Asparagus

Been really enjoying the music of Kentish folk artist Chris Wood recently, in particular his new album Handmade Life. With songs of quitting jobs, the joy of allotments and spitfires flying overhead, he conjours warm, summer days perfectly. The haunting and sparse song, Asparagus, first heard late at night on the eclectic Late Junction on radio 3, is my favourite, where Chris likens two asparagus shoots to snakes fighting in the soil.

Reminded me of Heather Gatley's recent work for Waitrose Essentials, with her beautiful illustrations in watercolour of simple fruit and vegetables.

Tea time

Just popped to Bob's for some hobnobs. He had a brew on, so a chat about hot drinks in general ensued. He recommends mint tea before retiring for the night, and a concoction of milk, tumeric and salt for good digestion. I'm popping back tomorrow for a masala chai!

All about Eve

My friend Eve Poland recently opened her house to the public as part of the Artists' Open Houses of Brighton - which ran at the same time as the festival. This image, Purple Afro, is one of the latest series of screen prints she does – I just love the explosion of watercolour paint!

Spring clean

I've been pretty busy in my new role at Tileywoodman of late – working on some great Canon Europe briefs – their lens brochure and internal magazine to name a couple. Which means I've had little time to do the blog and show some work updates on my website. But today I've finally got round to sorting my mac out and doing a bit of a spring clean generally. So thought I'd share a brand identity I created earlier this year with Grimaldi Media of Brighton. It's for IRIS, a contemporary art network of five galleries in the UK, Belgium and France. The general starting point was the meaning of the word iris (the rainbow goddess in Greek mythology) and expressing creativity through bold circular shapes.

See more at http://iriscan.org/