Collage.

Greedy Hen have been inspiring me for a number of years now - especially with their lo-fi aesthetic collage work.
Here is a piece clearly inspired by their work.

A couple of weeks ago I decided to make more figurative-based collages/photo montages. They remind me of Terry Gilliam's work for Monty Python, another significant influence on my work.

Swirl.

When on holidays a couple of years ago I spent hours creating this spiral image.

Flowers, inspired by Amy Merrick.

After coming across the floral styling of Amy Merrick and her beautiful accompanying photographs, I began to do some illustrations. As frequently happens, I then created a pattern.

'Dusty Flower'

'Pattern - cabbage roses'

Diamonds.

Here are some recent geometric watercolour 'diamond' forms.

Skating, guard and duck.

Here are some recent drawings inspired by the United Kingdom.

Magenta Shrigley Jeffers.

I have been inspired by Emma Magenta’s work for a while now, especially after seeing her Phillipa Finch animation series. More recently, I have been similarly inspired by the work of David Shrigley after buying one of his ‘Exam Time, Pray for Brains’ cards. A couple of weeks ago I then came across the work of Oliver Jeffers and the influence of all three illustrators came through in this little series of drawings.

'4:22 AM'

'Slightly cold'

'Haircut'

Texture and mask pattern.

I combined an African mask style face with another texture I made.

Textures.

Recently I have been experimenting with brushes and opacity to create different appearances of ‘texture’ and pattern.

Here are five examples.

Geometric forms and patterns.

I have long been interested in drawing geometric forms and exploring colour and tones while doing so.

Here is one such shape.

A line of alternate colour combinations.

A pattern of these five.

I also experimented with yellow and magenta tones and shape combinations in collage form before making this.

From which I created ‘bunting’.