Peep Show Exhibition, Amsterdam

I recently took part in a temporary exhibition at the studio of my good friends NORMAN-HULZINK in Amsterdam. The studio is run by Amie Norman and Lobke Hulzink (pictured bottom left), possibly the nicest people ever, no kidding. It was such a pleasure working with them on this! Please go check out their amazing work here: norman-hulzink.com and see some more images from the show.

Nest

I'm trying to be a little less precious with my drawing. This one is a little looser on the detail, it was more about getting the idea down on paper. "I'm not sure if I like it, but it's what I meant", I think Degas said that. It sums up this one for me. It's a stepping stone.

Wreath (february)

'The Same As Yes' Book Cover

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.

Wreath (for dad)

I did this for my dad. Each animal and flower here has a memory attached. I've been lost in this for almost a week, but in a good way.

It's hard to believe I've spent three days working on this. I'm going in a new direction with this one...