Forgive my laughter. I have a condition.

The transformation of Joker. When you can only be pushed so far before you break.

Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there?

My 2nd Joker. My first was ys few days ago in pastel. An amazing quote! Such a great movie. Go see..

Animal Farm

One of my favourite books which I read years ago. This is on the flip side to my Kes painting from yesterday. Barry Hines (the author of Kes) read this and then became totally hooked on literature and it kicked off his lifetime writing about the working class. It’s still a very relevant book to

Billy Casper

Following tonight’s doc on Kes by Greg Davis. Filmed in my hometown of Barnsley. A book that we studied in school that was filmed in the school next to ours.

Acrylic Rick & Morty Ply

My first attempt at using acrylic paint. Painted on a scrap of ply wood. The paint is s lot thicker than what I’m used to. Good fun though. Lots more learning to do with it.

Up in pastel smoke.

Cheech and Chong Up In Smoke.

Pastel Cobain

A lunch break Kurt Cobain caricature in his iconic sunglasses. I’ve always been a massive Nirvana fan. A sadly missed legend.

Willy Wonker

My attempt at Johnny Depp tonight in Charlie and the chocolate factory. My version seems creepier than Depp but I just went with the weird flow that I was feeling. In soft pastel on all media paper.

Put on a happy face

Guess who saw Joker recently? Amazing film. Joker ‘breaking bad’ from a slightly disturbed ‘entertainer’ into a fully disturbed ‘entertainer’. It’s a must watch movie. Very relevant to today’s society too. With lots of austerity hitting the most vulnerable in society, social services being cut, this hits on lots of issues that causes people to

Still Life Apple

It’s amazing how soft pastels can bring any subject to life. Lots of layers of pastel laid on top of each other here. I struggled using thick pastel sticks on this but persevered with some great results. My note pad doesn’t have much of a tooth on the paper but this did stick really well.