Friday 25 January 2013

Gromit Unleashed

Gromit Unleashed is a competition being held where artists may submit their designs for the opportunity to paint onto 4ft Gromits (from Wallace & Gromit) these statues will then be placed around Bristol to raise awareness for the charity and also to gain publicity for their auction. At the end of their tour the figures will be auctioned off and all the proceeds will go to the Grand Appeal who are a charity set up to aid sick children primarily working in hospitals. It's an amazing project and all I can do is wait, the results are out in the end of February . . . .





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Tuesday 22 January 2013

Brave New World

Finished images for the Folio competition on Adlous Huxley's 'Brave New World' are sent in and can be seen on my portfolio website following the link below . . .




Sunday 20 January 2013

Folio time . . .

   So it's come to that time of year again. . . .

  Once again Folio Society are holding an open competition for students and practitioners to win a commission from them worth £4500, and of course getting it published with them! Last year it was 'The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories' but this time around it is Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World'. Last year I hadn't read the book but got through it then was working on my images for several weeks, however this time I had read the book recently but didn't get round to doing anything until yesterday . . . and the deadline is this Tuesday! So circumstances are pretty different but this allows for a different way of working, and so far it's not looking too bad but we'll see what happens in the end.
Here's a little spoiler for you . . . 










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Great Gorillas

  Torbay council are organising giant gorillas to be placed all around the town centre and to be painted by various artists chosen by their selected judge panel. Each gorilla will be on show for a few months and at the end they will be auctioned off to the highest bidder, from which all the proceeds will go the great gorilla project. The great gorilla project is set up to raise funds and awareness about the Cross River gorillas of Nigeria which are the worlds most threatened and endangered species of gorillas. Entry closed recently after I had time to send in 3 designs. If I was chosen for this opportunity it would be a great pleasure to be part of such a project and brilliant to see the designs take to streets, just got to wait and see if I get the call . . .



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Thursday 17 January 2013

Just a little charcoal . . .


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