Sketchbook Pages

Pages from my old sketchbook, when I was working out stuff for the Knitting Bee. Reading my notes makes me cringe sometimes. I don't know why.

Swing

Swing
ink & acrylic on card
from "Jaggy Nettles" at Amble, 2008
(sold)


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A Town

I did this drawing for an artist networking day at The Changing Room gallery in Stirling. It was used in a collage with Ruefive on the cover of a little zine that was given out. You can see the original somewhere on his blog.

Conkers

Conkers
2 part, ink & acrylic on card
from "Jaggy Nettles" at Amble, 2008


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Celebrate / Ibiza Tattoo

A quick last minute doodle for Illustration Friday. The topic was 'Celebrate' and I have drawn a wee celebration past.

Running from Camera

Don't be blue! Here's a thing I like, perhaps you will like it too. There was a Top 100 Blogs article in the newspaper over the weekend, mainly news, politics, media and such. In amongst the novelty categories however, a site called Running from Camera caught my attention. It's a little photo blog by a man from Holland. What he says is this:

The rules are simple: I put the self-timer on 2 seconds, push the button and try to get as far from the camera as I can.

Good eh? Go and have a look: runningfromcamera.blogspot.com

Old Stencils

While rummaging through an old shoebox of photos, I discovered a few snaps from my short-lived stenciling phase. These date from around about 2001 as a result of seeing some Banksy stuff for the first time (that's Banging Your Head era Banksy, rather than coffee-table Banksy if I'm after cool points).

I really like how the 'Bombora' skateboard turned out in particular. I know it's a bit rubbish to be buying blank decks as the skate industry needs all the help it can get, but I used to love painting up my own shred sled. Makes me want to have another bash. The portrait is of my friend Walker and was just an attempt at creating a multi-layered stencil from a photograph. I quite like how it looks on the wood.

OK, so they're not anything special, but boy I'm glad I didn't jump fully into the whole 'McDonalds sucks, war sucks, CCTV is everywhere' gig that was so prevalent at the time. Actually that stuff is still raging pretty hard on the street art scene. Not that there's anything wrong with the message, but jeez, enough with the tanks and flowers already. Maybe cut out the terrible puns while you're at it.

Flower Flick

Flower Flick
ink & acrylic on card
from "Jaggy Nettles" at Amble, 2008
(sold)


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somebodyelse, Stirling

somebodyelse: Graham Fagen

I've been involved in the hanging and preparation of the new show, somebodyelse by Graham Fagen, at the Changing Room in Stirling. The show is a collection of Fagen's photographic portraits, combining images of real and imagined figures and studies the characterisation of historical figures in an exploration of Scotland's contemporary and historic culture.

Show runs: 14th February - 11th April 2009
Private view: Friday 13th February, 2009. 6-8pm. All welcome.

The show is the first to use the Changing Room's new hanging system, so go have a peek at that as well as the work. The boy Rue Five and myself will be on the wheels of steel at the opening bash. Say hello.

2 Tree Barks

Tree Barks
ink on paper
from One Creative Scotland, 2009

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Flawed

A really quick drawing for Illustration Friday. The topic this week is 'Flawed'.

Deathclock

Deathclock

ink on paper
from One Creative Scotland, 2009
(sold)

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