Acid Renaissance: update 3
: “Back in the 1970s there seemed to be such a myriad of ideas about potential shared futures, exploring all aspects of the political, social, and cultural. The aim of neoliberal capitalism of the 1980s…”
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Acid Renaissance Update 2
Preliminary sketches by the author for The Dream Eaters
: “There is a great power in a deliberate temporal dissonance that stops you in your tracks and forces you to reassess. The TV series Britannia did it wonderfully, combining Celts and Romans with…”
Looking for a new way
: “I've been thinking recently about how artists (and musicians and writers) use social media, about how nearly every “how to use social media as an artist/writer/etc” article talks about your…”
Acid Renaissance: update 1
: “As work steps up on my new series of artwork, Acid Renaissance: Albion’s True Standard Advanced, it’s about time I provided an update on the ideas and thinking behind it. …”
The Children of Winter
: “It seems appropriate, announcing that The Children of Winter is the first piece of artwork in my new Acid Renaissance: Albion’s True Standard Advanced series, that I am coming down with a bad cold. …”
Acid Renaissance: Albion’s True Standard Advanced
: “I have, of late, been wittering on about radical visions of the future. It started in November with No one dreams of England’s future any more, and then The Ghosts of Christmas Futures which was…”
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The Collective Imagined Future England
Stills from The Wicker Man, Quatermass TV series, and The Last of England
: “As an experiment I asked the following question on Twitter: …”
The Ghosts of Christmas Futures
Two sketches of figures by the author
: “2018 has been my most financially successful year as an artist, primarily due to my England's Dark Dreaming book (fewer than 75 copies left at time of writing!). However when I say my most financially…”
England’s Dark Dreaming book
: “As those of you who follow me on Twitter will know, the book of my England’s Dark Dreaming series of drawings is now available to pre-order. It’s due to be published in early/mid August priced…”
Life Model Rates 2018
Drawings by the author
: “As the new year approaches I decided it was time to review the rates I pay life models again. …”
The Gothic Mode in England’s Dark Dreaming
Detail from the first drawing in the series
: “In which I make some initial notes looking into the Gothic mode in my England’s Dark Dreaming series of drawings. …”
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Folk Horror: it’s all an allusion
Detail from Come Unto the Corn by the author
: “Prompted by some several discussions on Twitter (particularly one thread from author Adrian Bott) prompted by yet another article about Folk Horror films I wanted to set out some thoughts about Folk…”
Re-enchantment, Metaphoric Density, and Deep Myth
Bark mask by the author
: “Shortly before Christmas David Southwell (he of Hookland Guide fame) and I met up for a few festive beers in London. We spoke about many things, but one topic that has been buzzing around my head…”
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A quick look back over 2016
The Procession, charcoal drawing by the author
: “When I come to the end of a year it never feels like I’ve got anywhere as much work done as I wanted to. This year has been much the same. …”
England’s Dark Dreaming (Part III)
Detail from the first drawing in the series
: “I’ve now finished the first 5 of my England’s Dark Dreaming series of drawings. I wish I could show you them at their full size—one metre high—rather than the relatively small digital…”
England’s Dark Dreaming (Part II)
Detail from the first drawing in the series
: “I'm increasingly convinced that the country is temporally fractured, and we should be expecting a visit from Sapphire & Steel any time now. Everything seems to operate on skewed oneiric logic.…”
England’s Dark Dreaming
Detail from the first drawing in the series
: “A few days ago on Twitter I was thinking out loud about the film The Witch, which I watched on Saturday evening, specifically about its relationship to the theme of Folk Horror which is getting some…”
Shadows of the Hinterlandscape
Contents of the Shadows of the Hinterlandscape box set
: “Selling artwork is always difficult, especially in the UK for some reason. People are reluctant to buy artwork - maybe they think it’s expensive or that you need to be an expert in the “art…”
Masks and Photography, Ritual and Film
Masks made by the author
: “Over on Twitter yesterday I posted a series of tweets that, merged together, went something like this: …”
Making my artwork even more affordable
Three prints by the author now available to buy in instalments
: “Last week I put up a Twitter poll to gauge the reaction to an idea I had. The question was “Would being able to pay for a piece of my artwork in smaller monthly instalments make you more likely to…”