Exhibition

There will be an exhibition of my paintings at Taunton Library for three weeks, commencing 24th July 2017. This is the first time I've done an exhibition like this, so if you pay it a visit, I will be very grateful!  Any feedback will be useful so please feel free to provide some comments.  There's a relaxing area to sit and have a tea or coffee while you contemplate (or stare in bafflement at) the paintings, so if you're taking out a book, returning a book, paying your library fines or simply ...
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York Painting

I totally fell in love with York the first time I went there in 2007 and get withdrawal if I don’t go back at least once a year.  If you haven’t been to York, go there immediately, it's awesome.  I’ve tried several times (and failed) to capture everything this city means to me in some form of painting but have finally settled on an idea inspired by one of my favourite illustrators, Colin Thompson. I trawled through the 50 million photos I've taken of York over the years to select the ones...
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Mohawk Eddie

Eddie Massive Iron Maiden fan and Derek Riggs is a legend.  Obviously I copied this from Somewhere In Time; did this when I was 15 and just fancied seeing what Eddie would look like with a mohawk.  (Sorry Derek.)
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Zombie

Zombie Yep, I admit I copied this from the excellent Fighting Fantasy adventure book, House of Hell, when I was about 13.  I loved those books and had most of them when I was a teenager (a few decades on I've still got my absolute faves and yes, I still do them occasionally, but I couldn't see the point in growing up, it sounds boring).  The artwork in these books is awesome and I used to copy quite a few of the pictures.  I got those water-soluble felt pens for Christmas probably the sam...
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Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji Watercolour and ink on watercolour paper.  Image needs updating as now mounted and framed in black; measures 35.5cm x 28.5cm framed.  Here is another place I haven't been to, but as mentioned previously, I really like painting rocks and they don't come much more impressive than this one.            £55
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