Charcoal drawings

An evening stroll through the back streets of London with Caravaggio for company.

Charcoal drawings

I was initially captivated by the spectacle of school children caught up in the student riots of 2010. This was soon followed early in 2011 with the Stokes Croft riots in Bristol. Just a few months later, sparked by the death of Mark Duggan, London and much of the UK was in the grip of one of the greatest acts of civil disobedience seen since the Poll Tax riots.

I am endebted to my photojournalist friend David Hoffman, a hardened veteran of protest, who has captured many of the images from which I have worked.

Experiments in Fluorescent paint and Scotchlite® reflective fabric.

Assorted paintings on boards, canvases and walls.

Paintings - oil on board

A series of drawings based on photographs by Jon Cartwright of the elderly in care.

All drawings - charcoal and rubber

Exhibited @ Saatchi Gallery, 2012