Went up to Northumbria, did some drawings :)

 

We've been looking after a dog this week.

 

People of the (13A) bus, August 6th 2025

 

Gulls and a tern (?) at Hunmanby Gap

 

Exhibition things...

I have a show of work on at the mo, in our local cafe/deli/bistro, the Lidgett Lane Larder.

It's a joint exhibition with my friend Judy Merchant. We've been curating shows in the Larder since 2017, and this is the first time that we've exhibited work in there together - Judy's layered textile and paint pieces alongside my woodcuts and lino prints (dating back to 2010).

These four works are from a series depicting interesting places* in Leeds.

I always listen to music on my iPod when I'm out drawing, and the text on each print here is the opening line of a song** that was playing as I drew.

I like the way that you can read meaning into the words when they're juxtaposed against the images like this, and at the show opening I had some really great conversations with folk telling me what these works meant top them.

And seeing them up together in a set like this adds an extra layer of room for interpretation - they function maybe a bit like comic panels, with meanings unfolding across the sequence as you read them...

It's fascinating hearing where people's imaginations take them.

All the work is for sale (framed prints are a snip @ £40, and the unframed ones go for £25

The show is up till the end of July, and the food in the Lidgett Lane Larder makes it well worth the visit :)

*Gledhow Towers, The Black Prince statue in Queens Square, Leeds Uni's Parkinson Building, and the Dortmund Square Drayman statue.

**'Sennen' by Ride, 'Trellick Tower' by Emmy the Great, 'Teen Angst' by M83 and 'Mathematics' by Cherry Ghost...

 

Speculative fish thing

 Not much work about at the moment :(

So I'm doing some speculative stuff in the hope of hitting the jackpot with some book ideas.

This one is fish-based.

(Cropped screengrab detail)

Bus drawings, of variable quality again...

 

Went to the Lakes. Walked quite a lot. Didn't draw so much...

 

On the desk at the mo...

 Speculative medieval tomfoolery.

Yorkshire Sculpture Parkers

 

Football

 On the desk today- some speculative football comic stuff.

"sh*tshow"

 

How not to be an efficient comics artist..

1) Spend 6 hours on a panel, including at least three attempts at the composition and a lot of time on the internet searching about for reference...

2) Start work the next day and instantly realise that there's (very obviously) a much better way to execute that same panel.

3) Spend three hours completely redrawing it.

:( :D

Golden Acre Park People.