I LIKE/LOVE TO BOOGIE!

I made this two colour screen-print for my wife, Caoimhe. She loves T-REX. It now hangs proudly in our hallway at home. 

Cartwheel Arts Organisation - Bury As It Were

I've been incredibly lucky over the last couple of months to work on a very exciting project with the fantastic Cartwheel Arts Organisation. The brief (in collaboration with the hugely talented illustrator Cath Ford) was to produce illustrations for a series of poems and stories written by a community writing group based in Bury, Greater Manchester for a publication entitled 'Bury As It Were'. The stories and poems spanned decades of memories and celebrated not only the talents of the writers involved but the region of Bury itself; a part of the North West that I didn't know much about but have now come to appreciate and feel a great warmth towards. I feel very proud to have worked on this project and had the pleasure to meet and say thank you to all the writers involved at a special launch of the book last Thursday (31st May 2012). I hope all those involved keep writing and spreading their amazing memories to inspire more people to do so. Here are a selection of illustrations Cath and I produced for the book. If you would like to read the fabulous stories and poems that inspired them you can buy the book from Cartwheel Arts Organisation as well as in selected museums and galleries in Bury.

St. Gabriel's RC High School: 1998 -2003

Omnia Audax

The Millgate

Bury Fish Market (Your Plaice or Mine?)

The Fusiliers' Museum

Visiting The Grandparents

Bury's Electric Trams - A series of characters for the story 

I will add some more very soon : ) 

IF: Puzzled

This weeks illustration for IF is titled Puzzled. I wanted to create an image that would represent the process of generating ideas.

IF: Capable

Illustration produced for IF. The theme was 'Capable'. A nod to Superman!

IF - Popularity

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.

Woody Allen

Double Negative

Combat Rock

IF: Grounded

For Illustration Friday. This weeks topic is Grounded. I wanted to create a Fallen Angel.

Obsession

I wanted to create an Elvis (music obsessed sort of person) for the 'Obsession' themed Illustration Friday!

Perennial

This week the theme of Illustration Friday is 'Perennial'. It may look a bit depressing but I still enjoyed making this illustration!