Mango Chutney (screen print)

Mango Chutney

My latest limited edition screen print is a celebration of that tangy condiment from the Indian subcontinent, Sweet Mango Chutney - here made by a fictional brand of my own devising, Chaudhury's of Bangalore. The Perfect Accompaniment to Curries, Stews, Chops, Cold Meats & Kedgeree!

This two-colour print measures 30 cm across by 42 cm high ( A3 - a standard frame-size) and is a strictly limited edition of 30. Printed on 300 gsm paper the print can be yours (or a loved one's!) for £75 + P&P and is available for purchase here at my Etsy shop and from other reputable outlets.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/151606229/mango-chutney-screen-print

Beer Labels (Pick Me Up)

Beer Labels (Pick Me Up)

My two faux Beer Labels for the bar shelf at the Hero of Switzerland 'pub' at Somerset House, as part of Pick Me Up 2013.

Sir John Barleycorn's Lament, a barleywine. Sir John is the embodiment of grain and beer in British mythology.

Old Bag O'Nails, a port stout. Bag o'nails is an old English pub name and a corruption of Bacchanals, orgies of wine and excess in honour of the Roman god of wine and vineyards.

Noye's Fludde

Noye's Fludde

My latest limited edition screen print is inspired by Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde, a 1957 operatic re-telling of the story of Noah's Ark, and by one of the beautifully carved Medieval ceiling bosses in Norwich cathedral. Created as part of the celebration of the centenary of Britten's birth in 1913.

The Ark shows Noye and his wife, one of their sons (Jaffett, lets say) and his wife, an elephant, a bear, a unicorn, two cows and a bull, a lion and various birds peering out into the watery world all about them, whilst overhead a brace of cheeky monkeys play nonchalantly.

Noah's son Jaffett was played in the original performance in Orford by a young Michael Crawford.

This print measures 30 cm across by 42 cm high ( A3 - a standard frame-size) and is a strictly limited edition of 25. Printed on 300 gsm paper this 2-colour print can be yours (or a loved one's!) for £75 + P&P and will be available very shortly for purchase at my Etsy shop and from other reputable outlets.

Green Dragon

Green Dragon

My latest limited edition screen print is part of a proposed series of prints, entitled Coloured Inns - an examination of popular Pub Names, each described by a colour (Red Lion, Green Dragon, White Hart, Blue Boar, Dun Cow etc etc). 

A Public House named the Green Dragon usually denotes a (former) Welsh publican!

Created especially for Pick Me Up 2013 where, as part of collective Hero of Switzerland, we are celebrating all things Boozer.

This print measures 42 cm across by 30 cm high ( A3 - a standard frame-size) and is a strictly limited edition of 25. Printed on 300 gsm paper this 3-colour print can be yours (or a loved one's!) for £75 + P&P and will be available very shortly for purchase at my Etsy shop and from other reputable outlets.

Red Lion

Red Lion

My latest limited edition screen print is part of a proposed series of prints, entitled Coloured Inns - an examination of popular Pub Names, each described by a colour (Red Lion, Green Dragon, White Hart, Blue Boar, Dun Cow etc etc). 

The Red Lion as pub name is usually attributed to honouring John of Gaunt, Grandfather of Henry VII, but this is unlikely. It more probably refers tothe Red Lion of Scotland, as seen in the upper right-hand corner of the Royal Coat-of-Arms and included since the accession of James I, the first Stuart king of England.

Created especially for Pick Me Up 2013 where, as part of collective Hero of Switzerland, we are celebrating all things Boozer.

This print measures 42 cm across by 30 cm high ( A3 - a standard frame-size) and is a strictly limited edition of 25. Printed on 300 gsm paper this 3-colour print can be yours (or a loved one's!) for £75 + P&P and will be available very shortly for purchase at my Etsy shop and from other reputable outlets.

