This is a private commission I was recently asked to paint for a baby’s nursery. The canvas itself is 60cm x 90cm and it was nice to work on a larger scale again, let the shoulder do some of the brush work. Doing something unabashedly bright and happy is also good for the soul.
If you’d like to help my soul again, and you have a room or occasion or person that you think would benefit from an original painting or drawing, do get in touch to order one, large scale or otherwise…
“If anyone can sort out our problem the Magister can,” said Roland the cat.
‘It was high time for an adventure,’ said John. There hadn’t been a good adventure in months. We set off early and packed sandwiches for lunch because, as Jack pointed out, adventures were all well and good but lunch was also important.
‘But she especially, especially hated broccoli soup.’
Saw this group last week on a train to Newcastle. The fish, presumably en-route to a larger home, seemed just slightly too big to have fit through the neck of the bottle – a pretty neat bit of optical confusion.
Here’s the poster I designed for this year’s Save Bookstores campaign. My agent, Kelly Sonnack, started the campaign last year and got such a positive response she’s doing it again. All you have to do is head into town on June 16th and pick up a few books from somewhere other than the internet. There’s nowt like a good browse, after all.
And for those of us on this side of the pond, who don’t really do bookstores, here’s a special edition English version. Get involved!
You can join in here.
