Notes from the Studio
Journal
Occasional writing on the work, the studio, and the slow business of drawing light — behind the scenes, works in progress, and new collections.
Art Inspiration
Why I Draw on Black
Most drawings begin with darkness added to light. Mine begin the other way around — and that reversal changes everything about how a piece is made.
14 June 2026
Work in Progress
The Nocturne Series, Halfway Through
Three of six pieces complete. Notes from the middle of the largest body of work I've attempted — where it began, and where it seems to be going without asking me.
2 May 2026
Studio Life
A Morning in the Studio
Coffee at six, north light by seven, chalk dust on everything by nine. An honest account of what an ordinary working day actually looks like.
21 March 2026
Art Inspiration
On Drawing Animals
An animal will not hold a pose, flatter you, or pretend. Which is precisely why they make the most honest portrait subjects I know.
8 February 2026
Behind the Scenes
Behind the Glass: How the Chalk Works Are Framed
Chalk on canvas is beautiful and fragile in equal measure. A look at the museum-glass framing process every original goes through before it ships.
11 December 2025
New Collections
Introducing: The White on Black Collection
Five years of chalk-on-canvas work, gathered for the first time as a single collection — and thoughts on why this medium became the centre of the studio.
4 October 2025