Toilet Rolls

I found these images on a blog, so I looked up the artist Junior Fritz Jacquet What a wonderful use of toilet roll inners... I just use mine for Christmas crackers!

Good Cause

I have just finished this poster for my niece Clare, she has arranged this evening in memory of her mum Carol (my sister) I hope it catches peoples attention and they buy tickets!

Dream

Friday was a lovely day to head for the coast (Southport) and what did I see from the M62 the Jaume Plensa sculpture Dream.

"When we dream anything is possible" Jaume Plensa

We had a lovely walk up to the top of the site where she sits majestically sits surveying the countryside below.

For more information about Dream http://www.dreamsthelens.com

Difficult subject

Female Genital Mutilation

Usually my commissions are light hearted and I can add an element of fun to the illustration but this commission from the Royal College of Nursing for the Nursing Standard was an extremely difficult subject. The article about FMG was very informative and highlighted the problem authorities have in trying to stop this illegal practice. The article mentioned that young school girls were taken on holiday to have FMG performed abroad (this is also an illegal practice.) I was unaware of how big this problem was in Britain.

Random Project

I submitted this image for the Random Project The information is on the website but you email the number you want from 1 to 100 and they will send you a word. You then produce a post card image. My word was STAGE and I decided the world was a stage.

Casapueblo

It may seem as though my holiday was all to do with art but I was just lucky enough to be going to places that had some really interesting work to look at.

Casapueblo is a museum studio of the artist Carlos Paez Vilaro. This is the Carlos with his

friend Picasso in 1957.

This is the Casapueblo museum and studio that Carlos built by hand with the help of local fishermen. It sits on the cliff side at Punta Ballena in Uruguay.

These are the most recent paintings by Carlos. He is now 89 and still paints at Casapueblo, he was actually there when we went but unfortunately we did not see him.

La Boca

This colourful street in Buenos Aires was in the La Boca area. I had read about this area and really wanted to visit it. There was a lovely atmosphere with street artist showing off their tango skills, outdoor restaurants with live music and tourist type shops. La Boca is also known as the artist area and there was some really interesting work to be seen. We liked quite a lot of the work and decided to buy one of the limited dry point prints shown below.