17th October 2024

Going way back now to my A--Level in art and design at Rosetta Studio Workshops (Rosetta Arts). I remember painting the banana skin all day one Thursday, sitting at the back of the studio, no central heating (just one or two electric heaters placed at an inconvenient distance from where I was working), damp from the rain and cold from the soaking I got on the way to the studio that morning, but persevering to get something i was actually quite proud of at the time. I still have this tucked away somewhere, an occasional reminder of how far I came over the intervening years. Also how happy I was then, painting something so ordinary in conditions that were less than ideal and loving every second.

20th September 2024

I think this came from 2009 when I had a period of Dance paintings. I particularly enjoyed painting/sketching tango dancers and the Lindy Hop. Personally I can’t dance to save my life. I drifted away from these after a short while but I remember enjoying them. In fact one of my first sales came from this period.

9th September 2024

A sketch from my second residency in 2013 with the Theatre Royal Straford East, this time recording rehearsals for ‘their pantomime, ‘Dick Whittington’. This was a quick drawing in pen and ink of one of the actors reading through pages of the script.

1st September 2024

An old studio space. I pinned up a nice big sheet of paper and made this drawing of my space looking inside and out into another part of the studio where other artists worked. This was something I really enjoyed doing between projects.

21st August 2024

A small film I did in 2012 showcasing the drawings I made as part of my residency with the Theatre Royal Stratford East. I was using drawing and sketches to record the rehearsal process for a play called ‘Step’, performed by the Young Actors Company. A great time.