Coffee in something that I like. Black, strong, no frills, just straight up. I remember the first time I made a coffee. This was before I really even knew what coffee was. I had the instant kind, Nescafe probably, and dumped about 3 spoons of coffee into my mug, before dousing with boiling water, a...
Even though today is a particularly gloomy spring day in Barcelona, the past weeks have been warming up considerably. I have been watching the trees bloom in the empty lot across from my apartment. There is a family of cats of various degrees of scruffyness that stalk inbetween the poppies and other flowering weeds. I...
I thought long and hard about writing this post, as it seems somewhat pointless to complain, but I felt I needed to vent a bit and give my readers some insight to the inner workings of the this blog over the past few months. And what better place to do this, than on the blog...
I was recently commissioned to create some illustrations for a client here in Barcelona. He wanted scenes from his home on an island in Sweden, with his children. It was a fun project and I found out that there are special crayfish that Swedish people eat in Summer. There is even a crayfish eating party...
I haven’t had a chance to post these until now, even though I hung the exhibition at the beginning of the month. You can see them in person if you make your way to the civic center of Navas in Barcelona. At the beginning of April the artworks will move to the civic center of...
It’s always exciting for me to see the ceramics pieces that I have made after they are removed from the kiln. The interesting ways that the glazes melt and mix, you can never be perfectly sure what you will get and I enjoy the mystery. I also enjoy going down to the studio which is...
Where have I been the past two weeks? Internetless, contactless, homeless? Almost, but not quite. On top of a ton of work which has kept me very quiet, I have also finally moved into my new apartment, the 7th move in the last 5 years, and hopefully the last. I rent in Barcelona, and it...
My sweet friend Lita Bosch is a whizz at photography. Her first solo exhibition opened last weekend at Espacio Visible. A collaboration of her photographs with poetry by the Barcelona actress Estel Sole, the show was a grand success, and the effect of the words combined with the prints had a huge impact. If you...
Some lovely and interesting portraits by clever artists! 1:Portrait of a Young Woman, early 1800s, by an unknown artist / Benjamin Edmiston 2:Hsiao-Ron Cheng / Andrea CC 3:Olaf Hajek / Marta Slawinska 4:Steven Kenny / Albert Guasch 5:Oscar Delmar / Charlotte Caron
Can anyone remember a time when the mobile phone did not exist? It wasn’t really that long ago. I can recall using a payphone down the street to call friends while I was on holiday at the seaside in South Africa. These days finding a payphone is rare, and a mobile phone is on everyone’s...
I created a new window for Estudio Shine in Barcelona. I think it looks pretty spiffy, and there are cut outs that you can peer through to see a display hidden behind. If you are in Gracia and fancy guitar lessons, the school offers lessons in all guitars, from the Spanish Flamenco to Classical, Electric...
February has turned into a crazy month. But in a good way! I have been working on a series of new illustrations for an exhibition which will be opening in March, and happily drawing for a new Children’s Book. On top of all of this, Milos and I have decided to move apartments. It was...
