It’s always a pleasure to walk towards my studio. Often the nearby bamboos will project a shimmering, almost three dimensional lightshow onto the large door.
Shadow Play
I make an effort to concentrate on the flickering patterns dancing in front of me. It’s not enough to merely see these things. We have to look. [...]
We went for a walk this evening to Gatton Park, Surrey, RH2 0TD ( 51°15′36.86″N 0°10′27.73″W) arriving late, but perfectly on time for golden hour.
This garden has been resurrected and restored in the grounds of Gatton Park, which used to be the home of Jeremiah Colman, the Mustard Magnate, who I wrote about [...]
Here’s a picture of a holding page I just designed for a local company called Stuffins.
And here’s the real thing.
It makes me feel quite peckish….
I ran across this the other day. Don’t ask how, I was looking for something quite other.
Whenever I unexpectedly see my own work out there on the net, I always react with a mixture of pleasure at someone else’s valuing my work enough to use it on their blog or website, and a mild [...]
Arundinaria tessellata Artwork
It occurred to me recently that it is now 20 years since I founded the Bamboo Network, that evolved into The Bamboo Society which is still going strong.
At about the same time, I also started a specialist nursery called Jungle Giants.
Part of the marketing emphasis of Jungle Giants was the level of well [...]
Back in June, I posted some work I’d done for Camilla Peterken of Smoke Free Working.
Part of my brief was to produce some postcards that encapsulated the benefits of group support for people quitting smoking.
Here’s one that made it in to print.
Good Company
I found the background image on the Wisconsin Historical Society website.
It took [...]
Heliconia spp.
I spent some time in Oxford last weekend at a family wedding, and on Sunday visited the Oxford Botanic Garden. This is strictly a teaching garden, yet it still manages to combine beauty with academic presentation.
Leaf Scars
Cannabis sativa
This is the hemp plant, now being grown again in the UK as a mainstream crop [...]
Mayan Ruins
A background for the penguins zoo game, with foreground overlay level.
The penguins find themselves in a steamy Central American jungle. Just for fun, I hid the head of a jaguar somewhere in the foliage.
Mayan Ruins, Detail
Mayan Ruins, Detail
Bamboo, Banana & Macleaya
The view from the studio door this evening as the light began to fade.
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Well Chuffed
One of the interesting dynamics of publishing a blog is the positive affirmation bounced back to the author in the shape of comments left by readers.
In the case of many artist’s blogs, it seems that the need for positive affirmation ( call it ego strokes if you will ) is one of the [...]