Under the Surface
Work in progress With the idea of fairies and sprites, and undefined consciousnesses that emerge from places playing on my mind, along with the dark, murky parts of the human mind, this sketch emerged from my subconscious. I feel it’s probably a mutation of the iconic Apocalypse Now image. I’ve never seen the film, so […]
Health
Work in progress A gift for you who has endured life’s ravages: A radiant silver lining.
Three women facing away
Work in progress If I remember right, I sketched this out in a cafe overlooking the thames. It’s a great spot but I haven’t been for a while, cos the coffee’s become quite shit. Wish I knew more good coffee shops in central London… problem is they’ve got no incentive to make good coffee, cos […]
Fire Dance
Work in progress One of my first experiments with using materials that better emulate what I seem to keep ending up with when I digitally manipulate my scans. Coloured pencil on bristol board.
Navigate Eternity
Work in progress This one’s about tenderness in death. I think this piece emerged from me beginning to process a long period of fear of tragedy that lies ahead. For so long, the sense of fear of what inevitably lies ahead for me as for all; A child within, with the sense that if I […]
Copper Fay
Work in progress
Blood Dance
Work in progress In summer 2019, having finally improved a long term illness through diet to the point I could get back to work, this drawing emerged. Initial sketch At this point I’d come to question a lot of things, including my years of trying to escape the rat race by being a commercial digital […]
Becoming Yourself
This image found itself when I understood what it meant to me. Like many of these projects, a rough sketch where I was exploring something technical, but something more interesting – or the potential for it emerged. The initial scan Adjustments to remove the distracting info, and a little touching up on the linework. Experimentation […]