A Slightly out-of-focus Rohlik. I painted a roll today, no ordinary roll - a Rohlik! I just thought I'd share that with you...there will be some glazing to do to this wee roll before it's ready...and better photography!

Wine on Paper Seeing as I so rarely post wine sketches now it just occurred to me that some people may wonder if I still 'draw inspiration from wine' as stated above. Answer: Yes, every other night! I'll be posting on new artwork later this week. Meantime, the image above is a wine sketch...a warm-up of sorts...not sure where it came from...other than a glass of red wine, both in the medium

I was hoping to post on a new Scottish comic art exhibition taking place in Scotland House in Brussels right now. I was invited to take part and submitted a poster design, more on that later. I still have no info so I'll hold off saying anymore on that right now. Early pastel sketch of two boys on cardboard. This week I may finally complete a painting I've been working on for quite some

Something, Something, Liberty, Something One of four versions I made of the 'Pepper Spray Cop'. Although I'm busy with a portrait (24/7) I took a little while off last night to make a few of these photoshop montages. It hadn't dawned on me that it was a meme, I'd seen one picture online that showed this twit in action in a different context, but by the time I'd

 I often find it easier to get started on a big picture if I work on a little picture or doodling first. I'm also feeling a bit bad about not posting more sketches made with wine. That's why I started this blog, so, I think I'll make a point of working with a bit of wine each morn and load them here in the next few days. This skull is from a while back, one of the victims of the 'Bone Church'

The River Vltava with National Theatre and Charles Bridge. This massive impressionist picture of Prague was painted over 100 years ago ...or at least it feels that way. The truth is it is only two inches across and just a detail within the picture I painted below. Prague: Ballarina. Oil paint on canvas. I know...it's cracked, and I don't mean it has cracks - I mean its a mad painting

2005 YU55 'Astor Odd' (Cut Me 2night) Painting in the dark...with pixels. I couldn't sleep last night and so started sketching on my iPhone using the Brushes app. With an iPhone you can paint in the dark. This is nuts but I  was thinking about the approaching asteroid and for some reason thought of a scene described in Hemingway's 'A Movable Feast'. Ford Maddox Ford describes 'cutting'

I'm slowly optimising some comics I created for The Prague Post in the mid-90's, they'll be available for the iPad and iPod Touch at some point soon. The first strip follows the adventures of a taxidermist ex-pat in Prague and might be best described as a 'stream of consciousness' type adventure...that or unbridled lunacy. Kidding aside, I did my best with this story to avoid the predictable.

A quick update. While I'm a little sad to have cancelled the Inkling I'm pleased to say WACOM repaid me today. A three month wait is fine if that's part of the deal, my beef with WACOM is they continue to advertise the Inkling on their site with a 'buy now' button. Who knows how many other customers bought one, just as I did, three months ago, (or any time from then 'til now) and have not

I paid WACOM.EU 170 Euro for An 'Inkling' three months ago and it hasn't been dispatched. I really wanted this thing (see story below...read how obviously chuffed I was to order the bloody thing) and although I still like the idea of having one, it's now a matter of principle. I had to prompt them three times to get a half-apology. But they could not say when it would be sent or if I'd be among

This is just a quick note to let my readers know I haven't slipped into an alternate universe or something. I'm here and as busy as ever. I was hoping by now to have written a revue on Wine Ink of the new Inkling from Wacom that I purchased the second I heard about it...early adopter, me?...nah. But where work is concerned, I have to have what I have to have. Hopefully it will come soon and