Niganigashiku

Another sketch for the Turning Japanese series.
Ink and gouache A4 size. Click to enlarge.

On the Quarterdeck

Another version of the Admiral from The Triumph of Pupik.
Gouache 13 x 21cm. Click to enlarge.

The Great Mash Heap Disaster

Today's effort from the forthcoming Memoirs

Paper53 on ipad. Click to enlarge.

Big Al Mustaffes

A sketch of "Big Al" Mustaffes, the putative king of Almussafes for next month's exhibition in Spain. Pencil and watercolour 21cm x 13cm. Click to enlarge.

Page 4 continueth

The next 14 frames of Page 4 of The Brain Yard. Previous frames here.
Gouache 18cm x 28cm. Click to enlarge.

Navel Fluff

After a lifetime of navel-gazing, I'm still no further on.
Pen and ink with watercolour and gouache. A4 size. Click to enlarge.

The S(h)elf

My Self has been shelved.
Ink and watercolour A4 size. Click to enlarge.

Take it to the bridge

A test proof of a two colour lino cut from my unpublished Autobiography in Lino. Highly symbolic with a bridge, a circle, reflection etc. etc.
Lino cut 26cm x 26cm. Click to enlarge.

The Enchanted Kettle

I supped from The Enchanted Kettle and before I knew it I had delivered a fresh Moon to the Hawaiians. Unfortunately the islands were abandoned: the inhabitants had been severely traumatised by reading Tales Told to Polish Children. Several queer and lowly creatures carried my brushes away.
Watercolour, gouache and biro. A4 size. Click to enlarge.

Divorce on the cards

They got divorced recently.
Watercolour 10.5cm x 19.5cm. Click to enlarge.

Shortcut

Despite congestion charging, London roads are full.
Pencil on isometric paper. A5 size. Click to enlarge.

Sea Dog

Blue dog at sea.
Acrylic on canvas 15cm x 15cm. Click to enlarge.

Ultra Bore

Possibly the most boring drawing I've ever been asked to do. It was for a press ad but I can't remember the client, to be honest. It shows the world's first iron bridge at, er......Ironbridge.
Pen and ink 12cm x 19cm. Click to enlarge.

BOAC

B.O.A.C eventually became British Airways; people used to joke that it stood for "Better Off On a Camel". Which has got practically nothing to do with this image except it's titled The Camel Driver II. Previous effort here.
Ink and gouache 10.5cm x 15.5cm. Click to enlarge.

The Dunciad

A local gallery invited me to exhibit some work and whilst looking through my stock of paintings I realised that I had never blogged this one. Although entitled The Dunciad it doesn't actually refer to Pope's poem.
Casein paint and ink 46cm x 32cm. Click to enlarge.

Calstock Viaduct

I always loved this place.
Pen and ink 16cm x 10cm. Click to enlarge.

mondriaanic bosh emissions

Mondriaanic bosh emissions frequently disturb my sleep. Page three from The Brain Yard.

Click to enlarge.

A rough sketch for the next Brain Yard picture, coming soon.
Pen and ink with watercolour 30cm x 17cm. Click to enlarge.

Istanbulscape

View over the Bosphorous from the balcony of a one star hotel in the red light district of Istanbul.
Pen and ink 15cm x 20.5cm. Click to enlarge.

Turnip Watch

It's time to jump start the turnip industry.
The text is from a traditional English nursery rhyme.
Pen and ink with watercolour 17cm x 25cm. Click to enlarge.