One of the best parts of any exhibition or open studio is the opportunity to talk with fellow travellers and listen to their experiences of locations from all around the world. Whether it’s for work, holiday or exploration; everyone has their own favourite places and unique tales.
These posts contain plenty of destinations i’ve been lucky enough to see for myself. It also works as a wish list for many paths i’ve yet to tread. I hope to share my world series illustrations, travel sketchbooks and perhaps a few travelogs… featuring brave adventurers who have already ventured forth!
I love the idea of measuring the year in smaller seasons. Prior to the Gregorian calendar, farmers in China and Japan broke each year down into 24 sekki or “small seasons.” These seasons didn’t use dates to mark seasons, but instead, they divided up the year by natural phenomena. To […]
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I’ve been looking forward to sharing this scene with you. It’s a commission of Auckland in New Zealand for our wonderful friends Hannah and Alex. They worked over there a few years ago and wanted a memory of their time living in the city. I’m really pleased with how the […]
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A lovely scene to share with you this week, featuring a completely new subject for me and a very different style of cityscape. This painting ‘Jerusalem’ was actually commissioned as a gift, but the illustration also sits beautifully with my World Series.It needed to show the Church of the Holy […]
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A new World Series image to share with you as I catch up on a busy couple of months! Nyhavn (New Harbour) is a 17th-century waterfront, canal and entertainment district in Copenhagen, Denmark. Stretching from Kongens Nytorv to the harbour front just south of the Royal Playhouse, it is lined by brightly coloured 17th and early […]
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I’m finally back on the World Series trail! although I wont be posting in this series quite as often as last year, i’m certainly hoping to build on those initial 26 paintings and create a larger collection of views from fascinating locations around the globe. I still have my wish […]
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Just jumping on the blog (which has been sadly neglected since the Summer open event) to write a quick studio update. I’m weathering a crazy few weeks in the studio, there’s so much going on. In particular i’m trying to make my way through a massive pile of building illustrations […]
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