About
My work has been described in many ways but I like to see it as vibrant and playful. I use both natural and imaginary motifs and explore the universal themes of nature, the mysteries of the universe and of human connection. I have worked on projects internationally and have acquired awards along the way.
My paintings range from watercolours and canvases to giant murals. My hand drawn animations are like 'Moving Paintings'. They have been screened at film festivals around the world, projected onto the live stage, in cinemas, galleries, onto the sail of a ship and on public television.
My patterned prints are sometimes worn, sometimes becoming a mural or forming part of an animated backdrop or painting.
My ink drawings and illustrations range from capturing dreams to dinner table theatrics. I draw every year for the Met Opera, creating prints inspired by their musical productions.
After living in New York City for 28 years, my studio is now based in London...
My paintings, murals and prints
are in various private and public collections in the US and UK. I've created works for the Metropolitan Opera House, NYC; the Chicago Lyric Opera, the San Francisco Opera, BMG Sony Classics, NYC and Berlin, Absolut Vodka, Delta Airlines, the Reception Rooms at the United States Department of State, the Pierre Hotel, the Guggenheim Museum, Neiman Marcus, and Liberty of London, and Artisan Publishing House, NYC among others.
My animations
have been screened at film festivals world wide, winning awards along the way. I have created animated backdrops for the plays 'Drowning Crow' at the Manhattan Theatre Club and the musical 'Grey Gardens', both of which were realised on Broadway. My animations formed the backdrops for the comic opera 'Naked Revolution' at the Guthrie Theatre Lab commissioned by the Walker Art Foundation in Minneapolis and The Kitchen, NYC. My animated moving paintings have been projected with live musical performances at Le Poisson Rouge NYC and City Winery NYC. I have animated and directed several short pieces for HBO TV, PBS TV, and Sesame Street, and animated sequences for the documentary film In Glorious Smell-O-Vision. I animated three highly successful national TV commercials involving 50's Hollywood movie stars as vegetables with Publicis Advertising Agency, USA for GlaxoSmithKline. MOMA purchased my award winning hand drawn animated film 'Serenade' for their picture library film collection.
Awards include
The Tom Phillips Drawing Prize
First prize Asifa East Charles Samu Award
Black Maria Directors Choice Award
Ann Arbor Film Festival Audience Prize
Best single subject cookbook for the USA category-Gourmand awards- for Granita Magic which I wrote and illustrated as a testament to the marriage of food and art.
(Contact me here for exhibitions, murals, collaborations ...)
My silkscreen print 'Balancing Act' can be purchased on line at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2024