Art of travel: Paris to Madrid
What follows is a record of my journey from Paris to Madrid: The bicycle made the air crossing without a hitch at either end of the journey and after a slight delay S & P met me at terminal 9, and so began a gentle start to my trip, a week of lolling around Paris, marred only by my overindulgence at the party thrown by S on my penultimate night. As a result the train journey to Bordeaux was a bit of a struggle in my delicate state, but uneventful. Read full article >>
Day twenty three- I knew I would have an early start this morning to reschedule my ticket to Madrid so figured I should settle for an equally early night. I guess it was about eleven when I got back to the hostel last night. The bar was heaving and there were only a handful of people asleep in my dormitory. The square below the balcony was filling up with small groups of drinkers who kept up a steady but tolerable murmur of noise. Although I fell asleep soon enough sleep was broken after only an hour by a couple of young americans who, with absolutely no regard for those in bed, entered the room while carrying on their boisterous conversation from the corridor.....more>>
Illustration: A guide for the curious
Having worked as an illustrator on and off since the mid-nineties I have often been asked how I come up with the images in my portfolio, so I thought it would be a good idea to try to explain the process here by going through a few past commissions.Read full article >>
Blackbird exhibit: Telfords Warehouse
A selection of prints and new paintings from Blackbird Prints' artists are now hanging upstairs at Telfords Warehouse in Chester until the 14th of January 2009. All the work is for sale, ideal for a unique Christmas present, and prints of the new work are available on the site.
Pigeon heads: Newest drawing now available
Eoghan Carbery, having recently completed a batch of new drawings and provided us with "Pigeon heads" to make available as another high quality affordable print. Pigeon heads was executed using a combination of inks, chalk and charcoal. View enlarged image>>
Public art: Thoughts on graffiti
An ungoing aspect of running Blackbird Prints is trying to find methods of allowing people to see the high quality of the prints by viewing them in person rather than as an inferior version on a computer monitor. It has made me wonder about the legitimacy of traditional galleries defining what is and isn’t “Art”. Now with the likes of Banksy further blurring the line between graffiti (street art) and gallery art I want to write one or two thoughts on this matter. Read full article >>
Mural proposal: Freedom of expression
I was asked to paint a mural in a South-east London secondary school in collaboration with a group of the pupils. It was suggested by the Head teacher that the mural would not only brighten up the main stairway, camouflaging its lifeless appearance, but also discourage the kids from tagging the wall, for I was lead to believe they would respect artwork. Read full article >>
Anthony Smith: Introducing our latest Artist
We are very pleased to welcome Anthony Smith as the latest Artist to make prints of his watercolour and oil paintings available for your pleasure through Blackbird Prints. Andrew has been freelancing as a Wildlife painter since the mid 1980’s, with his paintings forming parts of collections in America, Europe and Japan.
The North of England Zoological Society being one of his regular clients, having produced the artwork for Chester Zoo since 1999, Andrew has also been commissioned by English Nature, The National Trust, and the R.S.P.B. amongst others.
Amongst his accolades Andrew has won the top award at the “Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Fine Art Award”, and been runner-up for the “National World Art Award” at the “Society of Wildlife Artists Exhibition”.
Eoghan Carbery: Exhibition
One of our popular artists, Eoghan Carbery, in an exciting colaboration with Cumbrian Potter Rebecca Callis, is exhibiting work at Fairfield Mill in the rolling Cumbrian hills of Sedbergh. The sensuous symbiosis of Eoghan's line drawings with the pure, elegant forms of Rebecca's porcelain vessels proved an obvious hit in a near sell out show.
The good news is that they are currently working on the next run which, a little bird reliably tells me, will include many pieces with images which Blackbird Prints regulars equate Eoghan with. Watch this space.
Ubh: Man of many talents
You may be interested to known that aswell as painting Ubh also voices his creativity through music using an old Atari to sequence sounds from a Roland W30 and a Boss DR660 drum machine. Some of his tracks have been uploaded to his pofiles on myspace as Ubhmusic and Saint Johns.
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