Sunday, 1 December 2024
Recovers Completed
Friday, 29 November 2024
Crawley New Cover
I am really going to town on the redesigns of my back catalogue of Novels. Here is the new cover for my first book, Crawley:
Thursday, 28 November 2024
Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Sunday, 24 November 2024
Familiar - Draft 1 Completed
Monday, 31 October 2022
Cold Comfort & One Night Buried Book Covers
I was due back at work today but instead phoned the office to take the rest of the week off. I have had a pretty productive few days editing and decided I was in no mood for working for the man whilst enjoying this rush of creativity.
Making the most of this unexpected extra time off, I managed to sort out the covers of the novels I am currently working on and which should be published later in the year. I am more than happy with the pair of them and am classing March 16th, 2023, as a day well spent. :)
Sunday, 14 August 2022
Guy Fawke's Night
November 5, 2022
I spent this bonfire night comforting the furry girls and progressing my new Vampire novel...
Sunday, 8 May 2022
x2 Cover Art
With the publication dates of both Solstice and Avalon getting close, I thought it was time that I designed some book covers. And here they are - the front cover of Solstice and the full jacket layout for Avalon. I hope you like them :)
Sunday, 27 March 2022
Shed Doors
Sunday, 2 January 2022
Friday, 3 December 2021
Linocut Ideas #1
Sunday, 26 September 2021
A stroll around Norwich
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Edward Street, Norwich |
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Anglia Square, Norwich |
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Graffiti, Norwich |
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Heads 'n' Toes |
Thursday, 22 July 2021
Gower Ghosts
Thursday, 13 May 2021
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
The Angel Of The North
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The immense 'Angel of the North' |
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Locals have cheekily nick-named the statue 'The Gateshead Flasher' |
The statue was funded by Gatehead Council, along with the Arts Council of England, the European Regional Development Fund and private sponsorship. Its size and exposed location means the sculpture has to withstand wind speeds of over 100 mph. To accommodate this, the piece is secured in 600 tonnes of concrete and is anchored to a depth of 21 metres beneath the ground. It was constructed, using COR-TEN steel, in three pieces at Hartlepool Steel Fabrications Ltd.
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The magnificent 'Angel of the North' |
As is usual with Gormley's public art, controversy soon abated after the unveiling of the piece, and the 'Angel of the North' is now recognised as the UK's most famous sculpture. It currently draw around 150,000 visitors to the area each year. It really is an impressive and uplifting work of public art, the sheer scale of which is not given full justice by my photographs.
Thursday, 18 July 2019
Antony Gormley's 'Another Place'
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The first of Sir Antony Gormley's iron men that greeted my visit to Crosby Beach |
The statues are modelled from 17 different body casts the sculptor made of his own naked body and the resulting figures evidence a variety of both tense and relaxed poses.
The nude iron sculptures raised a lot of controversy at the time of their installation and several groups, including watersport enthusiasts, the coastguard and conversationalists raised concerns against their presence along the shoreline.
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Birds scouring the sands for their supper near one of the iron men of Crosby Beach |
However, the iron men became a very popular tourist draw over the years and brought a lot of money and trade to the community businesses. This forced the hand of the councillor's when the question of the residency of 'Another Place' returned to the council the following year. And so, to the delight of art lovers and the local trade, the iron men became a permanent feature on the sands of Crosby Beach in 2007.
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One of the scarier faces of the Crosby Beach Iron Men |
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An iron man watching the passing of one of the many... |
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...large container ships that slide along the horizon of Crosby Beach |
But time and tides wait for no man and so I finally had to say a fond farewell to these unique and thought-provoking statues. I really could not leave, however, without having my photograph taken with one of the surreal fellows :)
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That's me on the left btw |