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“The Life and Times of Josie”
A commission for a friend’s wife, inspired by the Wall Of Ideas project earlier in the year. He supplied the scenarios and I supplied the scribbles. Went down very well apparently (happy birthday Josie).
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The Man Who Quit Money
I like to think I live fairly simply. I’m not particularly materialistic, my outgoings are minimal, I don’t have much debt, and the current “financial crisis” hasn’t hugely effected me. But I’ll never...
View Article“Hello Lamp post”
Bristol’s Playable City award encourages creatives to invent ways to get people to support, explore and enjoy the city, and this year’s winner does exactly that. “Hello Lamp Post” is part game, part...
View ArticleTim Burgess – Tellin’ Stories
I have no qualms in telling you that this will be one of the most biased book reviews you will ever read. “Tellin’ Stories” by Tim Burgess is an autobiography by the lead singer of a band who had me...
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The Pixel Painter
This morning has not been creative. I’ve spent much of it staring out the window chewing a pencil. And then I discovered the website of 97 year old Hal Lasko, a partially blind “Grandpa”, who creates...
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Snowflakes in a playgound
For her latest work artist Anna Barriball has covered the floors of a South Bristol school with hundreds of snowflakes. 720 unique stencils made by the students and staff of the Oasis Academy John...
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The House of Windows
For their very first date Nick Olson took Lilah Horwitz for a walk in the mountains of West Virginia where they joked about how nice it would be to live in a house of windows so that the view would...
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I don’t own an iPhone
I still don’t have an iPhone. I’m not against them, I simply manage to get by without one. I don’t need to be online all the time, if someone needs me they call me, and if I need directions I’ll just...
View ArticleThe Power of Doodles
I’m sure you have a go-to doodle, an absent minded scribble you do while talking on the phone. I’m also pretty confident it’s something entirely random such as a load of boxes or circles, so quite why...
View ArticleMan of Trees
For at least the last five years this guy has sat at the same seat at Trees coffee shop in Downtown Vancouver. He buys one coffee and sits there all day, staring at the world through blurred glasses,...
View ArticleTop 10 movies of 2013
Well, that was frickin’ hard. I still think Oblivion and Ellysium were better than people made out, and I loved Class of ’92. Other nearly rans were “The Hunter”, “A… Read More →
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Alone in Alaska
It is hard to imagine a life without the humble camera. From a tasty meal to a beautiful view, all we have to do these days is hold up our smart phones and the moment is captured. But in doing so are...
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Watercolour Postcards
On a recent trip to the Cannes Film Festival I dabbled with watercolours. I gave many of the paintings away as soon as they were dry but the majority I sent to family and friends as postcards. I’ve no...
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Guilt Trips
In an effort to encourage young people in Australian cities to visit their parents in the country, V-Line trains and McCann Melbourne created Guilt Trips, a campaign that drew on a simple notion –...
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“Stealth Sketching”
There is a part of me that feels guilty about drawing people without their knowledge. Even while I’m doing it I feel a bit like I’m stealing something. Despite my emergency “quick glance elsewhere”...
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The Man who created a jungle
In 1979 a large flood washed hundreds of snakes onto a barren sandbar called “Majuli Island” near the Assam region of India. The water receded the next day and without any tree cover for shade the...
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Halloween Happiness
My student neighbours had the courtesy to warn me of an impending Halloween party, so the least I could do was reply.
View ArticleTop 10 movies of 2014
I’ve yet to see Babadook, Pride, Frank and 71, and I’m still wondering if Planet Of The Apes, Nightcrawler, Godzilla and Blue Ruin should be in there. However, this, for… Read More →
View ArticlePainting with coffee
After extensive flooding in parts of Vancouver Island in December 2014, a water restriction was put in place which meant that cafés and restaurants could no longer offer tap water. So… Read More →
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The value of early sketches
As important as they are at the time, early sketches are simply a means to an end. They help to steer designs in a certain direction by a process of trial and error. I keep all concepts, no matter how...
View ArticleBiro book
Most of the time I have a rough idea of what I want to draw before I put pen to paper. Occasionally however, i’ll just start drawing without really thinking about it. Looking at this impromptu sketch...
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The House That Mack Built
As much as I aspire to have an ever simpler lifestyle I will probably never live below a certain level of comfort. But the story behind the owner of this old wooden house, which I stumbled across while...
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Children are the best artists
When I moved to France back in July I volunteered to design a large interactive “tableaux” for the “Nocturn’ Art” festival in the village of Saint Chinian. Basic outlines of butterflies and flowers...
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Life without a camera
This month the Rijks Art Museum in Amsterdam is asking visitors to put down their cameras and pick up pencils as part of a campaign to encourage people to draw things that interest them rather than...
View ArticleA Mural for a French Café
I’ve always avoided painting anything too big – I figure if it’s anything like my golf game it would simply exaggerate all my mistakes and eventually i’d end up throwing my paintbrush in a lake. But...
View Article“Too Old For Fools Gold”
Two years ago I began dabbling in the world of songwriting. I spent the first year writing and recording tunes onto my laptop. Much of the second year was spent collaborating with other musicians to...
View ArticleThe Quiet Pianist
Conscious that he didn’t disturb his flat mates at night, German musician Nils Frahm recorded his first album by putting a microphone into his piano and tapping the keys as gently as he could. The...
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