Okay no new bloggs.

Just a quick one to say please watch this space I will be updating soon as I have to add some new pictures to my spot.

All the best for now Jeff

Morning all well I am back again with another picture "Dancing with the Devil" it is also an etching. This is a rather dark one inspierd by the paintings of Goya appologies for the shodiness of the picture. I like this one The boys hand is particularly wooden but the shading on his trousers is rather good as is the devil.

Cor this blogging is all new to me and I think i have done it all back to front but I hope you like it

All the best Jeff

This one goes by the name "The rice pickers" or it could be "The rice planters" it is also an etching and is a very small print

Yet another untitled etching inspierd by straw rain coats and studio ghibli I have to say that this is a rather small print .

This is an idea that took 8 years to realize. I have always been taken with the Wave by Hokusai
and the ikonography of it and wanted to see how it would look if the wave was actualy being formed by Godzilla surfaceing out of the water. It was not until I started etching that I was finnaly able to acheive this idea.

This is one of my etchings as you can see I am influenced by Japanese art it has no title

This is a couple of years old it goes by the name "A walk in the park" and is a still life of a few of my Japanese toys.

Having graduated from De Montfort University Leicester with a degree in Glass & Ceramic Design, I subsequently pursued an interest in Stencil Graffiti, Public Art, Illustration & Painting throughout the 90’s, whilst living in London.

After moving back to Manchester 1998 I worked as a Youth Arts Worker creating & facilitating Mural design projects with young people.

I currently specialise in Etchings, Wood Cut Prints and Linoprints of small to medium scale, uniting divergent influences of Japanese Wood Cut Printing (Ukiyo-e), Modern Graphic Art, Graffiti and Vinyl Toys.


· Sep 2008 Work currently on display at the White Gallery (www.thewhitegallery.blogspot.com) Bollington.

· May 2008 The JNF / Karen Or Jewish Artist Exhibition. A collection of three prints on a theme was selected.

· Feb 2008 The Waterside Open Exhibition Sale. Exhibited “Dark Waters” print.

· 1997 WACK Limited Edition T shirts. Print & Sale of own designs in Vex Generation & Duffer of St. George – London.

· 1996 Shades Hair and Art Hairdressers London. Designed & Produced Mural for the Façade called “In The Mix for 1996” & exhibited Paintings inside the shop.

· 1995 Courage Breweries Fosters Ice Street Art Billboard Campaign. Created & painted billboard “The Ice Man Cometh”

· 1994 Lisbon European City of Art & Culture. Designed Stencil Graffiti Spray Mural entitled “Obsessed Dreams” for street art festival.

· T Shirt, Sticker, Poster design


Education

2007 Hot Bed Press
Weekend Etching workshop

2001 Stockport Youth Service Training & Development Centre
Certificate in Youth Work (Local Portfolio)

1995 – 1997 Barnet Technical College
HNC in Public Art – Merit

1992 – 1994 Leicester De Montfort University
BA (Honours) 3D Design, Ceramics & Glass. Class 2:2

1990 - 1992 Swansea Institute of Higher Education
HND 3D Design, Ceramics- Pass

1988 – 1990 Stockport Technical College, Stockport, Cheshire
OND Multi-Disciplinary Art & Design – Merit

1982 – 1988 The Kingsway School, Cheadle, Cheshire
GCSE Art, History, English