I came across the cellist Nadège Rochat in early 2022, and was enthralled by the emotion and movement in her live performances. 'The Cellist' attempts to capture this movement and physical expression from within a static image, and with it the uplifting value of live music and musicians.
'The Cellist' will be released as a series of limited edition prints in Spring 2024.
'Wye fish, Lugg fish' was inspired by the confluence of two of Herefordshire's loveliest rivers, the River Wye and the River Lugg, but as the concept evolved it became rather more about migration and identity.
'Wye fish, Lugg fish' is now a series of four related images, and will initially be available as a series of limited edition prints from The Old Stable gallery in Leominster, Herefordshire, in late January 2024.
'The Book Club', at its heart, is really an exploration of friendship, the things that can be said, and the things that cannot be said.
A new version of 'The Book Club' will be released in early 2024.
'Promises' is an experiment in line, colour and spoken/unspoken thought, exploring how we read and interpret emotions and build stories.
I'm not sure if I'll release 'Promises' as a print. Maybe. I quite like it.
'Where I Am' was originally a sketch from 2015, but in this form adds more recent ideas around expression, colour and thought.
'Where I Am' is not currently available in print.
'Caller Fifteen' is an extreme detail from a much larger image from 2023, focusing on colour and storyline.
'Caller Fifteen' is not currently available in print.
'At the End of Love' is a pair of small, simple images inspired by an evening watching people listening to an opera performance from outside the Arena di Verona in July 2022. It had been a blisteringly hot day, and the walls, pavements, roads were all still hot at midnight. Love, and the end of love, was in the air.
'At the End of Love' will be released in limited edition print in 2024.
The idea for 'Mrs Willson' emerged from some 1970's images, and some vague memories of a 1960's TV series, The Forsyte Saga, which after a couple of episodes my parents considered to be too racy for me to watch.
'Mrs Willson' may or may not be a finished work - I can't decide. It is not currently available in print.
I've recently been working on a new image, 'Napa Valentine', inspired by a trip to California in February 2023.
If all goes to plan, 'Napa Valentine', together with a collection of detailed views, will be published as a series of limited edition prints in early 2024.
The idea for 'Mounda Beach' emerged gently over a series of long, hot, lazy afternoons on the Greek island of Kefalonia in September 2022.
I love the Greek islands in September. The crowds have gone, the sea is warm and the sun is starting to mellow after the summer heat. 'Mounda Beach' attempts to capture the care-free friendships of late summer, and a sense of tranquility as, in the background, beaches, dunes and tracks start to return to a more natural state before the storms of autumn and winter set in.
'Mounda Beach' is not currently available in print.