Formative Days - Old Commercial Work
1 View from my bedroom window, c1969. Pencil on paper. Approx' A1 size.
2 Amongst all my drawing and painting materials, 'poster paint', usually purchased at W.H.Smith's, was throughout my teenage years my paint of choice.
3 'Big Heart'. (Based on a road system). 1978. Watercolour (poster paint) on paper. Approx' A1 size.
4 & 5 Part of a wider volcano series. Various media & sizes. 1978-79.
6 - 9 Studies of classical art. Various media and sizes. 1979-80.
10 A Boro match crowd painting. No title. 1979. Oil on canvas board.
11 A college girl idea. 1980. Forerunner to the 1980s pub and club advert posters (see Artworks page 'People'). Pencil on paper.
12 'Exploring the Docks' project. 1979 - 1980. H'pool & M'bro Docks. Plaster, oil paint & wax crayon on board & paper. Largest piece: Approx' A2 size.
13 - 19 Examples of illustration and graphic work for businesses and my own freelance artist profile. A period which spanned my post-grad years and proceeded into the 1990s. 'Jobbing artist' material created whilst pursuing my main task as a painter.
