Niganigashiku

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

The Logarithmic Guitar

The newest page from my Memoirs, Vol.II
Paper app on iPad. Click to enlarge.

Confessions of an Obelisk Salesman

It's the latest page from my Memoirs.
Paper 53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.

Blue Rider of the Yellow Cape

Just trying out the various tools in the excellent Sketches app. I had the Blue (sic) Riders of the Purple Sage going round my mind.
Sketches app on iPad. Click to enlarge.

Mr.Moth

I failed my NVQ in Pig Husbandry, so am even more resolved to finish my Memoirs.

Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.

Pigs in Shit with Retractable Legs

Another page from my Memoirs.
Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.

The Thigh Concerto

Ah, the strains of Pfitzner's Third Thigh Concerto still bring a tear to my eye...
Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.

The Tomato Witch gains a Monkey Grinder

Another version of the Tomato Witch for the children's dreams project by Roger Omar. Created for a forthcoming book and exhibition in Valencia, Spain. This is the dream of a boy named Ramon.
Pencil and gouache. 34cm x 30cm. Click to enlarge.

True Grit

Top row: I believe that I have displayed true grit putting up with that right biatch spouting off about "cream and park."
Second row: The incontinent cloud, the white paw on a moonless night, the romantic exploits of an urban giraffe.
Further down: Genetic engineering the Dog and Duck.
Rock bottom: The affluent classes listen to meat while those on benefits are compelled to stack dogs.
Pen and ink wiv dijikal colors. A4 sizey. Click to enlarge.

Glebe Ukelele

A sketch of Lionel Glebe holding a broken ukelele.
Brushpens 15cm x 21cm. Click to enlarge.

The Sand Lute

I'm currently writing a concerto for sand lute.
Ink and watercolour. 20cm x 15cm. Click to enlarge.

The Transitus of Nork

I am the only person who knows of the existence of an asteroid named Nork.
Mixed media 13cm x 9cm. Click to enlarge.

Card 26

Card 26 in the current series of woodcuts is now ready.
Woodcut 30cm x 20cm. Click to enlarge.

Beefheart R.I.P.

I was saddened to learn that Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart died on Friday. I bought Trout Mask Replica when it came out and I'm still amazed by his originality and creativity.
Brushpen 25cm x 17cm. Click to enlarge.
Brushpen and watercolour 14cm x 9cm. Click to enlarge.

Hair Pie

I think Beefheart's Hair Pie Bake 2 has certainly stood the test of time.
Pen and ink with watercolour 14cm x 12 cm. Click to enlarge.

No Brainer

At an early age, Dennis Brain was allowed to blow a few notes on his father's horn every Saturday morning. He once performed a Leopold Mozart horn concerto on rubber hose pipes at a Gerard Hoffnung music festival in 1956, trimming the hose to length with garden shears to achieve the correct tuning. Brain was notoriously careless; his instrument had an impressive array of dents, and Benjamin Britten autographed one score "For Dennis - in case he loses the other one".
On 1 September 1957, aged 36, Brain was killed driving his Triumph TR2 into a tree on the A1 near the De Havilland Aircraft factory at Hatfield. He loved fast cars and was known for keeping Autocar magazine on his stand as he played the Mozart concertos from memory during recording sessions.

His headstone is engraved with a passage from Hindemith's Declamation section from his Horn Concerto:

My call transforms
The hall to autumn-tinted groves
What is into what
Has been....

It was only when I had finished cutting this block that I remembered we were Brain's neighbours just before he died.
Woodcut 30cm x 20cm. Click to enlarge.

Florentine Honeyburst

This afternoon's visit to the Van Doesburg show was followed by coffee and cake with the Frog. We discussed my Fretless Ladder (top left), and the sport of Egg Ping Pong invented by Jean Arp. I urged him to visit the rockin' zebra finches . This prompted a lengthy rant about the latest addition to the Frog's guitar collection. Meanwhile Serota floated past our table and I ate most of the cake.
Pen and ink with stabilo markers on Moleskine 9cm x 14cm. Click to enlarge.

10-01-10

Two pages from yesterday. There's an idea in there somewhere, but can't quite get a grip on it as yet.
Pen and ink with brushpen wash. Each page 14cm x 14cm. Click to enlarge.

Oompah

Trump card in the series.
Pen and ink with watercolour 21cm x 15cm. Click to enlarge.

Wheeltappers and Shunters

I suddenly remembered The Wheeltappers and Shunters Club.
Pen and ink with watercolour. 21cm x 15cm. Click to enlarge.