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Here Be Dragons:

2011-03-12T18:22:00.004Z

36 x 32", acrylic on canvas;

Strange Waters;

2011-02-19T12:06:00.003Z

36 x 35", acrylic on canvas;

Sea Ghost;

2010-07-17T11:10:00.004+01:00

9" by 7.5", acrylic on canvas

Dance;

2010-07-11T13:39:00.003+01:00

4" by 4", acrylic on canvas

In The Trees;

2010-07-11T13:37:00.002+01:00

4" by 4" acrylic on canvas

A Living Tomb;

2010-07-11T13:33:00.003+01:00

9" by 7.5", acrylic and collage on canvas

Uncanny tales;

2010-07-11T13:32:00.001+01:00

9" by 7.5", acrylic and collage on canvas

Babel:

2010-07-11T13:29:00.004+01:00

32" by 27.5" acrylic on canvas

Rapture Triptych;

2009-08-14T11:28:00.003+01:00

Rapture 3;

2009-08-14T11:27:00.003+01:00

Acrylic on canvas, 24x24"

Rapture 2;

2009-08-14T11:26:00.001+01:00

Acrylic on canvas, 24x24"

Rapture 1;

2009-08-14T11:24:00.002+01:00

Acrylic on canvas, 24x24"

Stone Ghost;

2009-08-14T10:58:00.002+01:00

Acrylic and ink on canvas, 24x12"

Freedom Not Fear;

2008-12-29T13:41:00.002Z

An image I provided for NO2ID and the Open Rights Group. They wanted an image which summed up the surveillance culture which has become so predominant in the UK's political landscape. The image was then mosaiced using photos of 'surveillance state ephemera' (which were taken by concerned citizens and uploaded into Flickr). This was then assembled as a giant protest picture in Parliament Square.

Poverty;

2008-12-29T12:49:00.003Z

An image I provided for a friend's blog as part of Blog Action Day - http://betweenbeings.blogspot.com/

Underwater Acoustic;

2008-09-28T17:00:00.002+01:00

Acrylic on canvas, 16" by 12"

Colours of Noise;

2008-09-28T16:59:00.000+01:00

Acrylic on canvas, 24" by 24"

Kirby;

2008-09-28T16:56:00.001+01:00

Acrylic on canvas, 40" by 32"

Canyon;

2008-09-20T20:56:00.001+01:00

Acrylic on canvas

Symmetry Breaking;

2008-09-20T20:54:00.002+01:00

Acrylic on canvas

Static;

2008-09-20T20:53:00.003+01:00

Acrylic on canvas

Uriel;

2008-08-25T12:34:00.001+01:00

Acrylic on paper, 14"x10"

Seraph;

2008-08-25T12:24:00.002+01:00

Acrylic on paper, 14"x10"

The March;

2008-03-02T12:39:00.000Z

Family;

2008-03-02T12:37:00.000Z

Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24"

Flood;

2008-03-02T12:33:00.001Z

Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 32" (lousy photo, must buy new camera...)

An actual Painting...

2008-01-20T14:16:00.001Z

...as opposed to all that photoshop malarkey (which is all well and good, but doesn't leave you much in the way of a physical object which you could, say, sell - therefore actual paintings are the plan for this year). This is called The March and is 40 by 32 inches, acrylic on canvas.

December:

2007-12-04T22:04:00.000Z

Soundtrack; 'The Pirate's Gospel' by Alela Diane (names) & "Nuage' by Sylvain Chaveau (Type Recordings)

November;

2007-11-04T17:14:00.001Z

Soundtrack; 'Ghosts of the Great Highway' by Sun Kil Moon (Caldo Verde), 'The Flying Club Cup' by Beirut (4AD) & 'In Rainbows' by Radiohead

Arbor Vitae;

2007-10-23T18:40:00.001+01:00

October;

2007-10-01T00:18:00.000+01:00

Soundtrack; "Fur and Gold" by Bat for Lashes

...

