This piece is a personal project that I have designed to display in an exhibition based on Harlow Town. The aim is to highlight some of the many creative feature within the town centre which offer inspiration to its public.

I have included many of the sculptures which are dotted around the centre, and some of the architecture which give the town its character such as, the old citizens advice bureau, terminus house, and market square clock.

I have also added people into the piece to show the iteration between the town and its people. The two sitting on the bench are enjoying the relaxed environment of the water gardens, The cyclist is passing though due to the many cycle routes that link the centre to the other parts of town, and the guy on the balcony is overlooking Market Square at The Rows.

I have tried to create a true and positive representation of Harlow, and look forward to having it on display next month.

This piece will be on display from the 11th of July in Eastgate Gallery, Harlow.

Info:  Private view

After the popularity of last years run of tote bags that I designed for Herts and Essex Community Farm they asked me to print another load for this summer.

This time I was hired to print double the amount that I had printed previously, as they had sold out so quickly last time.

Which makes me feel quite proud as an illustrator to see so many people keen to buy my design.

Spent the afternoon at a monoprinting workshop today. Very different from the type of prints I normally produce.

The process is a lot more simple then I'm used to but thats not to say its easy to get results, as you have a lot less control over how your print will turn out.

I started off creating this print of Willow Field Tower using a couple of techniques giving some interesting results. As you can see my registration is a bit off leaving a huge chunk missing from the roof

This print i made is a scene from the workshop where Ellen is inking up a plate with a roller for one of the girls.

Was good fun and found Ellen to be a great teacher, I would definitely like to experiment with monoprint again in the future.

Spent the evening down at the East London Printmakers Christmas Open Studios.

It was really good to meet other printers, and be inspired by their work. Such a wide range of styles and techniques.

I had to buy some handmade cards while I was there, especially after painstakingly designing and printing my own cards over the last month. I felt an increased sense of admiration for their work. It's actually the first bit of christmas shopping I've done this year.

Since printing my previous set of designs, Winter Wildlife, the opportunity has been put to me to have some of my work on sale in this years Christmas shop in Eastgate, Harlow.

So that has motivated me to create a new design to sit on the shelf along side my last set of cards.

I wanted to create something a bit more simple, a one colour print, and what would be better in the theme of christmas then a page full of penguins.

Rather then just having cards stocked in the shop, my aim was to create A5 note/sketch books and a larger artprint too.

The process of printing often generates off cuts and misprints, so rather then throwing them away I decided to print on my off-cuts and cut up my misprints leaving me with loads of little squares of print, which I then turned into gift tags and greeting cards.

The shop opens on the 15th of December in Eastgate Gallery, Harlow.

On the 6th of November I attended the private view of a very inspiring exhibition at the Gibberd Gallery called Xenotopia.
I left feeling very excited by all the pieces I could relate to, and quite confused by some of those pieces that I couldn't quite understand.

Today I returned to Xenotopia for a 'Walk and Talk' with the curator Louise Clarke. This gave me, along with many others who attended, the opportunity to see the artworks again. This time with a guided tour explaining the idea behind the exhibition, along with information about some of the pieces on display, and the artists who created them.

The evening was very insightful, with a relaxed atmosphere, giving us all the chance to ask questions about the exhibition. I would strongly advise any one interested in art and print to check out Xenotopia before the 17th of December.

The last couple of weeks I've been busy designing and creating my Winter Wildlife greetings cards.

I'm pretty pleased with the final results of all three designs. I can never be too sure how there going to look exactly before I start printing, but they turned out pretty much as I had planed.

So I'm quite happy to sell them in my new online Market.
I Think they will make good pieces of framed artwork once they have finished serving their purpose as cards.

Robin £3.50

Hedgehog £3.50

Reindeer £3.50

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Starting to feel winter creeping upon us. So it must be about time to start designing 'Winter Cards'.

I don't want to give too much away before its finished but heres a peek of it half way.

I'll upload more pictures once the whole design is completed and cards are printed ready for sale.

After last weeks workshop, I've been reading though some of the feedback.

I've had some really nice comments, I'm glad everyone had a great time printing.