You Wanted More Cats.

You Wanted More Cats. 30 December 2021.

Just before the end of a passing year, I endeavour to keep to a tradition of making a drawing before the year goes out . Sometimes, it is not possible, but this time it was, and it is probably because most of us are at home having a quiet time in, not venturing out for parties so much, due to the new Omicron Virus. So before I entered into 2022, I drew this A3 sized work as something amusing to bide the time away. I do like a few easier works before I set out on a major work again. The inspiration for this was that recently, a fellow artist told me that ‘ You do love your cats’ due to me having quite a few drawings and some paintings of them. So I had a giggle, and called the bluff, and did this particular drawing of which another was added in 2022 titled ‘ I Love Meow’ in the January 2022.

This original is an A3 size on 220 GSM Acid Free Card. Drawn Comic style in ink outlining, and Derwent coloured pencils which gives it a ‘young feel’ about it. The texture in the work is made obvious for this reason. I guess it could go well, enlarged for a children’s room, or just a fun animal lovers abode.
It is colourful and some of the individual cat drawings are quite funny: ie. The drooling kitty, the anime kitty, the toothy kitty, and so on.

You Wanted More Cats. Original A3 in size, but can be enlarged to a similar sized poster sized print as shown below.

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Fancy Florals

Fancy Florals was completed 21st January 2021. It is a mixed media drawing of Ink and the colouring procured with soft pastels. I specifically chose the pastels for this thick 200GSM Canson paper because pastels have glowing, iridescent properties due to their crystalline pigments. So, when I view this work, there seems to be a realism about it because of the pigments. Its hard to explain but it enchants the work.

Fancy Florals. A3 in size. So it is a good size framed in a frame with mat board.

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Garden Premotion



Black ink on acid free card. Framed prints are available . See blog on ‘whats on’ information regarding buying and commissioning.

Gusto

Ink on acid free paper. A4

This is a disconcerting narrative of one of many interpretations of what is currently going on in our world presently. Clearly a conceptual drawing. The narrative draws attention to the greed and satiety in mankind that has caused an obliviousness to the current crises that we are in today. The sinkhole is the definite possibility of which we all may just get sucked into if we can become aware of ourselves and take responsibility.

Here we see a man gorging himself with the finest fruit, and a coffee decanter is falling into a sinkhole, which is situated in the middle of the table.

At the edge of the sinkhole is a peacock, symbolism of both pride, wealth, and royalty. There is also another bird, greasy and dark green from oil, with feathers ruffled. There is a salamander with its tongue hanging long , sitting on the man’s shoulder peering into the mess on the table. Behind the lizard is a hint of a green tree. On the man’s cheek are buildings from a city, but it is clear the man in in a beach setting. A hammer, is situated as if hanging in the air and the narrative may imply that the man caused the sinkhole by shattering the table.
The problem is is that no one can identify who, and whether the hammer did cause the shattering. Surreptitious blame is posed? The man seems oblivious to the finger pointing to him from across the table. There is a mode of peace through the yacht being full of tourists on the water behind the man. In the forefront of the picture outside the edge of the sinkhole is a car crashed which is positioned as if it is sinking into a hole. It is presumed the dead person lying on the ground near the car is thrown from the wreck, but is it?



Moose

This was a quick sketch for someone who had viewed my other works on social media and asked me if I could do one of her Chihuahua named Moose. This work is a digital manipulation of the sketch.




FIFTY NINE

 

 

 

ink on acid-free card. 13th August, 2017

Drawn in the likeness of a fractal based image, and self engineered.

 

 

 

FROM WHENCE SHE CAME

 

 

 

 

ink on acid-free card. 11th August 2017

This work is about how we die and return to the stars.

Dust to dust. Ashes to ashes. Stardust to stardust.

 

 

 

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