Salon16 presents Ordinary Monsters:

Thanks to Ketan Raval who filmed and edited this.

I’ve added some old book covers to the Some Dusty Things section of the site.

My latest painting ‘The Visitors’ is finished and up on the site. It’s a large figurative painting and it represents the coming together of a lot of themes i’ve been exploring for many years. It also is the second time that Slim Jim Milton Malone has appeared in one of my paintings. There are some details here and also I thought it might be interesting to show some of the reference material for the figures.

I have added more curios to the Some Dusty Things section of this site including the cover of picture book ‘Monsieur Pouf’ (1890) (he’s a poodle) by E.L. Shute. A little taster:

Monsieur Pouf was a poodle-dog,
in Russia born and bred,
When ordered he would beg, or die,
Or dance and shake his head.

He was bought by a kind Papa,
With all his puffs and curls,
And brought home in the railway train,
to play with his little girls.

Look out for ‘The Parlour Sybil’ too.

Monsieur Pouf by E.L.Shute

The Some Dusty Things section of my site now features over 120 hand-picked images of objects from my collection of ephemera. Each image has a direct meaning or reference to my life and experiences – some are beautiful, some are sad, every single one means something. Please feel free to have a look around.

Phantomas