Work in progress...

Blocking in... Really close up of a much larger painting

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Anxiety

NEW PAINTING!! - "Anxiety"

Recently, I've been trying to make more time for personal work. Hopefully I can keep it up in the coming months! smile emoticon

Thanks to everyone who has been supporting my work lately. Every like, share and kind comment is really appreciated.

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The White Rose

NEW PAINTING!! - "The White Rose"

Last weekend was the opening of Light Grey Art Lab ‪Botanica show in Minneapolis. I'm so happy to reveal my piece for the show. It was inspired by a poem of the same name by John Boyle O'Reilly.

I was honoured to be asked to be a part of this show and just wish I could have been at the opening. Check out the Light Grey Art Lab website to see the work of 125 fabulous artists and the opportunity to buy both original pieces and prints.

It was a pleasure working with this gallery and I hope to have the opportunity to work together again in future.

Prints of this and all the other artists work are available here

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NEW PAINTING: "The Guard"

NEW PAINTING: "The Guard"

My excitement for the new season of Game of Thrones is reaching fever pitch and this piece may or may not be inspired by that! The Guard is a leader of men and a protector of his clan's castle.

Thanks to all of you who continue to support my work! Every single like and share is always appreciated! 

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New Painting: "Jealousy"

“Jealousy”

For the 2016 Month of Love challenge, “Weapons”.

……

“If I can’t have you then nobody can
The last man to hold your hand
And walk with you know, to your place of death
Where the roses are dead here and there’s nothing left.”

….

(an excerpt from a poem by Prince…)

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Website Update

Updated my website with new work..please check it out and share...or not. Whatever.
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Dana White

Last weekend, the UFC came to my home city of Glasgow. Put me right in the mood to paint the main man Dana White. Would love to work with the UFC one day, but for now, this is just for fun!

 

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Dougal Mackenzie from Outlander portrait

I'm a huge fan of the Outlander tv show. It inspired me to go on a tour of the Scottish highlands earlier in the year. Here is a painting I did of Dougal Mackenzie from the show!

I also made a time-lapse video showing my process HERE

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New Painting....

Not had a lot of time recently for personal work, but had this one "on the easel" for a while. Managed to get it finished, so here it is! Hope you all like. And likes, shares, reblogs, retweets, or any other form of social appreciation would be awesome!

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iScot Magazine cover

I painted the cover for this month's iScot Magazine which is on the shelves now! I was asked to paint Andy Murray as a knight in the form of Sir Andrew Moray (1336) replacing the sword with his tennis racquet. This was a really cool job to work on and I look forward to working again with the magazine again soon.

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Game of Thrones - Season 5 Poster

I'm struggling to contain my excitement for the new season of Game of Thrones so I thought I'd find a form of release in illustrating a poster for it!

This was loads of fun to do! It's always fun doing your dream job, even when you haven't been asked!

You can see a close up detail in my previous post.

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Frank Underwood - Where Did It All Go Wrong?

My entry for the #NetflixDownUnder contest ran by Draw With Jazza over on youtube.
The idea was to create an illustration based on an original Netflix character, with an Australian twist!

So I imagined Frank Underwood's (Kevin Spacey) career had taken a nosedive and he was living in Australia, eating Vegemite out the jar.

This was my entry and a little .gif showing my process. 

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Sherlock - The Reichenbach Fall

Ever since watching the last episode of the first season of Sherlock, I wanted to paint him. It was one of the best episodes of television I have seen in a long time. This is my little mini tribute to that show..

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Doctor Who - the 10th Doctor

Some new work to show... Doctor Who - The 10th (and best IMO) Doctor.

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Works in progress...

A couple of things I'm working on at the moment...

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David Bowie Portrait

So......after tearing my ankle ligaments this week, I've had more down time than I expected! On the plus side, it gave me more time to finish this Bowie painting! Hope you all like!

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David Bowie portrait process

Been so busy with client work recently, that I've not had much time to do personal work. But whilst waiting for some feedback, I started working on a David Bowie portrait.

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Some light relief - Elsa from Disney's Frozen

Ever took on a job you wish you had said no to?! I am in the middle of one just now so I needed some light relief. I have been putting it off for months but my niece is (still!) totally hooked on Disney's Frozen so I thought I'd paint Elsa.
Just when you thought you heard the last of it....altogether......"Let it gooooooo, let it gooooooo...."

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Jimi Hendrix Portrait

I've been doing a lot of caricature and character illustration client work recently so in my down time, i have been working on this portrait of legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix. Continuing with my efforts to keep loose brush strokes, not undo, and not zooming in, I'm slowly creeping towards a look I am happy with.

I hope everyone's 2015 has started off well and let's see what this year brings!

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Andrea Pirlo Caricature

I've been trying my best not to pick up a pen/pencil/brush/stylus at all over the festive period. However, this one sneaked out! It's a caricature portrait of Juventus and Italy legend, Andrea Pirlo. I have seen this guy play live a number of times and I swear he never goes above jogging pace, yet always seems to have more space and time than any other player on the pitch.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and I look forward to an amazing 2015!!

One of my new year's resolutions is to be more active on social media. So hit me up on one of the places here and let's talk! :)

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