The West End Indoor Art Market

I've started going to the West End Indoor Art Market, I really enjoyed last month's market and was fortunate enough to sell two framed prints, one of which is going all the way to Spain with its new owner.

Dai Nippon

I'm currently designing a poster as part of the Dai Nippon exhibition in Glasgow. I've been watching some great films including Dolls by Takeshi Kitano. It's such a beautiful stylised film and I would really recommend it.

Meow

This was just a bit of fun for me really. I decided to print a little cat using the same medium as I used for my children's book. I reckon it could make a good pattern for wrapping paper.

Time to go green...

This is a design which I printed onto an ethically sourced cotton tote from naturalnursery.co.uk, I think it's really important to consider your use of plastic bags because unwanted, discarded ones really damage the environment, as do the chemicals involved in their production.  Plastic bags don't just litter our surroundings, they can injure or even kill animals that become tangled up or choked by them.  It is estimated that 1 million plastic bags are used every minute.  

Why not try making your own design and get a T-shirt printing shop to print it onto a bag for you.  You can fold it up in your hand bag and make a step towards cutting down your consumption of plastic.

I'm the king of the swingers!

This illustration is from a personal project to accompany a short story called The Tiger's Bride by Angela Carter that I did while at art school.  I drew all four of the main characters but the chimpanzee was my favourite.  This was done with ink and a fine line pen.

The Biscuit Factory

Some of my lino-cut prints are being included in a 'Selected Graduates' exhibition at The Biscuit Factory art gallery in Newcastle.  The exhibition will be on from the 4th of September until the 12th October.  I can't wait to go to Newcastle again and see my work in the gallery. 

Degree Show 2009!

Here are some of my favourite pieces from my degree show.  The bird poster which advertised the showing of 'Late Autumn' at the art school film club was probably the most popular piece, with these prints selling the best.

I am designing another Japanese themed poster for an exhibition in Glasgow soon so I'm looking forward to that.

My children's book 'Year of the Fox' was a lot of fun to work on and I'm planning to start another one very soon.  It will also be about animals.