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Song Eleven : Blue Train (John Coltrane) Still a little wet!!
Song Ten : Lost in Space (Aimee Mann)
Song Nine : Subterranean Homesick Alien (Radiohead). Technically this should be Subterranean Homesick Alien II, because I painted this song way back when I first started doing this,…
Song Eight : My Love Has Gone (Josh Rouse)
Song Seven : Ever After (Joe Jackson) I’m going to see Joe Jackson in concert tonight so had to do one of his songs really.
Song six : Tinseltown in the Rain (The Blue Nile)
April 5th (Talk Talk) – once I’d chosen this as one of the songs, it had to be in the number five slot, even if it is two…
Song four : Unwind (Guy Garvey)
Song Three : Every Home is Wired (Porcupine Tree)
Song two : Wild Is The Wind (David Bowie) A gentle one today but it said what I wanted it to quite quickly and I’m trying to step…
My project for 28 Drawings Later this year is called 28 Songs Later. Exploring my music-inspired abstracts, I will paint a small (8″ square) abstract piece each day…
As some of you know I take part in the 28 Drawings Later Challenge every February. Well, I didn’t last year what with all my art stuff being…
Gutted to hear of David Bowie’s passing today. Truly one of the 20th Century’s great artists. I bought Blackstar on Friday, the day it was released. I’m so…
“A picture lives by companionship. It dies by the same token. It is therefore a risky and unfeeling act to send it out into the world. “ –…
A few sketches from a recent trip to Islay. This was the view from the house we stayed in at Gruinart.
Since last I posted, I’ve moved house, and that’s given me the opportunity to build a new studio in the garden. More from the new Strawberry Fields coming…
Last weekend I attended and exhibited at Satellite 4, or, as it’s more formally known the 65th British National Science Fiction Convention, or as that’s less formally known,…
Due to the amount of spam comments I’ve all of a sudden become a target for I’ve changed the blog to allow comments only from registered users. Sorry…
I’ve been working on some small abstract “doodles” for the Gibson St. Gala next week. These are little acrylics on board based on songs mostly. It gets me…
Thanks to everyone who came along to the Braw! opening on Friday – great turnout and great to see the wide variety of work on show. The show…
I’ll be exhibiting in the ‘Braw’ exhibition at Offshore, Gibson Street, Glasgow later this month. The opening is Friday the 24th of May from 6pm but the…
In those games where you have to list your dream dinner party guests, Brian Eno is always high on my list. In my case it’d be less a…
So, warm up out the way I returned to a piece I’d abandoned late last year. Sorrow is an oil landscape on a black primer, as opposed to the usual…
After a long time away from oils (mostly due to the [REDACTED] project) I decided to break myself back in with a warm up. And since I’m not…
Life drawing from tonight. Not sure about the hand – might re-draw that later.