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Hello people, I draw things (usually happy things) and make them into things. Often those are print

16/10/2026

How's your week been?

I've been out of the country this week (for the first time in 9 years!!) . Took the opportunity to visit a gallery or 3. I hadn't realised that Escher was a print maker. I'd assumed he was pen and ink. But no, most of it is either woodcut or lithography... the skill!!
Vermeer and Rembrandt: great to see some of the classics close up and to realise whuch details are in and which were omitted, its more expressionistic than I thought...
Although my tolerance for expressionism is a bit limited...

So I've got some more inspo... I wonder if it'll show in what I do next at all...?

09/10/2026

Good grief my phone is full of wierd stuff (with an adolutely bonkers number of pictures of pigeons and chimps)- and its nearly all inspo or photos I've taken for reference.
What would your photo top 10 subjects be for the last few months?

Oh FYI: tomorrow (10th Oct) you can find me at Stockport market - I can't believe it may well be my last but one standard Stockport market of the year. I may even bring my Crimbo cards.

Oh oh and hands up anyone old enough to understand the music choice!

02/10/2026

So heres a challenge... I'm at Campfield Market tomorrow and plan to bring some of lucy Burgess 's collaborative calendar... how do I make space for them when there's so much stuff I want to show you?

17/07/2026

Today is about learning to draw chimps after initial sketches for my next picture seemed to suggest I'd never seen a chimp in my life. Nor wielded a pencil. Anyway I think Im headed in the right direction even if Im not quite there yet.

I always do a spot of background research when I start a new subject. I hadn't realized that chimpanzees moved into the iucn critically endangered list 10 years ago.

How many species do you reckon have to go extinct before we decide that the non human animals on the planet need a share of planetary resources?

26/06/2026

Yeah. Looks like there won't be any picture of what Im up to today

19/06/2026

I like birds! I was up and out at 5am today to spend some quality time at my local nature reserve, . Cute ducklings and cygnets aside, the wrens and kingfishers were putting on a good show. I saw a kingfisher fishing, 2 kingfishers together and a wren toing and froing a hidden nest with mouthfuls of insects.
Hands up fellow bird nerds! What other wood bird pins should I make?

05/06/2026

Sheesh. Whenever I plan to put in some effort on my posts I wind up getting sucked into doomscrolling and *bang* I'm out of time! So here's a post as basic as they come - just a photo of my little vampcat sticker which will be on sale for the first time this Sunday pm at at the Guildhall .
Meantime to save you some time on the socials, here's a summary of my findings - animals are fun, politics both sides of the pond are FUBAR and the tech bros seem determined to kill all creativity. Right Im off to make some stock, just as soon as I've banged my head against this wall for a bit.

See you Sun?

31/05/2026

And now realise that a white bit on your logo should be black!!! I'm a very literally person - do I change it or welcome the opportunity to practice a bit cognitive dissonance? (Which doesn't come naturally)

Oh for context Im on a bit of a road trip and spent the day at The British Wildlife centre in Surrey. Blossom was a highlight on the week that it looks like the badger cull is caput. Fingers crossed it stays that way!

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