Wedding Tealight Holders

Today completed an order for 108 tealight holders for a wedding. Marc and Abi already had a stencil design in mind and asked me to 'stencil' the frosted, red, glass tealight holders with the date of their wedding and their initials ALM. So that wedding guests were able to take away a small souvenir of the special day. Once I'd practiced a few, and had got into the rythmn of my mini production line. The rather 'daunting' task ran very smoothly and all 108 turned out very well.

So, if you require an original gift/decoration for your wedding/special occasion. These personalised tealight holders are quite an original idea...

The Fatlin and Firkin - Board work

Today was called to the Fatlin and Firkin in Hornchurch to do some new signage as part of their 'sparkle' day. This is when a pub closes for a mini 're-furb'. As the majority of font style on the new menus/p.o.s. I thought that the boards should echo that. Just for the record, today was probably one of the hottest days of 2009! I got very cooked on Hornchurch High Street...

Phoenix fm - webcam sketches/cartoons

With the addition of a webcam to the box room studio setup. I've been having some great fun making cartoons and drawings of dj's and friends in the chatroom on phoenix fm.

I've started to collect a few images together and have decided to create (with thanks to teaman), a phoenix fm/Mr. Artiste's wall of fame... Want to be sketched and appear on the wall? Click here to see if I'm in! You'll need a webcam...

New Live Studio Cam!

Just a quick note to let you know, you are now able to watch me working in my small studio. If I'm creating art, the webcam will be on. You can even drop into my chatroom to say hello!

Taste of Aveley - Restaurant artwork

It was great to hear from Raymond at the Taste of Aveley Indian Restaurant again. He called me to commission another 2 large canvases for the new wall space created by an extension to the restaurant. I have only posted one painting here as I failed to get a decent photograph of the other...

Firework night! - The Bison...

Clapham Commons annual firework display promted a call from the Bison & Bird, requiring an 'A' Board to advertise their mulled wine to take away... mmmmm. Like the fireworks on this one...

Tree of life - painting

This painting was a commission from a beautician who required a decorative canvas for her treatment room. I wanted to create something quite 'organic' and natural. To begin with, I became a little bogged down with the theme of massage and aromatherapy. Then I realised that a symbolic 'meditative' piece was more appropriate to the essence and atmosphere of the treatment room. My client agreed that a 'tree of life' would work well. The colours were chosen to match some of the soft furnishing within the room.