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Hello again, here is a recent illustration for Tony Binghams column in Building. Tony Bingham is an adjudicator and a dude.

Stars on Canvas

Morning! This is an early heads up to say that I've just finished this painting for the annual Stars on Canvas exhibtion. The paintings are auctioned to raise money for The Willow Foundation who make special days for seriously ill 16 to 40 years olds. The painting is based on a panel on my comic piece that will be shown at the Rude Britannia show at the Tate Britain. The canvases will be auctioned in November on ebay, I'll send out more news nearer the time.

Rude Britannia

Look out for Rude Britania: British Comic Art coming up at the Tate Britain on June the 9th. Yours truly has an exhibit in the show and you may recognise the illustrations in the exhibition guide.

Pop to The Shops

Art Review

The wonderful Paul Gravett has interviewed me for the May edition of Art Review who also commissioned me to make this one off strip for the magazine.

Malta Fields

That's better. Here's an old painting of a Maltese landscape.

Current Affairs

Holy Week

A picture for Holy Week, this is how I saw Jesus when I was six.

Oh dear..

I've been going through old work and doing a studio expansion in the last couple of weeks. It's exciting having a bit more space and I've been finding old bits of work including a bad joke pea drawing, thought I'd put it up here.

Phone doodle

I made a bear doodle whilst on the telephone yesterday.  

Art Gallery

Here's a drawing inspired by a recent visit to Henry Moores show at the Tate, I thought it was rather smashing.  I've put in a few characters as requested by Joe Decies comments last week.  I hope the kitten is ugly enough for you. Ten points if you spot the lamp.

Great British Art Debate

Hi there, I thought I'd post up some proper work this week, so here is a recent commission for The Tate Britain and 'The Great British Art Debate' .  This is a four year national programme to stimulate conversation about British Art by asking five questions. There is more about that here http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/.  This comic piece above was a response to those questions through the eyes of British painter John Martin and acted out by Chip and Bean, it will appear in a fanzine that will be handed out at the Tate Britain. 

I've been having fun doing the weekly quick silly drawings, has anyone got any requests for subject matters?  If so let me know..

I've been making good progress with the graphic novel, I'm on page 70, I thought I'd get to page 90 and then show it to my publisher, see what he thinks.  He was wanting to see a chunk of it. We'll see what happens.

Also a friend of mine illustrator Sandra Howgate has started up a new job with lovely drawings, take a look here http://sandrahowgate.blogspot.com/

I've been marvelling at this content of this website http://www.urbansketchers.com/ 

Cor! 

My Ratty Valentine

Rubik's Cube Fun!

Celebrity Picture

Therapy

Jo's Sculpture

My friend Johanna Ward was telling me all about Queen Elizabeth the First the other day and how she used to fall  over from the weight of her jewelry pinned to the front of her dress.  Jo is a European sculpture expert at Sotheby's and with a bit of coaxing/bullying she made this fab play dough relief sculpture of the Queen moments before her topple.