Notes from the sketch book

"Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us” It's time to play the music It's time to light the lights It's time to meet the Muppet Jedi Master tonight.   His first appearance in the Empire Strikes Back making, powerful with the force, Yoda is a master Jedi he is.   Obi-wan Kenobi's mentor in exile he lived from the empire on the swamp...

“You have only begun to discover your power. Join me, and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy.” So the stars seemed to have aligned and although I wasn't on planning another collection based on a theme, it seems to have turned out that way! So for the next week and leading up to the new Kenobi series its all thing Star Wars. In my opinion, the best of the series is certainly the one I’ve rewatched the most. Empire builds on the original Star Wars...

"The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar." -Jimi Hendrix.   On this day in 1967 'Are You Experienced' (the debut studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience) was released.  Having started playing guitar since he was 15 years old, Hendrix moved to England in 1966 and formed The Jimi Hendrix Experience releasing tracks 'Hey Joe' and Purple Haze'.The LP was an immediate critical and commercial success, and it is widely regarded as one of the greatest debuts in the history of rock music. Are You Experienced spent...

Well time to wrap up the Art collection inspired by 21st Century Gangster movies. So we started with Scorsese's The Irishman as wearable art, then came American Gangster, The Departed, City of God  and we are completing the circle with an Art print of The Irishman. It's been a great couple of weeks sharing the above work and I've enjoyed revisiting the movies ready to write up notes for the blog. Time to move on and have several pieces in the pipeline including art prints of Robocop, Star Wars (including a Yoda portrait that's been hanging around unfinished for ages) and...

“I smoke, I snort, I killed and robbed,  I'm a man”.... It's the final week of 21st-century gangster flicks, and this is the best of the lot. This week see's two tees inspired by this weeks movie 'The City Of God'. The City of God is a Brazilian crime epic released in 2002, if you haven't seen it, you must. Co-directed by the team of  Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund its the adapted story from the novel of the same name. Set in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro spanning the 1960s and the 1970s, two young men choose different...