I was introduced to a couple in their forties last week through mutual friends whilst I was on holiday. They seemed a nice couple and we smiled hello over a drink. Since we both knew the other couple but not each other you make the usual assumption that the other people are nice, but what […]
Local writer Stuart Haywood had rung me this week to inform me that he would be being interviewed on the radio today…… and would be mentioning my name as the artist who had first drawn him in the nude a few years ago and made the experience so comfortable for him that he had embraced naturism to […]
I’ve just come back from a fortnights holiday in Kent and have loved exploring more of that wonderful county that has so much to offer. The fact that the sun shone for most of the time has certainly helped me to take lots of inspiring photos, as blue skies and sea are always alluring as […]
I’ve just had a meeting with the guy who is my contact for the business that have commissioned me to do the 14 illustrations I did recently. I was pleased with the artwork I’d done for him, but wanted peace of mind that he was happy too. Occasionally a client has specific ideas of what they […]
A lot of people think that artists just paint pictures. But there’s so much more to it than that. There’s the part where artists have to show that they are competent at what they do so that people have an idea of what their talents are. Then there’s the conversations artists have with perspective clients, […]
I’m having a strange week of waiting. Which always means I lose a bit of momentum, but I also know its part of the process when an artist does a commission for a client. After the long weeks of discussion, and question asking, and answering. Of finding out what the client wants and doesn’t want. Of listening, and planning, and then […]