Cromer, Gem of the Norfolk Coast

Cromer, Gem of the Norfolk Coast

My latest limited edition screen print is an hommage to my new home town of Cromer upon the north Norfolk coastline, facing the vast German Ocean and famed for its Crabs & its Lobsters. The town had its heyday during the Edwardian period and my cheery Crustacea are dressed (no pun intended) the part. The town, with its magnificent Hôtel de Paris, towers over the Promenade, with the Pier faint in the distance behind.

This print measures 42 cm across by 30 cm high ( A3 - a standard frame-size) and is a strictly limited edition of 35. Printed on 300 gsm paper this 3-colour print can be yours (or a loved one's!) for £75 + P&P and will be available very shortly for purchase at my Etsy shop and from other reputable outlets.
This print measures 42 cm across by 30 cm high ( A3 - a standard frame-size) and is a strictly limited edition of 35. Printed on 300 gsm paper this 3-colour print can be yours (or a loved one's!) for £75 + P&P and will be available very shortly for purchase at my Etsy shop and from other reputable outlets.

Pepys in Spitalfields

Pepys in Spitalfields

I was asked by the Gentle Author of Spitalfields Life if I would care to contribute an illustration for a diary entry from Samuel Pepys' famous diary, and of course I jumped at the chance despite an already pretty laden plate. I am a big fan of Pepys' diary and a fully illustrated version is a project I have often dreamt about.

The piece was published on the Spitalfields Life blog on the 20th April, 344 years to the day after Pepys' visit there in 1669.

"In the afternoon, we walked to the Old Artillery-Ground near the Spitalfields, where I never was before, but now, by Captain Deane’s invitation, did go to see his new gun tryed, this being the place where the Officers of the Ordnance do try all their great guns, and when we come, did find that the trial had been made – and they going away with extraordinary report of the proof of his gun, which, from the shortness and bigness, they do call Punchinello. But I desired Colonel Legg to stay and give us a sight of her performance, which he did, and there, in short, against a gun more than twice as long and as heavy again, and charged with as much powder again, she carried the same bullet as strong to the mark, and nearer and above the mark at a point blank than theirs, and is more easily managed, and recoyles no more than that, which is a thing so extraordinary as to be admired for the happiness of his invention, and to the great regret of the old Gunners and Officers of the Ordnance that were there, only Colonel Legg did do her much right in his report of her."

Sack & Sugar Tiles

For my recent solo exhibition at the Yallops Gallery in Norwich I produced 42 one-off and unique delft tile designs, largely inspired by Norwich and Norfolk and my love of old Playing Cards and Sign-Boards.

Nick and I also created a special Tile Rack to display them, for this and for future Exhibitions. It holds a maximum of 30 tiles, and is painted Basalt blueblack with a Dutch Gable a-top as a nod to Delft and Holland (we have them here in Norfolk in abundance too!). In essence, a hymn number board on steroids.

The tiles before firing

The Tile Rack, un(ful)filled

The Tile Rack, (ful)filled

Dancing Bear, tile

Rainbow, tile

Sun-in-Splendour, tile

Bull & Mouth, tile

Sack & Sugar

My first show in Norfolk, Sack & Sugar, has been and gone. It was great fun and a great success!

Many thanks to all those who came along and helped make it happen - in particular my partner Nick (who is an absolute star and was there for me from start to finish), Will Brown & Marie Willey of Old Town clothing (whose idea it was in the first place and who helped promote it so well), Tony George (owner of Yallops gallery), fellow artist Beth Morrison (who had a show running in parallel just down the road), Martin Clark at Tilley's Letterpress in Ledbury for producing the Invitation, Suki Hayes-Watkins of the Print Block in Whitstable for the stirling job she did printing my screen prints, Polly Miller of the Gallery Norfolk in Cromer for framing them so well and Helen Dixon of Anglia Clay Supplies at Alby for firing the tiles for me. Anyone who I may have forgotten to mention, my apologies.

Mister Tony George adjusts the lighting at Yallops Gallery

Original poster for Beth and my Shows, designed by Mr William Brown of Old Town