Pick Me Up. Part 2

Nice house. Lovely weather. New friends. Free badge. Free beer. Amazing work. Mini hamburgers. Long day. Good sleep. Done.

Pick Me Up

Getting all of my work ready today to ship off to Pick Me Up at Somerset House, London. Very excited to be going along under the Soma family umbrella with the likes of Peskimo, Gemma Correll, Andy Smith and Crispin Finn. I will be there to say hello on 25th (Sunday) and 31st (Saturday) so it would be lovely to see you!

Opening times: 22 March - 1 April 2012. Daily 11.00-20.00 (Thursdays until 22.00).

Embankment Galleries, South Wing.

Whata Lotta Otter!

I said he was on the horizon, and here he is. Large otter stamp is now in the shop alongside the fox, owl, puffin and squirrel.

Afforable Art Fair

Had a manic couple of days last week getting everything ready to send up to London in time for the Affordable Art Fair. It was one of those weeks where you need the screen printing to go smoothly as you have a deadline to meet, which basically means that everything goes wrong. This proved to be the case, with the exposure unit playing silly buggers, but I managed to print, frame, label and pack just in time, wrapping the final package as the delivery driver took it out of my hands! The fair runs from 15th - 18th in Battersea, with my work being exhibited with the lovely people at Wills Art Warehouse. All information is here.

If you do get along to look at some lovely art, you will have a chance to see new, larger versions of my stamps. Puffin, fox, squirrel and owl so far, with the otter to join the gang next week. For those not going, the are now available here.

Marjorie, Aurelia and Viking.

A nice delivery in the post containing three old tin Hornby Pullman carriages. An absolute bargain from ebay, and I think very good inspiration for a new print.

Also, the arrival of the carriages reminded me I had a few (about six) of these 'Rolling Stock' prints hiding out in my studio. They are now in my shop and going at the bargain price of ten English pounds! Get yourself one here, but be quick.

Puffin Cottage

I was recently commissioned to turn one of my small puffin stamps into a large puffin stamp to adorn the walls of a little cottage in Devon called, of all things, Puffin Cottage. It was strange turning something that has only ever existed as a tiny screen print into a much bigger image, and I was worried that the stamp would lose a little something. I was wrong, and I love the result, so keep your eyes peeled for a few of these designs appearing in a larger format in the near future. Hopefully in time for the Affordable Art Fair (more on that soon).

If you wish to stay in a lovely cottage with the above print keeping you company, you can! Here.

Even on calm waters...

A nautical proverb, a tall ship, a sea monster. What more could you ask for in a screen print? This large, new print was supposed to have been completed just before Christmas, but my old Mac decided to corrupt the file, so I literally had to start from scratch and rebuild from the ground up. I hope you think it was worth it? It is now on its way to London for the opening of the Illustra8 show at Wills Art Warehouse. If you ever find yourself mooching around Putney between 25th Feb to 30th March, why not pop in and have a snoop.

Also available in my shop, here.