2007-10-01T00:09:00.001+01:00

Look Away;

2007-09-30T18:32:00.001+01:00

September;

2007-08-30T23:49:00.001+01:00

August;

2007-07-31T19:41:00.000+01:00

Soundtrack; 'Person Pitch' by Panda Bear (C&P Paw Tracks)

Waiting;

2007-07-31T19:35:00.000+01:00

Picnic;

2007-07-28T18:28:00.001+01:00

We Could Write a Novel, a Joke, Ha Ha Ha;

2007-07-10T20:33:00.000+01:00

July;

2007-07-02T22:25:00.000+01:00

Soundtrack; Rain and rain and rain and rain and oh dear we done broke the planet -

Lonely Metal Souls;

2007-06-17T18:49:00.000+01:00

Soundtrack; various Amusement Parks on Fire B-sides & 'Quicksand Memory EP' by Ulrich Schnauss (independiente music ventures)

June;

2007-06-05T19:23:00.001+01:00

Soundtrack; 'Mirrored' by Battles (Warp Records) & 'Neon Bible' by Arcade Fire (Merge Records)
(Image features sampled artwork by the godlike genius, Steve Ditko)

May;

2007-05-01T19:43:00.000+01:00

Soundtrack; 'Homesongs' by Adem, (Domino Recording Co Ltd) & 'Drums and Guns' by Low (Sub Pop)

Junior Panthers

2007-04-23T18:25:00.000+01:00

Some bits and pieces for a friend's band...

(This last one contains a detail from 'The Village Wedding', painted by Sir Samual Luke Fildes in 1883)

April;

2007-03-29T23:09:00.000+01:00

4th Month in my increasingly impractical calendar - soundtrack; 'All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone' by Explosions in the Sky (Bella Union), 'pssscheeow' by Sol Seppy (Gronland) & 'Friend Opportunity' by Deerhoof (ATP Recordings)

Haruki Murakami; after the quake

2007-03-25T15:24:00.000+01:00

I'm a huge Haruki Murakami fan and am re-reading 'after the quake', a collection of short stories inspired by the Kobe earthquake that struck Japan in 1995. The seismic top half of this piece was created from a drawing my brother, Stuart, did -

Heads;

2007-03-19T20:17:00.000Z

Soundtrack; 'Songs III: Bird on the Water' by Marissa Nadler (Peacefrog Holdings Ltd)

Sorry;

2007-03-06T13:43:00.000Z

Soundtrack; 'The Bells of 1 2' by Sol Seppy (Gronland Records) & 'Neon Bible' by Arcade Fire (Merge Records)

March;

2007-02-26T21:45:00.000Z

Soundtrack; 'The Lyre of Orpheus' by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (Mute), 'The Absent & the Distant' by Corrina Repp (Caldo Verde) & 'Be Still' by Adrian Klumpes (Leaf)

Advertising;

2007-02-14T19:46:00.000Z

Advert soon to be appearing in Latest Art;

February V2;

2007-02-04T18:51:00.000Z

Wasn't really sure about 'February', so I did another version (while listening to 'Nice and Nicely Done' by The Spinto Band (Virgin))

February;

2007-01-28T21:56:00.000Z

Soundtrack; 'Ten' by cLOUDDEAD (Big Dada Recordings), 'Burner' by Odd Nodsam (ABR) & 'A New White' by Subtle (Lex Records)

Nature;

2007-01-25T22:49:00.000Z

Soundtrack; The Good, The Bad & The Queen (Parlophone), 'The Eraser' by Thom Yorke (XL Recordings)

Architecture no.2

2007-01-20T00:14:00.000Z

Soundtrack; 'Bem-Vinda Vontade' by Mice Parade (Bubble Core Records) & 'Ys' by Joanna Newsom (Drag City Inc.)

January;

2007-01-11T22:14:00.000Z

Soundtrack; 'Candylion' by Gruff Rhys (Rough Trade) & 'Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain' by Sparklehorse (Capitol Records)

Be Seeing You...

