Secret London

Over the past few days, I have been working on a piece for the Serco Prize for Illustration. The theme this year was 'Secret London' and my entry focusses on the little known fact that Buckingham Palace was built upon the site of a notorious 17th Century brothel.

I wanted to play with ideas of class, adultery and sexuality, but have kept the imagery suggestive so as not to be too lewd. After all, the queen wouldn't like that would she?!

You still have time to enter the competition and can do so by following this link.

Images 35 Exhibition

On thursday night, I attended the Images 35 private view at the Bankside Gallery in London. If you are not satisfied with taking my word for it, here is a picture of me happy as can be with my free beer and my framed illustration.

I was very happy to be exhibiting alongside such a talented crop of people, which included Zara Picken (seen above my work), David Hughes, Phil Wrigglesworth, Christiane Engel, Ben Steers and many more.

Below are some of my favourites from the exhibition.

Nevada Map and Images 35

This week, the AOI's annual illustration exhibition, Images 35 opens at the Bankside Gallery in London. I was lucky enough to be selected to exhibit my Tree Hugging illustration and have been invited to the opening night on thursday for a good look around, some beer and to watch all the talented illustrators get their awards.
After I return home to sunny Yorkshire, I'll post a few photos of the event and of course links to a few of my favourite pieces from the exhibition.

Left: My entry for Images 35, right: a recent piece of personal work

I have also recently finished a map of Nevada for my portfolio. I love America and Nevada is one of the places I'd like to visit most, and having researched house prices over there, I found quite a few 3 bedroom houses with 2 bathrooms, a sizable kitchen and a swimming pool for about £90,000. Why can't prices be like that over here?!

Finally, the deadline for Images 36 is friday, so I better get choosing which illustration to enter!

Hope to see many of you down there at the Private View!