BLAST 1a

 A non-Christmas version of BLAST 1 this time. The mask worked better than the BLAST 2a card. People may or may noy be interested in these. I don't know. I've alrady got drawings of a sax player and a conga player, and as I don't have time for anything of any size, I may have a BLAST 3 by the end of the year.

A second commissioned piece

 A bit of a long story, this one, A local councillor found out that he has a rare cancer without a good prognosis, so he decided he wished to give an award at the Rugby Open each year to work that showed care for the environment. He wanted a hand-made trophy that could be given each year to the winner. We steered him towards local woodcarver Tom Jennings, who designed and carved a trophy out of ash.

The trophy was awarded at the start of the Open, last Friday. The councillor felt that there should be something each winner could keep, unlike the trophy which is returned each year. So last weekend he asked me to make a print based on Tom's original drawing. Hence this. I felt a woodcut would be most appropriate, especially as I had a piece of shina ply to hand.

It must be a good five years since I last did a commission. That kind of space between commissions is probably about right. 

Rugby Open 2025

 Just hearrd that I got two pieces in Rugby Open 2025. They are: Paradise Lost and Lette Matrimoniale. Luke 23:34 didn't get selected, but I'm not surprised. Its cruder than the other two and I put it in to f*** with the judges heads. In my grand plan, it was another chance fot Dejeneur sur l'Herbe to grace the Salon des Refuses again.

The exhibition runs from 29th November 2025 until 7th February 2026. 

BLAST 2a - A card for next year

 Well. if anybody likes them. The "lanterns" are from a poster I had a go at doing for the Alex, maybe 3 yeats ago. I quite like it as a background for the performers. The mask got a bit mangled cus the older blocks are a bit thicker than I thought. Anyway, if I manage to sell the nine I've just done I'll remake the mask. Next I'll have a go with the trumpeter and piano player. And take a bit more care with the mask

BLAST 2 Another Christmas Card

 Here's the second. Finished printing this one. Rather like the Spit brothers, sometimes I like this one best, and sometimes the other. I've also got some scribblings of a sax player and a Conga player. So who knows? I may end up with another.

BLAST 1 - A Christmas card

 I felt I needed to do some cards and thought my Inktober drawings would be a good place to start. I ennded up doing 2 designs from the BLAST drawing and then decidinng to make them Christmasy by adding the tree. I think I may make sone different backgrounds later to make them more year-round.

There will be a second following shortly featuring the Bass man accompanying a singer, 

Inktober 2025

 I wasn't feeling it so much this year but I stuck with it to the end. Glad I did. It's always worth drawing even if you don't want to.