Making it
17 little images – each with a story to tell
DO NOT GET OVER CONFIDENT
DO NOT GIVE UP
ALWAYS BE TRUE TO YOURSELF
REST WHEN YOU ARE TIRED
COMPROMISE
BALANCE YOUR LIFE
A NICE STEADY PACE
NOBODY SAID IT WAS EASY !
A LITTLE LUCK
LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE
YOU ARE STRONGER THAN YOU THINK
LISTEN TO ADVICE
SUCCESS BREEDS SUCCESS
LEARN YOUR STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES EARLY
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
PREPARE FOR THE JOURNEY
©
Limited Edition Print
1/750
2011
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I believe I can fly
Positive thinking is a wonderful thing
It can make all the difference
©
Limited Edition Print
1/100
2022
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If you have an itch
If you have an itch
You are still alive
©
Limited Edition Print
Stock updated 2022
1/750
2021
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Grey Lady black
The Grey Lady is from a series of similar drawngs
based on the same ten female forms
which explores the advent of shades of grey
in my black and white pen and ink drawings
©
Open Edition Print
1994
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Problem Solved
This is a drawing of a shop
where you buy answers and solutions
You enter at the top right
Follow the writing on the walls and
Exit with your answer bottom left!
There is an illustrated Guide Book – 17,848 words long!
Included with each print
complete with examples if you need it
“We hold all knowledge known to Mankind
in our Archives
Therefore we can provide you with:-
All solutions to all problems”
Try it
To read the full Words See
Problem solved Guide Book
Limited Edition Print
With Printed Guide Book (17,848 words)
1/500
2003
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The Optimist and the Pessimist
This is the story of one day
in the lives of Mr. Optimist and Mr. Pessimist
They both experience the same events,
have the same job and play the same sport
but their feelings and thoughts
make one an optimist and
the other a pessimist.
For example:- Mr. O. wakes up in the morning
and thinks “Another great day”.
Whereas Mr. P. pulls the covers over his head
and thinks “Just ten more minutes.”
In work Mr. O. feels lucky
to have a good job with prospects
while Mr. P. would rather be at home
“It’s a dead end job anyway.”
Mr. O. plays sport expecting to win
but Mr. P. expects a bad shot very time
Mr. P. greets his future wife with thoughts of
“Ball and chain”
Mr. O. thinks “Bed!”
Mr. O. sees a future full of idyllic summer days
barbecuing in the garden
Mr. P. sees coming home to
seven screaming children and
a wife worn out by housework
Mr. O. walks his fiancee to her flat thinking
“Tonight is my lucky night.”
Mr. P. is sure there is no chance
so he walks his fiancee to her bus stop.
Mr. O.’s last thought before sleep is
“Life really is great”
Mr. P.’s last thought is
“Life really is a bore”
©
Limited Edition Print
1/250
1996
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Unfinished Sculpture black
I have used a total of 478 female forms to illustrate
how I imagine a sculptor might sculpt a woman
There might be three direct influences
– Material
– A Model
– Experience
Firstly – Material – Stone would behave differently when shaped than wood or clay or any other material It is Represented here by the smallest solid figures at the unfinished base of this sculpture
Secondly – The Model – Represented here by the largest figure – shaded – because Her shape would greatly influence the work
Thirdly – Experience – In the sculptor’s mind would be a memory of every female shape he has ever seen Represented here by the background of outlined figures which become solid
when they form part of the Unfinished Sculpture
©
Limited Edition Print
2001
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The Human Race
This drawing represents the race in which
we are all entered the day we are born.
The race is to attain social status and
possessions – success
is measured in money.
Different people race at different speeds
with different goals.
It begins before we are born.
We can be and are examined and
measured even before we are born.
Our arrival is too late to discover our sex!
When we are born they weigh and
measure us and then the race is on……..
“My baby walked at 10 months”
“Mine did at 9 months”
From now on we are urged to be bigger,
better and faster.
A babywalker, slide, swing,
roller skates and bike give us more speed.
Our clothes are bought two sizes too big
We are tested in school
points equal further education
Childhood is shortened if
we are good at sports
rewards are enormous
if we are successful
Houses and moneybags represent
status and possessions
Bigger house, faster car, more money
Dropouts are forced to take part
to survive
Sometimes come up against a brick wall.
The people spanning the gap
represent help – counselling –
further education or financial
The annual holiday, hospital
or external forces
represented here by rain and snow
can make us slow down
some slip or are stepped on by others
some break the law.
Though not all in prison are guilty
Some want to slow down aeging
appearing as “Mutton dressed as lamb”
Retirement, early or late,
is the official Finish.
Only then do we allow ourselves time
to do all the things
we always wanted to do
supported by our wealth,
our families or the state
We have time to talk, to read, to paint
or spend in the garden
time for everything
and anything – As we reach the last lap
we move quite slowly
hopefully with time to do all those things
and hopefully to move onto
whatever we expect to find
when our race is finally run………….
©
Limited Edition Print
1/300
1997
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If I can dream
As I stood in a long queue at the bus stop,
in the cold and the wind and the rain
I vowed always to remember what it felt like
as sometimes several full busses passed us by
I stood there and wondered
what everybody else was thinking?
What were they like?
What were their dreams?
Here we have 30 people
3 children and 20 dreams
try to match the dream with the person………………………………
©
Limited Edition Print
1/500
1998
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A door is a wonderful thing
A door is a wonderful thing
It makes you feel safe
It keeps intruders at bay
It hides your mess
till you are ready to clean
It even hides you!
It keeps in the heat
It keeps out the cold and…..
have you ever tried to be alone…….. without one?
©
Limited Edition Print
1/500
2004
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It takes all sorts
This drawing shows 40 images of man
Representing different personality types
All just a little different – No two the same
One sitting down reading a paper and the next eating a banana
The rest all standing
This is to illustrate that although we may not like all the people we meet
and have to deal with everyday
Life would not be as exciting if we were all the same
It takes all sorts to make life what it is!
If you were asked to select one to represent yourself…………….
( 9 out of 10 choose the man reading the paper
because he is the safest )
