Full Colour Illustrations
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Harlequinn Ilustration

My grandparents had a Bicycle wheel in the window of the outside loo in Co.Armagh.

People say this always makes them smile. I get more comments about this than anything else. Would you believe that I used a mirror to get that facial expression? You would? I was only around 23 at the time!

This wasn't a commission, purely a portfolio example piece. Studio markers and pencils on paper.

1991

 
MVSCVLO

Mixed Media Illustration based on Vesalius

A disturbing image inspired by 16th C. Italian anatomist Vesalius. Now, a decade later, this mightn't be so disturbing anymore.

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Full Colour
Happily working away on an Illustration. It's for the front of the novel for which I'm designing the cover. It's an excellent story about Louisiana being hit by the Hurricane almost 5 years ago - and its terrible aftermath.
 
'Albert'

Illustration by John White depicting Albert Einstein

Speaks for itself. An easy subject really - but also recognisible enough for portfolio purposes. I was selling my work to Newspapers and magazines so this type of subject was effective. Followed by a Read More...

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'Robert'

'Robert' - an illustration depicting damned Bluesman Robert Johnson

One of the most fascinating characters of the old proper blues music: Robert Johnson. Reported to have sold his soul to the Devil at the Crossroads - in return, the Devil made him an ace blues musician.

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