update

I am getting increasingly bad at updating this thing. It's not that I'm not doing anything, quite the opposite! Been so busy I havn't had a chance.
Currently, I am mainly working on a Poetry Taxi project for the Bath Literature Festival, a book based on MotorCycle magazine c.1953 and work for a show in London in April. (Amongst other things...)
Here are a few things I smashed out this afternoon after a big debate about a Theme for the London show:





I went to the Union Chapel in Islington on Monday to see an Evening with Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan.
It was unbelievable. They played for pretty much two hours, playing lots of the own stuff, things I'd never heard before and a whole series of covers ranging from old gospel songs, to Dreams, I Get a Kick out of You and Babe I'm Gonna Leave You....
Quite possibly the best gig I have ever seen.

dulli and lan

i cant remember if i put these up on here... but i like them.. so here they are
we have our london exhibition theme sorted - one mans rubbish is another mans treasure...
im using old motorcycle magazine from 1953, just before a famous TT race.

work for the poetry taxi is going well. we presented our ideas as a team on wednesday previous, and we are meeting with the bath literature people again on wednesday coming, where they are going to give us their choice of our three concepts... what happens next... we shall see!

off to see an evening with Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan tomorrow night at union chapel in islington. gonna be ace.

days of roses, poetry and proses

just a little piece of what i am working on right now for the bath literature festival

tidemarks

here are some new pieces i have done today...
the first one is from an old bsa advert, and the second from an old marlboro advert.
i love those old adverts. i find them real funny - basically saying smoking and guns are good.
the third one is just for fun.

bsa

its been a while. i have finally finished my dissertation, which feels great. but is also the reason why i have not been updating stuff on here much lately.
currently im working on a project for the bath literature festival, for an idea they have called the 'poetry taxi'. the basic concept is to have a 'taxi' in the town centre, which people line up for, and get read a poem by the 'driver' when inside. maybe i will post some concept ideas up on here. maybe i wont.
my scanner is still doing this weird twist and crop thing it does sometimes - as you can see in the 'skulls and bsa' image. i think its the lines it doesnt like. as every image it does it to, has a series of lines in.
lately i am listening to a lot of peter broderick, tom waits and queens of the stone age playing covers.
you should be too.

oh, and also you should see this. its the new video from brody dalle and allain johannes' band spinnerette. the video, by liam lynch, is pretty amazing.

pump king

http://quietcolor.com/qc/?p=1645
found these whilst searching for some raekwon and ghost face killah music...

teatime

it has been a while, too long for my liking, since i've uploaded any new work. been working heavily on my dissertation lately, so here are just a few images i have done during tea and coffee breaks:
really enjoying using this ink and dip pen over fine liners. seems like much more of an event... if you know what i mean?

avast

here is another ship...
and on another note,
im thinking of producing a flash book of tattoos you should never get

el mariachi

this is going to be good....

tastes like gold

working like this is teaching me a lot about balance and poise.
this is a gypsy lady with a day of the dead feel to it.

blue blood

getting really into water colours right now

Waits

listen to Tom Waits. if you have any sense... check this out

scan scam

i made this yesterday, and for some reason, whenever i scan it in, its being twisted and cropped out of my control.
So, for now, here is an oddly cropped painting.....

cannons and all

Decided to paint this after reading the theme for the weekly competition at fecalface.com
(fight)

raw