivered to the RWA 8th/9th Nov and the final Selection day is 10th November...

Sunday 20 October 2013

Exhibition Moments

Chelyabinsk Meteorite - 'sods law we didn't see that one come-in...'
Found Fragment (s)
A cure in every black moment

In the Hands of Glory
(milkcrate moulded hand- Barnbow Leeds Dec 1916)
Prolonged use by the handling of sulphurs in TNT by WW1
munitionnettes made their skin turn yellow earning them the
nickname 'Canaries'. A way to combat this side effect was to drink plenty of milk.

The Green Zone

R2D2 in a spin - the thin red line

Momento - Tying a yellow ribbon

Man on Wire

I won't forget you (or my brother for an umbrella)
After Will Self

Wave

Je t'aime - Cross my heart (Pont des arts)

Heart of Darkness aka criss-cross, orange line, gunpowder
surrounding the Greenzone (every fifth round is a tracer indicated by an orange tip)

All Saints - 40 seconds away from Love

The Strange and Terrible saga - Hunter S Thompson
aka The Black Curve years
                                        

Thursday 17 October 2013

Today is the tomorrow you were promised yesterday 15th-21st October Poly Falmouth

Holding onto love, Sky Mirror Red (Anish Kapoor), Jailbirds aka Pussyriot,
Carbon Copy, Cloud 9, Deliverance, Well Worn Target, Nadya-Masha & Katya
Jean Seberg 'so short the kiss' 
Two Towers after Philippe Petit circa 1974

Narrative extract taken from 'Blind Funk'
'High above the twin towers Red Cross flags were flying...
Sixty years before Philippe Petit bridged the gap to dispense unctuous charm'



Through a glass, darkly

 Ma Mamita
Includes a love lock, Rose and WW1 watch stopped at 10:27pm
'Tying a yellow ribbon of moments'
  
Do you see what i see?


Target Moments 


Canaries Wait - Moulded hand Factory Steel & lead nameplate
 Still life - Copper plate woodblock letterpress
   Healing Isle through a glass, darkly
  
Ninotchka 'suppress it'
 Fading in through a glass, darkly (Ingmar Bergman)
        Cloud 9  Artbelow.org with Colliding Circles (care of Martin Lewis.com)
  


1914-1918 In Memorium - 18 inch high cross
A Bucket Full of Empty Moments

Fifty new works created for the FAME show encompassing paintings, Illustrations, Sculptures
with re-purposeful narratives.


Tuesday 1 October 2013

New Exhibition - Moment : Through a glass, darkly


                                      F.A.M.E. 15h - 21st October at the Poly Falmouth (mixed show)
                            

Monday 23 September 2013

Bookmarks XI : Destination Unknown

76cm x 150cm
Launch day for  Bookmarks XI : 100 Destinations

Venues for Bookmarks X from 23 September 2013 – 23 February 2014 are:


Abecedarian Gallery, 910 Santa Fe Dr, #101, Denver, CO  80204, USA

Arnolfini bookshop, Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA, UK

Centre de design de l'UQAM. 1440, rue Sanguinet, Montréal, Québec H2X 3X9, Canada

Grafisch Werkcentrum Amsterdam (GWA), Molukkenstraat 200-P1, 1098 TW Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

Great Overland Book Company, 345 Judah St, San Francisco, CA 94122, USA

Librairie Formats, 2, rue Sainte-Catherine Est, espace 302, Montreal, Quebec H2X 1K4, Canada

London Centre for Book Arts (LCBA), Unit 18, Ground Floor, Britannia Works, Dace Road, Fish Island, London E3 2NQ, UK

Loreto College Ballarat Library, 1600 Sturt Street, Ballarat, VIC 3350, Australia

Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton's Close, Edinburgh EH8 8DT, UK

Torna, Caferaga Mah. Moda Caddesi. Kefeli Pasaji (Alt Kat), No: 81/14 Kadiköy, Istanbul, Turkey

Sunday 22 September 2013

Number 223 & 224 are in Porthmeor Studios

Seven boats

Hide & Seek
                                     Rotary charity sale at St.Ives School of painting today 9am-3pm

Saturday 21 September 2013

Moment 1 : Atoms for Peace


 Surcease : A time to heal. A time to save.
                                              Imagine Peace if you want it...

Saturday 14 September 2013

St. Ives Festival : The Waterside Gallery & Porthmeor studios


We three fin

Rounders

Our little secret

Eucrante (success) Flying summer veil 

Into the light

Going to catch my drift

A pausing drift

Drift II

Sublime scene
I have been accepted by the  Waterside Gallery of St. Ives to showcase my paintings during the  St.Ives festival 14th - 28th September. Submitting also two postcard sized artworks toward the Rotary charity fundraiser on 22nd September at the St. Ives School of painting, Porthmeor studios 9am - 3pm (viewing 20th & 21st) Charity exhibition

Saturday 7 September 2013

RWA Open Exhibition : Eulimene Love I & II

Eulimene Love I

Eulimene Love II


These are my entries to this years 161st Annual open exhibition at Royal West of England Academy in Bristol. Selection results are in on 24th October...

Thursday 1 August 2013

13 Ways Of Looking (A Cornish summer exhibition)

Her favourite yellow spade 

The Entertainer 50x50cm
Young skimmer 20x20cm

The resting boat 30x30cm

Summer's hold 61x61cm

The Wanderer 61x61cm
Twins 30x30cm

The new greeting 30x30cm

Four Sea Nymphs 40x40cm

Beyond the Horizon 40x40cm

Fun 20x20cm

A Skimmer's Wave 50x50cm

Here Boy 40x40cm

New Exhibition : A celebration of 'A Cornish Summer' begins today at the  Lighthouse Gallery where you will find a selection from all the gallery artists. I have thirteen paintings available...nine are new.