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THE PAINTINGS
My inspiration is very much physical and mechanical. I prefer to leave the ethereal to other, more sensitive individuals. If I can run a tape measure across it, I can paint it. My sources of information are either real life, good photographs or ideally engineering drawings. My preferred medium is fine pencil, followed by draughtsman's pen, indian ink and good, old fashioned, watercolour with the odd foray into gouache and/or acrylics when occasionally, but rarely, stronger, heavier colour is required.
I usually work on heavy gauge, acid neutral illustration board with a fine "NOT" or "Hot Pressed" surface and most images are scanned at 600dpi or above for the purposes of further reproduction as limited edition prints, greetings cards, calendars and/or magazine illustrations. The exception to this rule are private commissions which can be of a personal or "family" theme, which are purely "one-offs" and are usually very individual and personal in content.
Recent personal investment in high quality scanning, editing and digital printing equipment has enabled me to manage and reproduce my portfolios in a manner that satisfies my own high standards and allows me to offer a personally "tailored" service to my clients where their requirements can usually be answered within a short time period. I can be sure that prints that leave my hands are reproduced by the techniques that best suits the fine detail of my drawing and the subtle colour ranges of the original watercolour medium. Indeed it is proving increasingly difficult to tell a recent digital print from the original watercolour even with a good nose and a powerful magnifying glass.
THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL!
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...because I care about our children's tomorrow
