Residencies

I thought I’d take a moment, in the midst of two UK wide exhibition tours, to tell you about my residency work. Despite all the painting, despite all the digital illustration, by far my most loved art creation for me is in the stress and joy of the moment of an artist residency. That’s where I get asked to be on site or digitally in the moment, listen to conversations and decisions unfold, and capture what they look like to me. Fundamentally, I illustrate the real time process of coming to a mind about something.

Each residency is a story of progression - my commission, my arrival on site (or online), my preparation to do the work, the images as they developed with a story for each progression point, and the final piece.  Sometimes there are images which go with each process moment and sometimes there aren't, but there is a flow from the commission to completion, all in more or less the same order.

Over the next months, my amazing web wizard will be designing a sets of pages which capture those process moments, then unfold each artwork or set of artworks and their narratives. I’m excited that they will all be online. It’s a wonderful moment for me! Migration Journey was from a residency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f76e91b917a8a15a9d7b801/1706782422211-NW476L0VB718QNEZSB9G/Migration-journey.jpg?format=500w as was Peeps Table Talk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f76e91b917a8a15a9d7b801/1706782416863-Y9B9OWXHER5KAS9P99NG/SofS-Peeps-table-talk.jpg?format=300w More will come!

Please contact me if you would like prints. The following formats are available. All prints on paper are sold on ivory mounting board. Frames may be ordered. Prints on canvas are stretched on wood.

Art Prints: Art Prints are created with laser printers onto quality wood pulp art paper.

Gallery Poster: Gallery Poster is a typical art gallery format with laser printer on poster paper, supplied rolled in a tube.

Giclee Prints: Giclee Prints are inkjet sprayed onto quality cotton rag paper. They’re known for their vibrant colours, fine details, and archival quality. The term "giclee" comes from the French word meaning "to spray," referring to the precise inkjet spraying process used in their production. They’re guaranteed to last at least 100 years (though no one’s been alive long enough since development to know…)

Embellished Giclee Prints: Embellished Giclee Prints are customised by me adding details, textures, or hand-drawn elements to make each cotton paper print unique. The result is a print that combines the advantages of digital printing with a personal touch.

Giclee Prints on Canvas: Giclee Prints are inkjet sprayed onto artist canvas material. This gives the print a texture and appearance similar to a traditional painting on canvas so that they resemble original paintings.

Embellished Giclee Prints on Canvas: Embellished Giclee Prints on Canvas are customised by me adding details, textures, or hand-painted elements to make each print unique. Embellishments added on top of canvas give the print a more three-dimensional painterly effect.