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If you go down to the woods today…
You won’t find any bears, Not in the Congo anyway. but there are tracks through the forests in the Congo, Paths, well trodden though the trees. What forest dweller could be making these paths?.....
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Pyrios – Solar Steed
3 Colour Screenprint of Pyrois In Greek mythology Helios drove the chariot of the sun across the sky each day and returned to the East at night. His charoit was pulled by four horses, Pyrios, Aeos,...
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In the Congo – African Forest Elephant
The Congo Rainforest is the world’s second largest tropical forest, covering 700,000 square miles. It spreads across the basin of the Congo River and across six countries. So its big! Big enough to...
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Greylag Geese Flying through a Thunderstorm
This painting is going to be on a lampshade. This is just one part of the overall design. Very japanese! There are three panels altogether that will all join up. Lazy Geese! The geese are migratory,...
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Nice pair of jocks!
This illustration was for Doctor Weaving’s Diary in Pulse Magazine. What a luxury it is to have the NHS. On a recent trip to the Himalayas in one of the last villages in indian before Tibet Doctor...
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What’s new pussy Cat?
At last 4 new cards are available at my shop, The forest Elephant, The mountain Gorilla, Cat licking it’s Paw and Ducks rising on a misty morning. You can see them all in progress, two wild Animals,...
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The DM Collection gets its own page!
My collection of cards and prints that I sell through my shop, The DM Collection now has its own facebook page. It has details of my retail activity. I started Selling my cards and prints last December...
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3 days inside a Whale
This is the start of a watercolour of a Whale I am working on. As you can see I want to maintain a simple shape with all the narrative inside the shape. Whales have been in stories and mythology...
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Cunning as fox
This is the first positive for a two colour screen print, it’s indian ink on clear film. I’ve not decided yet but it will be printed either red or blue. Throughout many cultures the fox is a symbol of...
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Whale Stories
This is the finished whale picture, as you can see, it’s probably one of my most graphic looking. I mentioned some stories in my earlier post about whales, Famously Jonah spent three days inside a...
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King of the Jungle!
Watercolour in progress of a Lion (Panthera leo) Lion, king of the jungle. Well not really as lions don’t live in the jungle, they live out on the African Savannah. Maybe it’s because lions are at the...
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Chinese Whale Farm – Prospect Magazine
This illustration was for prospect Magazine. A brilliant short story by Xiang Zuotie. A dark, but witty satire on Modern China. It is called Rasing Whales and uses the whale as a metaphor for the...
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AOI Exhibition at Somerset House
This illustration which was commissioed by Men’s Style in Austraila was selected for Images 36. It has now also been choosen for the AOI touring Exhibition, Images 36: Best of British Illustration. It...
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I am King (with Daddy issues) – Hesoid, Theogony/Works and Days
How to establish permanant control over the cosmos. If you have ever wondered how to do this then you need to read Hesoid’s, Theogony/Works and Days. It is about the birth of the Gods and the struggle...
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A King that shows Mercy?
Ancient Beast The oldest stories of lions date back to some 32,000 years ago, they are represented in cave paintings in the south of france. More Morden, well about 620 and 560 BC. Aesop, the greek...
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Blue Fox
This is the finished limited edition screen print. You can see the progress in my earlier post. I decided to print UltraMarine and white on a yellowish Japanese paper called Atsukuchi paper, which is...
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Scent Hound
Watercolour in progress of a scent hound. This one is an English Fox hound. How sensitive is your nose? The Scenthound breeds are generally regarded as having some of the most sensitive noses among...
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Sleeping Fox Screen Print
This is a 3 colour screen print printed on Japanese paper. Throughout history the fox has been associated with the good and the bad. In pre-Christian Times the fox was seen as a symbol of the god of...
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How the Rooster got his ‘Cock-a-Doodle-doo’
This watercolour in progress is sticking with my theme of animals in the natural habitat but with their natural habitat inside them, albeit stylised. ( the blobs on his tail is masking fluid) Why do...
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It’s a Dogs Life!
This water colour painting of a hound is now available at my Shop as a card or a print. You can see it in progress on my earlier post. According to research your personality type is reflected in the...
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