It is Reuben's birthday today so I painted him a picture of a blue whale. You can hear their heartbeat from 2 miles away. Watercolour, pencil, gouache.
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Very excited to say that I have just sent some postcard designs for printing - they will be available to buy as a set of 5 (all different designs) in lovely gesso paper, price tbc. Watch this space!
I was commissioned by the UCL MA Museum Studies Exhibition Project group to design an image for their "War Transformed?" event at the Science Museum's Dana Centre. The event is described as follows: Has war gone beyond a human scale? Conflict has driven medical, scientific and technological developments - but at what cost to humanity? Do drones allow us to remain too detached? Ultimately, should we limit the innovations driven by war? My final image design (gouache, photocopy transfer, letraset, pencil, ink) is below, along with a few images of the process (click to enlarge). Click links for the exhibition's twitter feed and facebook group, and the crowdfunder site to donate. Event will take place on 7th May.
Since I moved to London I have been sneakily taking photos of people that I find particularly interesting - not necessarily attractive people, but people that I can't help looking at. I've started doing some small pieces of work based on the photos that I may develop further. Here's the couple I've done so far (acrylic and pencil):
I did some preliminary drawings for a competition to illustrate 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley a few months ago - I never got round to entering in the end but I gave one of the drawings to a friend today who was admiring them. Click on images to enlarge. (ink, watercolour, gouache, photocopy transfer)
My second set of pages for the altered book project I'm working on with illustrator Hannah Hunter-Kelm and photographer Ella Dickinson. This first set of pages (above) was inspired by the work of designer Martin Venezky. I'm enjoying the opportunity this project gives me to do some more collage work, and the existing illustrations and text are more inviting to work into than an intimidating white page.
I visited the Weald and Downland museum on Monday, which works to conserve vernacular buildings. It is a strange concept - the museum is a 50 acre area of land with around 50 buildings that have been meticulously deconstructed on their original sites, kept in storage (I love the idea of houses kept in storage), then reconstructed on the museum's plot. Often every brick is individually numbered so it can be put back in place. Anyway, a couple of the buildings came from an area that was to be flooded and made into a reservoir, and I was imagining them underwater as I went looking round the museum. When I decided to paint a picture for Oliver's birthday present, I couldn't help but use the idea. (watercolour and gouache)
Second engagement in my family this month - my cousin Jo just got engaged too. Congratulations Jo and Tom!
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