'Punch' [1994]

This began with an idea by TV Graphic Designer Jill Simpson for an animated RTE television 'Pres' piece she was conceptualising. It was for the new TV Summer Schedule. In the end it wasn't used but I got to do additional work on the illustration which became increasingly menacing - I'm glad I put in the free work - look what I ended up with in my portfolio.
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Rent boys article [1997]

Irish Independent article about predatory perverts and rent boys in Dublin. I was in Francis Bacon mode around about this time. Hence the amiguity, free marks and umbrella [Also, check out the hood ornament!]. The whole thing looks quite scary.
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'The Generation Gap' [1998]

Interesting job this. Checkout magazine ran an article about GM food technology - so from the depths of my mind I dragged this disturbing eugenic/tomatostein image. Topics raised in the article included pig genes in tomatoes. I was about to say that I didn't...
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'Is your husband a Psychopath?' [1996]

Interesting article that I illustrated for the Irish Sunday Independent Newspaper. Errol Flynn was cited as a classic example of the 'Socially-adjusted psychopath'.

Here I was venturing into the combined Academic and Collage mode that was exciting for me.
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'Is your husband a Psychopath?' [1996]

Interesting article that I illustrated for the Irish Sunday Independent Newspaper. Errol Flynn was cited as a classic example of the 'Socially-adjusted psychopath'. Here I was venturing into the combined Academic and Collage mode...
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'MVSCVLO' [1996]

Slightly disturbing image inspired by the Italian Anatomist Vesalius. I had prepared an experimental ground - tissue paper stuck messily onto card with PVA glue hoping that the result would inspire me. It did. The texture of the hard-set tissue was reminscent of veins so I began to sketch with coloured China-Graphs [an oily pencil used in Film editing] I went back into it with gouche and watercolours which happily refused to sit on the oily rendering as I expected. The result was more disturbing perhaps than the black and white Rennaisance etchings and a little less comical. How can you laugh at a full colour flayed man? Interestingly...
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