New sketches

So like BB

My recent visit to the Scilly Isles provided a good deal of artistic inspiration: since I returned I've been working on a number of artworks which I'll doubtless bring to you in due course. Right now though I thought you might like to see some of my early sketches.

Comparing these with the more cartoon-like sketches on the rest of this site I can see how much my work has developed over recent months. This pleases me as I have no wish to keep on producing exactly the same work; I like the idea of my art always changing, always evolving.

Now it's becoming a little cooler I may go out and take some photos too. The hot weather has been glorious but it did make me so lethargic!

Comparison sketch from 2010

Kapow!

Kapow by Innermost.

Proving that inspiration comes from many sources, this genius lampshade is Kapow by Innermost. 
Made of lightweight netted tubing the hoops & swirls fall to various lengths making the dimensions around 30cm x 30cm. 

Arriving in a hanger-suspended container shaped a little like a box of Panettone, I so like the texture, the shape & the unusual construction that I wouldn't be surprised if a feature based on this piece of lighting art appears in one of my portraits very soon!