Have been working on drawings inspired by various financial articles - particularly this article by Michael Hudson. Have made a drawing around a quote from this article:

At the same time I’ve been working on building a collage generator, with the idea of generating backgrounds that I can use in my drawings - or maybe as [...]

Always found Posy Simmonds really talented. Here’s an interview in the Guardian.
‘A graphic novel is like a film. There are close-ups and long-shots. You choose the location and the props. You do the make-up and the lighting and you get the characters to act.’

Austerity pictures
To take this project further - am only part way through.
I want to make handouts - A5 size- really cheap laser colour prints double sided- have picked out the best ones - these 13 - and do a big run of each(500?):
–> Bonuses are back!
–> casino (version 1)
–> Gucci
–> Aspiration
–> Celebrate
–> Bingo
–> Charitable [...]

I’ve recently been showing prints of my austerity series of drawings. I want these drawings to be things that people will want to possess and own, yet make people think and question, even stir up trouble - in a positive way. Ideally I want them to be seen and owned by different sides of the [...]

Today I put up 5 framed pictures in the South Norwood & Woodside Social Club, as part of the South Norwood Arts festival, running from 12-18 July. It’s a bit of an obscure place to put them, but I thought it was fitting, as it’s where local working people come to relax, and I think [...]

I’ve been reading about the nominees for the Turner Prize. I’m not interested in the prize, or who wins etc, but the paintings by Dexter Dalwood are interesting. Apparently he’s from Bristol, and deals in paintings evoking past history, with increasingly politically-themes, including one entitled The Death of David Kelly.

Such as these, some of them [...]

Some of my Etsy work is now featured on the ‘artofmakingchange’ blog - I recently did an interview for the blog and it’s come out really well I think - they’ve written a nice piece for me.

Got some of my work featured here.

forgot to post this last week:

This is a drawing I made on request from Catherine Austin Fitts, who’s a well known financial commentator in the US, and it’s now published on her blog
And it’s also published on 321Gold
Understanding how the US dollar has been separated from real value (gold) is key to understanding the current financial situation (mess). I feel [...]