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My mamma loved chickens, so I made this for her.

I know there’s probably a few decent folks worth voting for come the general election here in Scotland I’ll settle on, though for the most part the loudest mouthpieces seem to just scream ‘bell-end’ to me... I was playing around with Google Translate and various sentences I’d jotted down, and opted to go with the closest approximation from English into German for ‘I’m voting for Muppets’, which is 'Ich stimme fur Muppets'. ‘Ich stimme’ read to me as ‘itch stim’ for whatever reason (anglophone and neurodivergent here), which seems rather fitting as the thought of the worst candidates getting in is liable to have us all come out in stress rashes, am I right?

I love the show Breaking Bad, and rewatch watch it a lot. I noticed the other night Saul said this to Walt and I immediately got out my iPad and started in on the letters.

Thinking ahead to loosening restrictions here in Scotland, one more day to go...

Special friends

Nothing much to add really...

Texture experimentation.

I studied this with the pot in front of me. At this point I lacked the ability to express myself.I did this a long time ago.

This is an origional piece I did from my own photo. It is a pen and ink drawing depicting the wild nature of the place.

A piece I did for a book about my life.

A study I did a long time ago of another artists ink drawing.

A scene from where I live.The origional photo for this is taken from within a huge wildlife reserve. I should do more plaine air work but the weather in Ireland is not that predictable.

Beluga tribute time...

First attempt at some flowers.

Swimming in a musical landscape, as you do.

Narwhals swimming in mandala flavoured pools. Same methods, new frontiers I'm guessing?

I keep seeing the word 'binary' crop up a lot in various discourses I’ve caught a glance at recently, whether it pertains to discussions around things like cancel culture or countless other things too numerous to mention. Funny what the lack of a middle ground these days does to certain people, irrespective of their political/ethical viewpoints...

America is going through a rough time right now.

dark + bright damask-inspired pattern

Your tarot card for the day: The Magician.

Playing around with anagram generators for inspiration this time around, as you do.

Pencil Sketch

Whenever I’m channel surfing, I often find myself stumbling into a film midway through it’s running time, and tend to stick around if there’s elements that pique my curiosity and just catch my eye etc. My Girl 2, of all films, was one of them this time around. A line about “barbaric customs” or roundabouts prompted me to pick up my drawing kit...and here we are!

vines in blooms in retro-inspired colors

When you find a mondegreen in one of your favourite Magnetic Fields songs and it sets off your creativity... Can’t be only one mishearing things here? Stephin Merritt sure knew how to mumble back in the ‘90s, that’s for certain: https://youtu.be/UGNKhVJbDM8

Pen and ink on mixed media paper

Paint, drawing, magazine, cut paper; sealed with gloss medium on paper.

Dump those dirty oranges, if you know what I mean (and I'm sure most of you do)...

From the soundtrack of my youth. RIP. 10” x 15” Original ink and watercolor illustration on Strathmore 500 Series 4-ply Bristol illustration paper. Signed by the artist. Unframed.