T R E E S for the W O O D S

2012-01-08T01:05:00.000Z

'Kuan' - Commissioned portrait

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'The Same As Yes' Book Cover

2011-11-26T23:12:00.001Z

The New Zealand poet, Joan Fleming, has just published her first collection of poetry, 'The Same As Yes'. I feel so honoured that she chose to use my illustration on the cover, especially because I'm now a fan of hers. I recommend that you go check her out.

'Untitled' by Joan Fleming
The candle tries to lick the ceiling. The bedside table wonders where it put its shoes. The rug says lie down, the walls say stand up straighter, the curtains say hide. Knives and forks carry on their ancient argument inside the cutlery drawer, while the hand asks the chopsticks to just make things easier, for once in your life. We are never, quite, what we want to be, or quite where we want to be it. The pocket dictionary says all the words it can think of, and it's still not enough.

2011-11-26T16:36:00.001Z

I did this for my dad. I've been lost in it for almost a week, but in a good way.

2011-11-21T01:13:00.000Z

It's hard to believe I've spent three days working on this. I'm going in a new direction with this one. I'm also finding that posting work in progress motivates me somehow, so hopefully there'll be more to show soon...

Unravel

2011-10-16T22:43:00.000+01:00

wip

2011-10-04T23:20:00.000+01:00

2011-09-06T21:12:00.000+01:00

new work in progress...

2011-08-28T00:53:00.001+01:00

2011-07-01T15:31:00.011+01:00

Karlie Kloss for Lewitt

James

2011-02-20T12:45:00.004Z

'Brainbelt' exhibition

2010-10-23T14:55:00.011+01:00

Here's one of my new drawings for the upcoming 'Brainbelt illustration Collective' exhibition.

Puppet drawing (in progress)

2010-10-23T14:41:00.006+01:00

more work in progress...

2010-10-05T18:49:00.007+01:00

I'm finding it hard to finish things lately. This is yet another unfinished drawing...

The Bernard Shaw Exhibition

2010-05-08T20:19:00.016+01:00

Here are a few photos from the exhibition launch last night. Had a really great night, it was so nice to see so many friendly faces about. Thanks to everyone who came along, it meant a lot :)

Exhibition launch at The Bernard Shaw

2010-05-02T16:48:00.013+01:00

Just a week to go until my exhibition in the bernard shaw! If anyone's about, come along!

Vincent

2010-04-25T18:52:00.005+01:00

fall asleep

2010-04-25T17:12:00.001+01:00

animal mask #1

2010-04-11T15:30:00.011+01:00

Something I've been working on over the last couple of days. I think I preferred the earlier version without the colour, but I'm ok with this. Sorry the photos aren't so good!

Tinderbox Picture Show

2010-04-03T11:10:00.015+01:00

The Tinderbox Picture Show exhibition.

Bear suited

2010-04-02T22:24:00.002+01:00

Rabbit Girl

2010-03-31T19:45:00.012+01:00

Miranda July

2010-03-26T08:31:00.013Z

A little tribute to Miranda July. I just finished her book of short stories and can't get them out of my head.

Blue

2010-03-23T18:02:00.009Z

2010-03-07T21:57:00.007Z

Pink

2010-02-12T10:11:00.008Z

2010-01-24T11:48:00.008Z

'bear suited' (in progress)

2010-01-09T20:18:00.007Z

2010-01-06T22:01:00.010Z

Here's a sketch I did this evening for a possible future painting. Thought I'd try using coloured pencil for a change.

'Brainbelt' Exhibition '09

2009-12-29T18:33:00.019Z

Monkey Suit

2009-12-26T20:36:00.012Z

My nephew, Daire, is obsessed with "nananas" (bananas) at the moment. Here he is in a monkey suit looking pensive. He took his first 2 steps today!

All the ways to say 'I love you'

2009-11-30T20:23:00.012Z

Here's an illustration I've been working on for an exhibition that's taking place in London soon. The brief was to illustrate something on the theme 'All the ways to say I love you'.

Lepus

2009-11-13T22:54:00.018Z

Hare

2009-11-13T22:53:00.003Z

Bear

2009-11-13T22:52:00.020Z

'Lepus', 'Hare' and 'Bear' were based on Medieval Bestiaries, a book of parables which used animals to illustrate religious themes and moral tales in Medieval times. One story explained that bears gave birth to cubs that were without shape or form, so the mother bear had to lick the cub into shape. I also came across stuff like this, "The wolf may not bend his neck backward in no month of the year but in may alone, when it thundereth". Love it! :)

Even bears leave the forest (# 2)

2009-11-13T22:50:00.003Z

Everything I didn't say... (#2)

2009-10-26T22:12:00.011Z

A rework of the 'Groundburst' album cover illustration.

'Groundburst' gig poster

2009-10-26T22:11:00.003Z

'Groundburst' album artwork

2009-10-26T22:10:00.003Z

even bears leave the forest

2009-10-26T22:06:00.018Z

Oh Deer...

2009-06-28T00:02:00.008+01:00

I called this 'Oh Deer' because it happened by accident...

crow & rain

2009-06-27T23:31:00.010+01:00

This was loosely based on one of my favourite Ted Hughes poems 'Conjuring in Heaven'. The ones below just happened along the way and branched into different things.

fireflies

2009-06-27T18:03:00.007+01:00

Animals for Elida

2009-06-24T23:46:00.007+01:00