2006-12-30T16:11:00.000Z

Soundtrack; 'Silent Alarm' by Bloc Party, 'Low' by David Bowie (both on EMI) & 'Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards' by Steve Reich -

Angel;

2006-12-19T21:29:00.000Z

Soundtrack; 'Arcade Fire [EP]' by Arcade Fire & 'The Crane Wife' by The Decemberists (both on Rough Trade) -

Landscape;

2006-12-17T18:08:00.000Z

Soundtrack; 'Funeral' by Arcade Fire (Rough Trade) -

Architecture;

2006-12-10T17:40:00.000Z

Soundtrack; 'IBM 14CI, a User's Manual' by Johann Johannsson (4AD)

View;

2006-12-10T17:39:00.000Z

Ghost Shoes - extra;

2006-11-19T18:09:00.000Z

I spent quite a lot of time putting together the background for 'Ghost Shoes' and then almost entirely covered it up, so here it is without the visual pollution -

Ghost Shoes;

2006-11-18T19:09:00.000Z

Soundtrack; For Hero: For Fool by Subtle & Corymb by Boom Bip (both on Lex Records) -

Seabox;

2006-11-18T19:08:00.000Z

Soundtrack; The Crane Wife by The Decemberists (Rough Trade) -

Hands;

2006-11-18T19:04:00.000Z

Soundtrack; Gulag Orkestar by Beirut (4AD) & Styne Vallis by Reigns (Johnson Family Records) -

Back On The Air;

2006-11-18T19:02:00.000Z

Here's the advert that was in Latest Art earlier this week -

Long Hot Summer;

2006-11-01T23:18:00.000Z

Created while listening to The Cinematic Orchestra's album 'Every Day' (which cannot be recommended enough) - Thanks to Tom for the photo ref.

Sometimes Things Work Out Different;

2006-10-15T17:24:00.000+01:00

This started off being a piece inspired by a Haruki Murakami short story and ended up being something completely different. Sometimes this happens and is not to be feared, we like accidents round here. Thanks to Tom for the loan of his FACE.

Blue;

2006-10-11T15:44:00.000+01:00

I was going to use this as part of another image (might still) but for the moment, I like it the way it is...

Minotaur 1 & 2;

2006-10-10T16:02:00.000+01:00

Two versions of the same pic, because I couldn't decide which one I liked most...

Sleight of Hand;

2006-10-08T13:33:00.000+01:00

Veniss Underground

2006-10-08T13:25:00.000+01:00

Inspired by Jeff Vandermeer's novel;

X-Ray Spex;

2006-09-06T00:26:00.000+01:00

Metamorphosis;

2006-09-06T00:24:00.000+01:00

Inspired by Franz Kafka's novella;

Balloons;

2006-08-17T23:51:00.001+01:00

Fear;

2006-08-01T19:08:00.000+01:00

Fear; it's the growth industry of the 21st Century. This piece contains elements from a 1950's sci fi comic strip called 'Power Mad!' - sadly I don't know who drew it as artists were rarely credited back then. I used this couple on 'Silverships' as well.

smartPlanet;

2006-08-01T18:56:00.000+01:00

Some stuff I did for a band (now sadly defunct) called smartPlanet;
Silverships;

The World is Fuelled on Heartbreak;

Test Pilot no.3;

Wallpaper;

Around the World With Laika;

Hospital;

2006-07-28T19:20:00.000+01:00

Strawberries on toast;

2006-07-28T19:15:00.000+01:00

Don't Look Now...

2006-07-27T23:51:00.000+01:00

Grandmother;

2006-07-26T19:57:00.000+01:00

Not my Grandmother, I hasten to add. An early attempt at Photoshop colouring.

Broken;

2006-07-26T19:50:00.000+01:00

Painting with photoshop tweaks - Some slightly dodgy figure work on this one, but I didn't have a reference.

Beacon;

2006-07-26T19:40:00.000+01:00

Polaroid piece

Ouija Man

2006-07-23T15:54:00.000+01:00

Welcome!

First picture on the blog, a cheery welcome from the Ouija Man. I'm going to be using this site as an online gallery for my artwork while I try and work out how to design an actual website. There should be fairly regular updates so feel free to come back anytime.