The good people of modernist icon of architecture, the De La Warr Pavilion, commissioned me to create a 2.6 x 4.6 mural of a map reflecting the building and its environment. The map was to be created at smaller dimensions and then enlarged to be printed out on archival wallpaper – eventually being shown as
It’s lovely to be asked to show my map ‘Echolocation – the flight path of Starbeard 3’ once again at Onca Gallery as part of their relaunch and retrospective of the past 5 years, ‘Perspective 2012 – 2017’. Echolocation was commissioned by the Gallery in collaboration with Sussex Wildlife Trust who provided a package of
The following is adapted from an article I wrote recently (as yet physically unpublished) about how traditional maps are important in reminding us of our relationship with the environment. I am an established illustrator and artist – I have been published in over 30 books but in the past few years my fine art practice,
At the beginning of July, I was asked by Brighton and Hove Chamber of Commerce to speak about my work and how I find inspiration to members of the Creative Hub – a community of creative businesses in the city. The following is a a written version of the presentation. INTRODUCTION I am an illustrator
I’m looking forward to giving a short presentation to the Brighton and Hove Chamber of Commerce on 3rd July 2015 at the Verano Lounge, Western Road, Brighton starting at 9.45am. The topic will be about searching for inspiration during my trip tracking whales across the North Atlantic last year… For further information visit here.
The following has been adapted from the guest blog post for the Onca Gallery blog here. In the Summer of 2014, I took the opportunity to become part of the crew of SeaDragon with Pangaea Expeditions sailing from Iceland to Sweden alongside three other artists. Although the expedition was called ‘Whale Watching’ we would also
So the maps have gone to the framers, press releases have been composed, invites have been sent and the artists are getting ready for the Private view on March 10th. I have copied information below about all the artists exhibiting in The Whale Road from the gallery blog. You can find more information here. Exhibiting
August in Brighton has been a month of weather contrasts, much warmer than anything I experienced on the Seadragon where we were wrapped in 8 layers of thermals, panic-buy fleeces, tangerine wet weather gear, life jackets and fishermans hats- yet just as varied. Storms. Monsoon rain. Hailstones as big as marbles. Heat to make your
At the beginning of 2014, the director of ONCA gallery, Laura Coleman, asked me if I wanted to take part in an expedition with a group of artists and oceanographers across the North Atlantic, mapping whales and using the journey as inspiration for a piece of artwork. I returned from the 1300 miles between Iceland
