Jim

Jim

'Stilleven' group exhibition at Pertwee Anderson & Gold

I absolutely adored the 'Stilleven' exhibition at Pertwee Anderson & Gold which brought together a stunning collection of work from Simon Ward, Alexander James, Laurent Craste, Christos Tolera and Nancy Fouts.

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Alexander James

Simon Ward

Laurent Craste

'Joze London' @ The Library Space

It was amazing to see the image of my rabbit Bobsicle by Simon Ward exhibited at the 'Joze London' exhibition in Battersea! I also loved the painted aeroplanes by Antonio Riello.

Nancy Fouts

 Nancy Fouts

Kate MccGwire

Kate MccGwire

R.I.P. Bobsicle

My rabbit Bobsicle died in the winter of 2009.

His death was premature and extremely traumatic and upsetting for me that I cried for days until I could no longer physically make anymore tears...even thinking about him now makes me teary eyed.

I had always intended that when Bobsicle should pass away the image of him would be immortalised by Simon Ward.  When the time did come it was harder than I had ever imagined, but here is the final beautiful image by Simon Ward...

Tent London, London Design Week 2010

I have finally managed to find time to load up a few things that caught my eye in London Design week.

Simon Sawyer/Sasquatch and La Mesmer

Alex Randall

Mark Boyce

Zachary Eastwood-Bloom

Rude Britannia @ Tate Britain

It's so easy to forget about the beauty of hand rendered illustration in the digital world that I find myself in, so seeing Gerald Scarfe's illustrations at the Rude Britannia exhibition was greatly refreshing for me.

gerald scarfe

And I absoloutely loved the David Shrigley cat!

Harry Clarke

Nina Saunders

I had previously stumbled across Nina Saunders work on the internet, but I was very fortunate to view one of her pieces in the flesh after a recent visit to the Very Sanderson exhibition at the Fashion and Textiles museum. I love the dripping Dali effect given to these traditional pieces of furniture and taxidermy always gets a big thumbs up from me!

Mat Collishaw - Insecticide

Mat Collishaw

Darren Harvey-Regan

Darren Harvey-Regan.

A New Romance @ ADA Gallery

I recently attended the A New Romance private view at the ADA Gallery. The private view was lots of fun and fantastically busy...which basically means that I didn't get to see that much of the work. So I decided to revisit the show today and catch it at a time when it wasn't full of loud drunk people rinsing out the free bar. A beautiful show sensitively curated by Christos Tolera with some truely beautiful and provocative pieces.

Kelly McCallum (Taxidermy & Gold Plating)

Donna McLean Head

Katie Commodore (Reductive Linoleum Cut)

Left - Joss McKinley Brace

Right - Simon Ward Untitled from the series 'Guardians'