Mandela

This was a commission from my Dad's life long best friend, who, like many Glaswegians, campaigned for the release of Nelson Mandela tirelessly in the years the British political elite were still calling him a terrorist. This is going to be framed alongside the letters he sent to the Home Office in the 70s and 80s.

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Black, white and grey charcoal on Daler Rowney Caramel Murano A4 paper

Fiona Apple

This is a pencil sketch of Fiona Apple I drew around a year or two ago, when her latest album was being released and I was starting to experiment a little more seriously with drawing. I've been a fan of her's for a while, drawn to her intensity, her mix of boldness and fragility. I thought this picture caught some of that in her ineffable expression, with hints of boredom, or amusement, and her eyes which seem to house something more troubled.

Prismacolor pencils on black paper, A4

The original drawing is now up for sale on my Etsy account