Rain God

My piece for Before I Could Draw.
An exhibition where illustrators used skills acquired over a lifetime to re-interpret their childhood pictures.

I found a bunch of old drawings from when I first became interested in indigenous/ancient folklore and mythology as a kid.

Age 23.

Age 11.

Art V Cancer: Bending Time & Space Exhibition

This year I had the huge pleasure of being selected for this year's Art V Cancer exhibition, appearing amongst other amazing artists from near and far.

This year's theme was "Bending Time & Space" so I couldn't resist but pay homage to one of my favourite 90s films. 

If you don't know what epic scene my piece is referencing, check this out!

Art V Cancer sells limited edition prints (signed/unsigned) and artwork by established artists to raise money for cancer charities. 

So far, they've has raised £12,020.40 Wowee!

You can buy my print, as well as some other gorgeous work here in the Art V Cancer shop.

WiseBooks Wise Owl Exhibition

Earlier this year I submitted a piece to an owl themed exhibition for Wise Books in Seaford, Sussex.

The exhibition featured many talented illustrators including some award winning children's book illustrators and writers.

Wise books is a second bookshop raising funds for FSW Family Support Work, a local charity

which helps families coping with bereavement, poverty, mental health issues and unemployment.

I think there are plans for them to host more themed exhibitions in the future. 

You can follow them on twitter here: @WiseBooksFSW

And on Facebook here: Wise Books

From Pet Shops to Porn Exhibition

To mark the launch of new creative event space Vault (in the basement of Cord bar in the Northern Quarter) the "From Pet Shops to Porn" exhibition was held. The exhibition highlighted the changing face of Tib Street, one of the most popular streets in the Northern Quarter of Manchester.

For my piece I submitted an illustration of the Tib Street Horn, a prominent sculpture built around the ruins of a Victorian hat factory outside Afflecks Palace.

270gsm A3 matte prints are still available for sale (£10). Please email oneowlplease(at)googlemail.com if interested.

Bert Exhibition

My piece for Bert's exhibition last month. The exhibition was a celebration of urban art displayed alongside Ben Pepper's sundial sculpture 'Time of a Generation'.

Prints are still available in Bert's online shop. All proceeds go to the Christie NHS trust. 

Some great work by some great artists at great value for a great cause! www.ashopcalledbert.co.uk/

Pictoplasma Paris Exhibition

For those who didn't see this post my work was chosen to feature in Pictoplasma's debut Paris Exhibition as part of the "Missing Link Project" wall installation. Below are some photographs from the exhibition itself.

And here's some more photos from the exhibition itself.

You can see more photos from the exhibition at Gaite Lyrique here on Pictoplasma's Flickr.
The exhibition will run up until the 31st of December so if you're in Paris pop in.

Photos by julientaylor.com

Pictoplasma Paris Exhibition

Last month I submitted work for Pictoplasma's "Missing Link Project" as part of their upcoming Post Digital Monsters exhibition.
I'm absolutely delighted to announce my piece (above) was selected to feature in the main section of the exhibition! My work will appear amongst other talented illustrator's and designer's interpretations of the Abominable Snowman/Bigfoot/Yeti aka the Missing Link.

If you are in Paris between the 7th to the 31st of December make sure you pop in to the Gaîté lyrique for Pictoplasma's Post Digital Monster exhibition featuring installations, artist conferences, performances, screenings and loads of character.

"The Berlin based Pictoplasma project is acclaimed for its unique focus on contemporary character design and figurative art. The annual festivals in Berlin and NYC have evolved to be the meeting points for an international audience of illustrators, graphic designers, animation filmmakers as well as producers and fine and urban artists. Now, the world’s leading Festival of contemporary character culture celebrates its premiere in Paris!"

End of Year Exhibition

Here are a few pictures from the graphic design end of year exhibition. 

And with that my degrees all done. Another chapter of my life closed; it's sad but at the same time exciting.

 We had a large installation with our work in it (can you tell which are mine?).

I would also like to use this post to express my great sadness regarding the passing of Darren Connor. He never failed to fill me with huge amounts of optimism, in what has been a year filled with much stress and uncertainty.

Thank you Darren.

End of Year Exhibition Preparation

Preparing work for my end of year exhibition at university.

I made some of my badges into business cards for the opening night using luggage tags and acetone.

Now to do some more important work maybe, like my portfolio. 

One day I will stop plugging these badges*

    

*No I won't.

Exhibition Work

The exhibition opening night was a complete success! So much fun with so many lovely people there. 

Photos to come from the night of the actual exhibition space.

Here are some examples of work I submitted.

The exhibition is up for a whole month, so if you're in the Carlisle area pop in to Foxes Cafe Lounge  and check it out.

"Out of the Woods" Exhibition Flyer

Me and two friends Rosanna Geissler and Jina Gelder, are having a joint exhibition next week.

Preparations have started, our work will include wood paintings to embroidery as well as some installation work.

Will post pictures up after the event!