Monday, 21 November 2011
Tea.
Tea is an integral part of
my life. I had my first cup of the quintessentially English drink when I was
just 4 years old, since then I have never stopped drinking the delicious cup.
My record for tea drinking
consumption reaches the extraordinary height of 65 cups in one sitting! This is
due to it not only being my favourite drink, but is also down to the fact that
it's my only companion when I am in my studio painting or drawing or just
thinking. So, when I heard about the prospect of being part of an exhibition
celebrating the wonderful colour of beige,there was only one conclusion to be
made, and that was to illustrate the complete history of my beautiful beige cup
tea, unfortunately I only drew one tiny part of the little leaf's amazing
heritage; I was far to busy drinking tea and eating biscuits.
The above work was fetched in
an exhibition in a Brighton
Exhibition. the shows theme was Off beige. www.collatepresents.com
The exhibition the theme
got an amazing review in demagazine. www.demagazine.co.uk
The above image is an illustration that was commissioned for the play Pirate Which is a 3 hander with the pirate as the
central character. It's a strange play about people who meet in limbo so it
seems as if they've recently died, and are on their way somewhere but none of
them no where.
It ran in New York and was
a grate success.and will be running in London’s West End next year…
Pirate is by John Patrick Shanley, he is an academy award winning director…
Pirate is by John Patrick Shanley, he is an academy award winning director…
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Friday, 23 September 2011
“I say I am so there for I am” the words resound in my head as I cleared dirty glasses and plates from a stained table cloth, which produced a sweet stale smell of meat and wine THAT touch the inner of my nostrils. I am here to destroy; to destroy the evidence I muttered to myself, as cold thick gravy fell through my fingers as I picked up greasy plates and stacked them high with my weakening arms. Here’s someone who chose to do it right, who chose to do it for money, who thought of their future before the future stopped thinking of him. The words stayed in my mind as I cleared his abandoned lunch. I was being accompanied at this point by bleak music bellowing through small tinny speakerphones mounted on white washed walls surrounded by primitive paintings along with bad reproductions of18th century landscapes.
I remembered being on a school trip aged 9. My entire class stood around me staring at a small drawing I held in my chubby, sweaty, shaking palms. The class had been made to participate in a drawing exercise and on completion of this task my teacher had proclaimed my heavily sketched and awkward picture to be the very best in the class,making every student look in my direction as she pointed out the reasons for why. I felt important for that moment, that day, that week; special even. I had never been made an example of before, not for being good , more for playing the fool; for being the renowned disturber of the peace.
The music played long after the table was cleared and made good for the next swathe of customers. And then I was thoughtfully sure that the composer of the awful composition had dreamed of so much more when he was a young. But time can be a killer for some. I just keep my head. I just keep head above it all. I just keep thinking and thinking of something of something of something more.
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
Monday, 6 June 2011
Saturday, 28 May 2011
The end of the beginning is an exhibition of The paintings and paper works at Jeffery west Piccadilly London, hosted by Guy West the designer behind the label the works will be up on show for the next tow mouths.
"Carl Hoare’s friends packed Jeffery west’s tiny boutique yet more densely, his pictures mesmerize,like Ruby’s naked body, mesmerize, her lipstick is smudged on my neck"
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