Lunchtime in SE1

One of my regular haunts has inspired me again. The London Bridge / Borough area produced some more characters and architecture to help me create 'Lunchtime SE1'. It was quite a lengthy process: trip out with a camera + photoshopped composition + pencil drawing + two colour transfer using oil paint and pencils. I'm pleased with it though, as it is suitably manic and bustling for a weekday lunchtime in that part of town. I've also entered it into the John Ruskin Drawing Prize, so fingers crossed. I'll know by the beginning of May if I've made it through to the shortlist. Here's the pencil drawing that I also did (from the photoshop montage) if you're interested:

pencil drawing of people in the street

Off The Barrow Gift Cards

I'm very pleased to announce that Off The Barrow ( providing high quality art, gifts and creative products from all over the world, to people all over the world) are now selling gift cards featuring my work. They were fans of one of the images, as mentioned recently in their little feature on me. Now I'm in their shop. Grab yourself some urban architecture in an envelope.

Drawing For Life - 14

This is the best from the other week's life drawing. I think it has a whiff of an old master 'cartoon', no? It must be a combination of the brown and black colours on some off white paper.

All Day Breakfast

Here's my latest dish, inspired by the backs of playing cards and the great British institution: The Caff. In the typical way that these islands adopt foods and cultures from all over the world, the classic breakfast includes:

• 1: bananas from the West Indies

• 2: oranges from Spain

• 3: croissants from France

• 4: the word 'Café' from France

• 5: hash browns from USA

• 6: brown sauce containing spices from India

Close, But No Cigar - Age of Reason

I entered a competition, a little while ago, to design a limited edition 7" single cover for an organisation called Secret 7". You can read all about it here. Their goal is to combine music and art for a good cause.

Taking my inspiration from one of their chosen tracks - "Age of Reason" by Black Sabbath, I did this classic slice of heavy metal fun. Unfortunately I wasn't selected for the exhibition but I think it's still worth supporting their cause, and sharing this on my blog, too.