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18 August 2014

Indian Horse

Just a wee update on my Indian Horse drawing - not sure whether I like the colour in it so I might do a few more and decide how to develop them later. I was considering elements for a new surface print theme for the shop.

8 August 2014

New Work - New Studio

Indian Horse

The studio is almost there - just needs to feel a bit more lived in. No inspiration on the walls but that will develop and grow. Started working on an Indian Toy Horse I bought with the idea of creating a body of work from this so we'll see how it goes. I forgot to check if the fine line pen bled before I started as I want to add colour .... ooops.

The fabric horse is made from remnants of mirror fabric and I've found a wee bit about the material before it became the Indian Horse I have now.

31 July 2014

New Work on society6

Nordic Star

Greek Summer

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28 July 2014

Belfast Local

Belfast's Cutter's Wharf

Only a 5 minute walk (if that) from Ian's place - our local, especially on a lovely day. See you soon!

26 July 2014

Last Few Days Of Belfast

Just about to load the car to come back to Scotland and saw these babies outside Ian's place. Huge!!! Just thought I'd check them out on the web before I rustled up a champignons sauvage with a leeetle garlic and butter. I was literally up the stairs checking and the bloody council cut the grass.

14 April 2014

Klimt Update

Some fun now with pattern and colours on my commission!

And it's almost there!!

13 April 2014

Klimt Journey

I didn't think I would have started with the background first but it did help to develop the silhouette of the woman.

12 April 2014

Homage to Klimt Commission

Something I've never done before so it was a challenge for me. I really like Klimt's work - some say it's only decorative or superficial but his work conveys many messages.

Moma summarises Klimt as "among the many artists of his time who were inspired by sources not only within Europe but far beyond it. He lived in Vienna, a crossroads of East and West, and he drew on such sources as Byzantine art, Mycenean metalwork, Persian rugs and miniatures, the mosaics of the Ravenna churches, and Japanese screens. In this painting the woman's gold-patterned robe—drawn flat, as clothes are in Russian icons, although her skin is rounded and dimensional—has an extraordinary decorative beauty."

I made time to snap some of the process I went through to complete the work. Canvas - 4 feet long.

6 April 2014

Finished Work

And here's the finished artwork before it gets whisked away!

3 April 2014

All You Need is Love

A lovely commission and a chance to work with typography again! I thought I'd record the process in these photos before I send them off. I've never really documented anything this way so it was quite interesting for me. I have another commission and I might do the same thing. Love really is all we need!

I'll make sure I take a pic of them on a wall so they can be seen properly.

15 June 2012

Links Market - Twister Ride

Links Market, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

11 June 2012

Carousel Horses At The Links Market

Crystal

Chloe

Elsie

Coral

The Links Market is reputedly the longest street fair in Europe, running almost one mile in length along the Esplanade, Kirkcaldy, Fife and records go as far back as the 14th century.