February - Painting Music (pt two)
/They say trying something new is exciting. It's also extremely uncomfortable. I face more battles as I follow in Jackson Pollock's footsteps and attempt to paint the motion of music.
Read MoreI was an art student who became a screenwriter. Twenty years later, I'm abandoning the page and returning to the canvas as I attempt to tell stories through pictures.
They say trying something new is exciting. It's also extremely uncomfortable. I face more battles as I follow in Jackson Pollock's footsteps and attempt to paint the motion of music.
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Read MoreInspired by artists Delaunay, Klee, Kandinsky and Pollock, I make my first attempt to spontaneously express the emotion of music in a painting.
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Read MoreI'm thrilled to have won Pan MacMillan's Great Britain in Colour competition with my illustrations of my favourite UK places.
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