Thursday 2 February 2017

My Books





An optimistic set attempting to cover all my note and sketch books, starting with my second sketch book cover which I was banging out ideas whilst at Chiswick polytechnic, in the very late 60's.


 

 

2001, From Egypt at Christmas.


Two introduction inscriptions are better than one.













First thumbnail




Margaret Street, including the writing of a thesis. "Unbelonging"
Then up to The Start of "Inside St Martins"

2002 Harry's Bar

Work for @ show at Margaret Street.
also ideas for "Inside St Martins"
Doodles from Corfu.
Initial ideas for the x-ray factory.

Quite a Catalystic productive year.

2003, The X-Ray Factory.

Page a Day Diary.
Including Notes on the throne room.

2004, Diary.

Electric cover.
Still pretty well ensconced in the X-Ray factory, with the end of that project gradually hoving into sight.
Plans for the "Live / Work" project.

Heartlands Hospital designs, for a childrens art garden, in which kids could wait whilst in for consultations and appointments.

2007, arathi
27-11-07



Starting with a lovely two week excursion to Kerala,
With a lot being done in Kovlam, Including takes on portraits from the Raj







Start of the "Culturaly Correct" website.

Perry Barr mural notes.

Open studio Gt Tindle St (including "Spirits need Homes".

Colour notes from Mithian, Cornwall, staying at John Thorleys.






initial layout for a community mural in Erdington (that never took off!)


2008, The Ladywood Studio.

"The argonauts"
With preface by Demir Belli in Istanbul .







Reflections on the mural painting process as it went along.
2011, Red Italian Diary.
Start of early Blogs
Postcards from the cube
Ladywood studio work, incorporating the royal wedding









The Poster


The card


Notes for a painting of the Royal Wedding




2012, Winter.

Pub Signs
advent Calendar,
Dog kennel

2015 notebook

Yehudi

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2001, From Egypt at Christmas.

2000, The Yellow Book of Lists.

Digital posts lists.

2000, Digital Course.

Margaret Street.

1999 Lago di Garda.

 a collage book from a holiday just prior to starting a M.a. course, at Margaret Street Birmingham. 

1998, "Johnny Eidetic"

1979 winter Canton.

Knights.
 


1978 Connecticut.

Before and after India - a compendium of years.
 

1978 Adamsdown, Cardiff.
"Totaly Personal" - (I'm going down)
 

 

Songs with Colin Browne

Design for a stone circle

From Jeff Beck's "Rough & Ready"

 
 

The End of a blue Caravan


1978 Pope Road


 
 
 
 

I'm not old, I'm as young as the sky

Drivin' to Pembrokeshire with Tony Wright & Richard Cooper

 
 
 
 
1977 L.S.A.

Earlier thoughts on Spriggy Tokes
 


 Three Portraits from Sue Macleod

John Hosking

Bob Meecham

Tony Wright

1977, January, Bromley


Application form for London Surrey Arts.
A group put together with Bob Meecham, Tony Wright and John Hosking. We had a few shows together in round about this format in the seventies.


London Surrey arts
Beginnings of Spriggy Tokes

Aberdeen

Ravenscourt Park and Kelsey park, on separate sides of London.


1976 Ethelbert Road, Bromley.

Possibly the first book with the spine painted white, I had a few of them and had to do that in order to find them.
"Inside and Out"

Possibly the first drawing of the Douglas fir up on the moor at Shipping Hill, now sadly blown over.


Sue Macleod up in Ethelbert Park



1975, Shipping Hill.

Plastic folder.


1975, Beckenham.




Sue Macleod

Ravenscourt Park, Shepherds Bush
 

 

Beckenham

 
 
1972, Epsom.

The first Golly Book.

 a huge bedsit is ashtead, Surrey, with a small white globe light shade which looked "just like the moon"
I sat down to write with Tony Wright mainly because I had just bought the beautifully large lined note book. But also because we felt we ought to - sum up our emotions, explain why, explore the seasons etc.

and then, I never stopped.




 
1968-69 Chiswick Polytechnic.Using an art book I was given in Latymer.



I didn't achieve much academically at Chiswick (understatement) apart from playing drums doing art A level and running the student's mag from a Gestetner printing press.