Pass me those nails

Pass me those nails

After listening carefully to the client the other week regarding the tattoo design he wanted, and making copious notes, and checking he was happy with the design when I did a more in-depth drawing than the thumbnail we started with, there is still, always, that little niggle of a doubt at the back of my […]

Improvising white light in a box

Improvising white light in a box

Whilst this deep snow is blanketing the ground I’m getting stuck into my own world of whiteness and how best to break it up with the thin black line. Of a tattoo design to be more specific. I know what the image is of since it has been fully discussed with the client, I know the size of the image […]

Deliciously deviant dialogue

Deliciously deviant dialogue

My good friends Fulani and Velvet Tripp at Deliciously Deviant have  invited me to do a guest interview which you can read here But in the meantime here are their indepth questions about erotic art and my answers to them…..   To start with, what is your artistic background? I’ve spent all my life painting pictures. I’ve never stopped […]

Once in a blue moon

Well, the view from my window is mostly of the white variety – a winter wonderland of frosted twigs and leaves reaching up to a cold clear white sky and snow on the ground and thick ice where the cars and footsteps have broken through the snow and its frozen solidly on it afterwards. I’m […]

New moonings and moanings

New moonings and moanings

I knew it was a while since I did my last blog post, I just hadn’t realised it was a whole week that has gone by…. The picture that I was talking about in the last blog post was going well, except that when I looked at it in bright daylight the colour of the […]

Over the moon

Over the moon

I’m really pleased with the way the new picture is going at the moment, the new one in moonlight, helped not inconsiderably by playing really loud rock music whilst I painted. Its been a while since I’ve played rock, I usually play dance music, but the heavier beat obviously worked a treat. I’m counting this […]

New year full of inspirational moonlight

New year full of inspirational moonlight

The new year has started well….. The picture that I did for a surprise Christmas present can now be shown here. I never reveal it on my blog or website until I know the recipient has received the original piece of art, just incase it spoils the surprise for them. The woman who commissioned it […]