ANIMALS

On Saturday morning, I hung my work at Grounded Cafe in Bedminster as part of a month long exhibition with Chandra Almeida, Dave Bain and Alex Bertram-Powell.

The evening event will be next Monday 10th October with live music and nibbles.

Pictured here is Lovely the cat (Carmen Almeida responsible for ridiculous name) napping on a suitcase next to my framed pieces.

What are you Waiting for?

After waitressing full time for quite some time, the repetition is starting to get to me.

Constantly find myself rummaging in apron pockets for something or other,then forgetting what I was looking for in the first place; when sketching out this image it seemed to me that it acts as a kind of metaphor for the way I sometimes feel- looking for something (more rewarding, more inspiring) but not knowing quite what.

Miss Havisham

"The bride within the bridal dress had withered like the dress, and like the flowers, had no brightness left but the brightness of her sunken eyes"

I have just finished reading Great Expectations by Mr Dickens and absolutely loved it. Never really read Dickens before, so hesitantly started the book, thinking it might be a bit heavy going.. but actually couldnt't put it down. The characters are so vivid, particularly the bizarre Miss Havisham, an old woman who was left at the altar on her wedding day, and thereafter never wore anything but her bridal dress, stopped all the clocks in her house and blocked all sunlight from entering her rooms.

Found out that a new film adaptation is coming out next year, with Helena Bonham Carter as Miss H, so that'll be worth a watch.

Katherine

This is a sketch of the lovely Katherine Eves, when I was  in London recently. I want to work on this image with some bolder colour and pattern, and in general I'd like to do more portraits...

And a little bit more of Peru...

A mixed media (acrylic, pencil, found papers) piece on wood. Detail below.

Some crazy looking birds I saw in the Jungle, always hanging out in gangs.

Two little ones from the Show





Joining the Dots Exhibition at ShOp

Another month has gone (quickly) and now I am exhibiting some work based on my Peru travels (which now seem a long time ago, two and a bit months later). The exhibition at Shop on Christmas Steps, is on until this Saturday August 27th and also features work by the another Almeida (my sister Chandra) and the lovely Bett Norris.

Here are some pics taken on the Private View night. Also take a look at Shop's blog www.talesfromshop.blogspot.com