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…”
: “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. …”
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…”
Battlefield, by Käthe Kollwitz, 1908 (engraved 1921), etching with aquatint, Honolulu Museum of Art, accession 25727. Public domain.
: “I’m just back from a 2-day holiday in Berlin, a city where the ghosts lie close to the surface, cross-hatching the modern city. …”
Read the rest of “Berlin: Degenerate Art and Käthe Kollwitz”…
: “I wanted to do a quick review of the artwork I’ve produced this year, not just to show it all to you, but also for my own benefit: as an artist sometimes you forget how much work you’ve actually…”
: “Apologies for the lapse in blog posts over the past few weeks. It’s been a busy time. …”
: “Give me your Christmas money! …”
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: “I have bruises on my wrist and stomach from printing lino prints all day - using that relief printing press for any protracted length of time is like a work-out with added violence. …”
: “Just a quick post to let you all know that I’ve been doing a few new lino prints and my first ever woodcut for the Book of the Erinyes. …”
: “Last year I did an evening course in Letterpress Printing at the Brighton Independent Printmaking centre. Last week Les Ellis, the course tutor, invited me back for a 4-evening follow-on course where…”