Lovely to be asked to contribute an illustration for the Mail on Sunday’s You magazine in connection with Alasdar Gill & his past experiences in the world of being a high-end private chef & the numerous hilarious situations he witnessed on the job
The Museum of Ordinary People cover design →
Delighted to be working with Hodder & Stoughton in collaboration with Mike Gayle, the best selling author of Half A World Away. The cover comprised of over 20 spot illustrations that helped give a flavour to the essence of the novel that centres around Jess. Inspired by a box of mementos found abandoned in a skip following a house clearance, The Museum of Ordinary People is a thought-provoking and poignant story of memory, grief, loss and the things we leave behind. Available in hardback from July 7th.
Cosmopolitan Magazine 'The Women We Lost This Year' Illustrations
It’s been a long time since an art director has approached me with a painting commission but I could’nt be more humbled with these three depictions for this month’s Cosmopolitan Magazine in connection with the one year anniversary of Sarah Everard’s death & other U.K women we have lost this year to male violence. A serious topic that deserved a simple but effective idea, to depict scenes that women leave behind.
Financial Times cover illustration →
Delighted to have an illustration on the cover for todays Financial Times in connection with Albert Bourla, the chief executive of Pfizer & the tactics for unfair distribution of the vaccine for poorer countries. Online & in print today.
Observer Soho Map →
Fantastic to be invited to colaborate on this special edition of The Observer New Review Magazine in connection with the film director Edgar Wright. His new film Last Night In Soho encaptulates all that is unique about a certian part of the city & I was asked to illustrate a map of the area with a nod to all the iconic films & images that had gone before.
The New Review cover illustration
Delighted to take on this quick turnaround illustration for the cover of The New Review section of Sunday’s Observer in connection with up & coming talent among black & Asian writers. Even made it to the front page of the paper too!
Ashmolean Museum illustrations
Delighted with the results of the map illustrations & dwellings for the new look Ancient Middle East wing of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. A pleasure to be associated with such an esteemed organization & the design team were a joy to work with
Sunset Wine Magazine Illustrations
A recent addition to the self initiated portfolio are map designs & the American wine magazine Sunset saw the potential. A set of three designs focusing on Southern California alongside portraits of the columnists appear in this month’s addition. A fun brief & delighted with the results.
Chinatown Reportage Sketch Day
Fantastic to be involved with Street & Co for this one day event. An excuse to get out the pens & immerse myself back into Soho’s Chinatown to sketch families & friends eating out once again & to promote this amazing & vibrant area. Each sketch was donated to the person I was concentrating on, a novel idea which went down extremely well.
'Shore Things' - illustration for Observer Food Monthly
Great to be involved with this summer double page illustration spread for Observer Food Monthly today. Top chefs reveal their secret places to eat on the UK coastline.
The New Republic illustrations
A recent commission for the American political magazine The New Republic. A growing campaign to cancel student debt is now gaining ground, with even the new president sitting up & taking notice.
'My Autobiography of Carson McCullers' cover illustration →
Thrilled to be involved with the author Jenn Shapland’s book ‘An Autobiography of Carson McCullers’. A previous illustration of mine for The Guardian from 2008 has been re-used for the cover of this National Book Award Finalist novel & I’m delighted with the results. Shapland weaves her own story with McCullers’s to create a vital new portrait of one of America’s greatest literary treasures. A lovely surprise just in time for Christmas.
Clarkson New Book
The last in the Clarkson cover series arrives in the post today & I could’nt be happier with the results. Can You Make This Thing Go Faster? sees Clarkson morphing into a Gentleman Farmer, driving around on his tractor! Thanks again to Penguin for making this & all the other covers happen.
Clarkson Paperbacks →
Great to see all the illustrations together for the re-issued Jeremy Clarkson series. Fantastic to work with the team over at Penguin earlier this year, from what began as artwork for his new book ‘Really?’ this soon turned into a much larger commission to redesign all nine from the back catalogue.
Favini reportage illustrations →
Delighted with the results from this recent commission from the guys at Silk Pearce, a brilliant design agency based in Colchester for Favini, one of Italy’s leading quality paper merchants. Working from photographs, I was able to recreate in the reportage style the hustle & bustle of the process in which some of the countries best paper is made, from start to finish.
FT Weekend Illustrations →
A pleasure to be asked back for a really quick turnaround commission for the Financial Times. This time the story centres around the double life of Jan Marsalek, and one of Germany’s biggest frauds. My first front page illustration & I’m delighted with the results.
Jeremy Clarkson cover for Penguin →
Fantastic to be asked by Penguin Random House to put together a series of new illustrations of Jeremy Clarkson for his new biography Really? plus eight other re-issued titles from previous years. Portrait designs of the man himself coupled with simple blanket colours make for a really impactful series, the first of which is available to buy now.
British Airways High Life Magazine
A recent commission that required all my skills of both composition & likeness in the characters that all played their own part in British Airways 100 year history. This piece for the in flight magazine High Life, visually describes the many famous faces that have taken to the air over the years, Churchill, The Beatles & Queen Elizabeth (a princess as she was at the time) all rubbing shoulders in the same cabin! Very pleased with the results.
Adam Neumann illustration for The Financial Times
My illustration of the entrepreneur behind the WeWork phenomenon Adam Neumann appears in the Financial Times ‘Long Read’ section both online & in print. A great first time opportunity to work for this paper & I’m loving the results.
Mortimer & Whitehouse book 'Gone Fishing'
It’s been quite a while in the planning but it’s finally here. A commission from the lovely people at Bonnier Books, a cover for the new Bob Mortimer & Paul Whitehouse book Gone Fishing that hit the shelves last week. The hugely popular BBC series from last year sparked this little gem that in it’s first week of publication had already shot to the top of the book & audio bestseller charts. A pleasure to catch up with them both for a book signing which happened on the 30th May in central London.
