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Sketches for Maskelyne Avenue

Maskelyne Avenue was selected for the 2026 Friends Exhibition at the Royal West of England Academy. Some visitors to the RWA enjoyed hearing about the thinking behind my “enigmatic” drawing, so I’ve tried to summarise its long evolution and shared a few sketchbook pages. A year ago, while accompanying a naturalist friend on a survey […]

Maskelyne Avenue, 2026

Graphite and gum arabic on salted paper33.5 x 33.5 cm (framed size) For sale

Dr Chris Mullen

I recently learned that Chris Mullen has died. Chris was my tutor on the Narrative Illustration & Editorial Design MA, the celebrated course he ran with George Hardie and John Vernon Lord, at Brighton University. The lectures Chris gave, the film screenings he curated and our Wednesday tutorial meetings all profoundly affected my thinking and […]

Dance Out at RWA

The new exhibition at the Royal West of England Academy celebrates dance: through paintings, drawings, film and an inclusive, haptic dancefloor which turns music into powerful vibrations. Dance Out is on until the 9th August, but if you go before the 17th May you can also see the superb Friends Exhibition at no extra cost. […]

Happy 100th birthday, Sir David Attenborough

Placard for a climate protest (detail) Pencil, gouache, marker pens on found cardboard c. 42 x 42 cm

Bird Cherry (after Talbot), 2025

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