snips of the south

So i took some time out of a very busy schedule (probably at the wrong time) a very long drive with the hound to get away from it all.

Hiding out in the south west of france was good to have a moment to breathe indulge in some good food and sun - and begin some new work .

A few new ink'd up pieces 

i enjoy sinking works into dark scruffy,tidy, printed, written and taking it away from 2d- looking forward to experimenting with new textures and materials in the next month to create some larger pieces of work.

coming up...some images from my latest exhibition in an interesting space i hung just before France.

Much needed time off.

Before heading to Munich i went to Sri Lanka for January with my bf. Sri Lanka is a beautiful country it is hard to explain how much i appreciated being there. We were lucky and had consitent waves for the whole month and every day i woke up with excitement to see what the waves were doing. The dusky warmth, amazing fruit, aromatic food, hazy hot sunshine, mountains and the blissfull indian ocean.
it was definatly not a relaxing trip always here and there long drives with lots of noise, smells colour and nature.

But very good times were had, i cant wait to return.

leila

alomost finished editing the shoot i did with leila. I'v been so busy seems to have taken forever, but my first bout of tonsilitus and fever means i have to stay in and am getting ontop of my to-do list , silver linings.

heres a little peek

ROMA

Just worked up some linseed oil lino cuts of some type logos for my friends ROMA surf-shop. A great small local company run by my lovely friends, the hardworking Rob Morgan.

Not only is Rob a talented surfer, photographer with an eye for everything but he's horribly humble and kind.

I created ROMA's logos hand printing and with a relief press, took 2 days to dry (due to linseed oil ink) then started working on colourings and digital merging with film photos for their imagery and advertising. I also wanted to create some narrative strange tales and thoughts adding simple line-work illustration to the mix, that works well with the beautiful, nostalgic, authentic feeling film images that rob has been taking.

Really enjoying it, love working with others and in particular to see where collaboration leads in terms of mind-merging fresh thinking and a mutual desire for pushing yourself with your hobbies/passions/skills/ to love your work and feel inspired to go out and do it!

so go check out ROMA , the boards are stunning.

'ROMA surf is a small independent surf shop based in the South West and acts as a trader of Diplock Phoenix surfboards'


http://www.romasurfshop.com/

hunger magazine

The winter issue of 'HUNGER' is finally out it was waiting all glossy and unopened for me in the newsagents yesterday.
I recce'd for a week with RANKIN and assistants in the nooks of the local coastline and met his lovely family and lovely dogs, it was most fun.

So go out and pick up a copy its a rather beautiful and sexy collection of photographs and gives me a beaming summery smile.

http://www.hungertv.com/pages/about/

VALLEY OF THE ROCKS

rankin

myshot behind the scene , ranking photographing the shot

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my shot of rankin working

rankin

LEE BAY

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my shot of the evening colours on the coat

rankin

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 SAUNTON SANDS

a strange misty day that lingered all day long, the sun was hot, but it looked like mid winter really stunning high contrasts and makeup

 

BEHIND SCENES