New book VILE, out 23rd July. published by Lion Hudson

New Pic!

I've just finished another illustration, which is of a good friend of mine, Teresa. I did the main drawing before I went in for my tonsillectomy recently and have been itching to finish it ever since! Yesterday, I finally felt well enough to sit at my computer and complete it. I am still heavily dosed up on painkillers but thankfully I can still do some artwork, which is keeping me sane at the moment!

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer and leading exponent of the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements was born on 7th June 1868.

This illustration is of one of Mackintosh’s most famous buildings, the Glasgow School of Art, part of some new self promotional work

Big Issue Illustration

'Starting Out' Illustration

The last illustration for the Matt Stone column in Reform as Matt is going from trainee minister to minister. I have really enjoyed doing these illustrations each month and I look forward to starting a new one with a new contributor soon. As this was the last picture for this series I wanted it to feel slightly celebratory and show the story of Matt's life in ministry. A collection of past illustrations within a journal seemed like an effective way of doing this.

Driving over Lemons

I've been working on a series of book covers including the one above for Chris Stewart's 'Driving Over Lemons'. The book tells the tale of how the skilled sheep-shearer and sometime Genesis drummer, took one look at the Alpujarrás, the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, and decided that's where he wanted to be.

More from this series soon

I've been itching to get this picture finished and yesterday I finally managed to find the time. It's always lovely to get a bit of your own, un-interrupted time, to totally lose yourself in a piece of personal illustration. In the studio, radio on, sun-light pouring through the windows and a steady stream of tea, which has to be poured into a cup and saucer when I am working...feels more special that way! The dog is called 'Betty' and belongs to a very good friend of mine, Robyn. Betty certainly is a character and stole one of my slippers once; utterly destroying it until there were just a few fragments left. I can't say I was delighted by this but I have forgiven her (just!) and hopefully I have captured a little bit of her 'mischievousness' (and look of innocence) in this artwork.

from the sketchbook..

Number 4

The fourth in a series of Norwegian easy readers about Bjørnar and his dog Hjalmar. Here's an early version of the cover and some of the characters.

Drawings for A&C Black

These images illustrate the words 'Luddite', 'Prehensile' and 'Menagerie'.

This will be published at the end of the year, just in time for Christmas...