the king of suburbia

orange juice

hubbly bubbly

mombasa

At the moment I am drawn to creating these narrative type images that allow the viewer to make up meaning from the visuals I create. I have been influenced by artists such as R.B. Kitaj and James G. Davis. I enjoy teasing meaning out of fragments and visual clues.

tintin in adland

A tongue-in-cheek card that went off to Vittore Baroniin Italy.

dog rose

ribbons

10-four

I am a member of the International Union of Mail Artists andone of the groups I follow is Trashpo. Here, like-minded artists use trash and ephemera picked in their daily life to create artwork and do a bit of recycling along the way. Here is a card I've just made using a couple of lovely pieces of trash.

Legends

A pair of cards I've just done featuring some South African jazz legends. The names, such as McCoy Mrubata, Moses Molelekwa or Jonas Gwangwa might not mean much to most people but listen to the music and you'll soon see why they're regarded as legends. My faves - Flowers of the Nation (Gwangwa), Hoelykit? (Mrubata)

bottle caps

Another one of my obsessive compulsive (not really) behaviour is to pick up these beautiful pieces of ephemera whenever I spot them. Like postage stamps, they're a bit of an endangered species these days, so if you find some, send them to me! This little collection graces a wall of my studio.

nina

So, who doesn't love Nina Simone ?

evidence

incognito

Namibia

Under the skin

whalesong

One of the most wonderful aspects of living at the coast is being aware of the seasons and the tides and the moods of the sea. It is the time of the year for whales and dolphins to come close to our coastline (they follow the annual sardine run) which is a spectacle in itself with thousands of sea birds dive-bombing to feed on the shoals of fish. Anyway, here's to whale and dolphin spotting.

phrenetic

Naples yellow

colonialist

action -reaction

This is Fluxus-ispired card made from a child's reading primer. I have been getting a bit of Fluxus mail art which appeals to my anti "ART" stance that creativity should enrich the artist rather than make the artist rich.

township jazz