It may just have been an accident that I drew a man looking at a line on the floor. After that I drew a lot more, and after that I edited and redrew some so that the line took on a character of its
I have always liked to draw people flying, in all sorts of ways. These people just have simply little angel-type wings, which seem to work perfectly well. These are moments of everyday life transferre
The title was suggested by the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. I have many, often quite serious, pictures of people drawing animals or (more often) birds. Here they are just simply adap
I drew all these in bed one morning. I’m not sure why I chose this kind of person, but once again the interest for me is the variations on a fixed set of features (bald head, spectacles, moustache).In
I enjoy drawing mountains and rocky landscapes, especially with people riding through them on eccentric vehicles; and so of course it’s natural that some of them should meet. (Not always at themost co
'These originated in a set of drawings of objects for display in a shop in Aldeburgh, called “Objects.” These are thirteen of the more eccentric ones.In recent years I have found myself working incre
This is straightforward farce. A friend, recently trained in advising businesses, wrote a commentary on my office which took it upon itself to warn us of “Trip Hazards,” amusing to us as you don’t nee
These are fairly naturalistic “observed” drawings, though of course they are not drawn from life. Once again it is a range of gestures and expressions, the way the works on and reacts to the big drawi
Another idea which came from I don’t know where, though I have drawn fans before, and they serve to emphasise gesture. These are drawn in a simplified style, and the costume is a mime artist’s costume
This is rather like the conversation pictures in that it shows the positions that people get into when reading - but it’s more specific and “observed” in that it shows different characters and their i
Some of the things I must enjoy drawing –a gamut of gestures and expressions remembered from everyday life. The spectator is very welcome to imagine what it is they are saying to each other. In recen
This series came out of a longer series of travellers by moonlight that I produced specially for the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings. It helps to know how to do a soft edge to the sky to suggest the twil
This is fantasy –the opportunity of exploiting the decorative and atmospheric effects of moonlight and some verystrange steeds.In recent years I have found myself working increasingly in sequences of
'In recent years I have found myself working increasingly in sequences of drawings which explore subjects and techniques which interest me. These sequences are the origins of the QB Papers; they vary
This is the other half of Modest Attire, in which everything got far too large and probably very warm, and I had the pleasure of dealing with gesture and texture. In recent years I have found myself w
I had an idea about doing some drawing of costume, called Modest Attire, and then somehow it divided itself into two. One is this –improvised costumes of material of no importance or perhaps even card
Heaven knows how I thought of a mouse on a tricycle –it’s just there in one of my notebooks somewhere. Of course the point is not it, but the range of reactions of the onlookers. A bit more theatre.
I’ve never been any good at sport. I just liked the idea of adapting Olympic events to everyday life –so if you’re throwing something, it’s the luggage. In recent years I have found myself working in
My interest in this came originally from doing it myself, whether in Hastings or on the Atlantic Coast of France. But I also like drawing those surroundings and the reflections in the water. In recent
Elsewhere must be some kind of fantasy world, which gives me the opportunity to draw bearded men on the kind of eccentric many-wheeled vehicles that I enjoy draw to much to invent. Needless to say th
