I prefer the term speed portrait artist to caricaturist. Here's a sample of my speed portrait work. These photos were taken at Liverpool Museum, Art Battle Manchester and other events around the UK. Speed portraits are about getting a likeness quickly, and I enjoy chatting to 'sitters' for the 5/7 minutes we spend together. It's […]
Get Distance books 1 & 2 Collecting strips both collections in softcover. 106 pages.UK Delivery £24.95 (inc P&P) Update Jan 2022 New Distance strips for 2022 - Read them here The first 100 strips - Read them here Update Dec 2021. Distance at Manchester Open Exhibition 2022. Artwork from my 2020 comic strip diary about […]
Busy times and places. A few weeks back I spent 2 days live recording 'Firefit', the national UK firefighter's conference. They got in touch back in Sept via one of their speakers, the brilliant John Parkinson who coaches and mentors folks in the firefighting service. I'm always curious so it was great to hear talks […]
This weekend I'm dropping off my artwork for the Home Open Exhibition 2022 in January. Don't mind saying I'm super chuffed to be picked for it, and I sincerely hope that no pandemic related grimness gets in the way of an amazing exhibition. Home is Manchester's independent gallery and cinema, a very popular cultural hub […]
March of the Robots! For October, I'm doing #inktober, a drawing challenge where artists and illustrators have to make an image every day. I did it back in 2018 and it was knackering finding the extra hours in the day to draw. It has been this year so, on top of what has already been […]
Upperthong is a village outside Huddersfield in North Yorkshire. When author John Simes and his agent got in touch asking if I could do the cover to his book, 'The Upperthong Thunderbolt', I just assumed he was from there. When I found out he was based in Devon I was surprised, but I shouldn't have […]
