Paintings




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	`These are some of the paintings I have produced over the years. My forays into art can best be described as spasmodic and largely frustrating, but I stick at it because they say painting is therapeutic. They also say it's relaxing (they are wrong).`

TMS Xmas Card '97

This is a fragment of the Christmas card I designed for The Mandelbrot Set (TMS) for 1997. It's all done electronically, and, since I thought it was quite interesting, you can have a look at how I did it.




		how do they do that?

Star Bug

This is the first painting I ever did. It was inspired by the comic book 'So Beautiful and So Dangerous' by Angus McKie, which was later featured in the movie Heavy Metal. I painted this on the knobbly side of a sheet of hardboard, because that's the way one of my favourite painters, Peter Jones, did it. It was also painted with Airfix enamels, because that's what I had! You may be able to detect subtle application of my new Badger airbrush.

This is the only painting I have ever sold - I swapped it for a pair of headphones.

Psycho

A groovy self-portrait, but very easy to do. I made this electronically from a photograph with a combination of Fractal Design Painter, Kai's Power Tools and Paintshop Pro.




	`SoHo Square` `One end of my bachelor pad at some point in history, at which time it also doubled as my office. Watercolour and ink.`


`Bassenthwaite` `A nice bit of perspective leading into Bassenthwaite lake in the Lake District. Water-soluble graphite.`

Canalside

A watercolour sketch of my nephew & sister walking by the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal. I can look at watercolour paintings all day; I just wish I could make them.

Chainsaw Bunny

A scene from the long-forgotten 'Twilight Zone' movie (the one that killed Vic Morrow and nearly sent John Landis to prison). I painted this in acrylics on a canvas panel.



	`F-18 Nose Gear` `SKETCHED FROM a full-scale model (of the whole aircraft, not just the gear) at Universal Studios, Hollywood. This model was featured in the movie 'Independence Day'.`



			`Cuckoo's Nest` `ANOTHER acrylic painting, copied from a photo of Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. People thought this was airbrushed, but it wasn't. I think I drew too many teeth.`

I am not Chris Foss

A rather cringe-worthy attempt at a sci-fi painting. This was about my number three painting, done in knobbly hardboard with airfix paints and an airbrush for the clouds.

Nicky

A fairly recent sketch. This was done very quickly with poster paints while I was with a group of kids who were painting each other.

Rena's Teddy

A friend's teddy bear, painted as a Christmas present. I like to do these watercolour sketches of teddies and toys, and it's always nicer when they're treasured ones. This teddy was well scruffy!


	`Hard & Soft Toys` `Some more toys. The dog was a squeaky rubber thing, and the frog was a wooden toy that was pulled along by a string. Both came from a family centre in London.` `The rabbit and sheep below are a couple of toys that for years have sat on top of my TV. This has taken on a sort of Escher-esque quality, as I now have the painting on the wall behind the TV, with aphoto` `of the whole lot off to one side.`


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