A Walk In Hockney Park

This is the finished version of my new painting - A Walk In Hockney Park.  It’s acrylic on cotton canvas and is 22” x 16” (558mm x 406mm).

More detailed pictures appear on my Flickr account.

The lazy Knight's in.......

The more astute viewers among you will have noticed that my blog has acquired a thick coating of dust, grime and cobwebs of late.  And, I’m sorry, but I cannot identify that green slimy stuff in the corner.

I am like a lot of people who start blogs - unless you’re fairly regimented in your blogging exercises, doing what you must do and doing what you want to do every day tends to get in the way of drafting and publishing posts.  And, sadly, the time taken by the stuff I must do every day has increased a lot; thus pushing the things I want to do to the margins; thus pushing this blog right to the edge of the margins

In other news, over the past couple of months, I’ve started to paint.  And found that I enjoy it more than any other form of image making I’ve undertaken.  That’s not to say that I don’t enjoy working digitally or customising models.  It’s just the physical act of painting gives me an outlet that I don’t feel from other media - and my life as a carer (the things I must do on a daily basis) means that I need an outlet.  Painting allows me to put my feelings and ideas on to canvas, and I prefer that to working digitally.

So, to cut a long, dull blog post short, I will be painting more than anything else in the future.  I haven’t decided whether I shall put them on this blog or onto a new site devoted to that output.  But in the meantime, here’s an image of my first couple of canvases.

The first canvas is entitled "A Gangster Fairytale" and is acrylic on canvas board - 14" x 18" / 355.6mm x 457.2mm

The second is a portrait of my wife - "A Study in Purple" - again, it's acrylic on canvas - 9" x 12" / 228.6mm x 304.8mm

Getting A Grip on Multiple Sclerosis

I make no apologies for this post being a mixture of personal and (semi) professional.  If you've read my blog bio or follow me on Twitter, you would know that I am not only a pretty bloody good husband to my wife (and modest) but I am her carer too.  She has Multiple Sclerosis (MS), the most commonly diagnosed neurological condition in the United Kingdom.

My latest work is an infographical-style poster with some basic facts and figures about MS in readiness for MS Awareness week in the UK, Monday 26th April to Friday 2nd May.  I have a small number of these A3 sized posters available.  If you'd like one, they're £5.00 each + P&P - £2.00 from each poster will go to the MS Society.  If you'd like one, get at me on Twitter or e-mail me at pk[at]pommieknight[dot]co[dot]uk

In any case, please check out the sites for MS Awareness Week, the MS Society, MS Society Scotland, and MS Trust.

With love, comes....hope

A while ago, I posted on my sporadic blog about the efforts of a group of artists and illustrators to raise funds for UNICEF's Haiti earthquake appeal - known as the Renmen Project. The people behind the project are working with a selection of top artists and designers to produce artwork that will be sold online. They have also opened up a public submission group on Flickr so anybody can upload an image they've created that has been inspired by the events in Haiti.

The picture above is my submission to the public group. The word Renmen is the Haitian Kreole word for love - following on from that, 'lespwa' is the Kreole word for hope. My image gives the message, "with love comes hope". It includes the Hispaniolan Trogon - the national bird of Haiti - wearing the country's phyrgian cap of freedom, and a Hispaniolan Solenodon - an ant-eater-like animal also native to Haiti.

Hot off my press.........

I've been quiet of late but that's because I've been way past busy!! I've been lucky enough to be asked to make the cover for the latest track from Configa featuring Floriginul - Hot Off Da Press. I can now proudly present it on this blog post. The track is, officially, OFF THE SCALE!!! - you can buy it on Configa's site for about 69p.

New illustration - work in progress

Here's a couple of early shots of a new illustration. I don't want to give the whole game away but the idea for this piece came from listening to old Ice Cube tracks. It's a character-rich piece so I'm keeping busy........

Lucha Wrasslin Federation in full effect

You might have seen the Lucha Puerco character previously on this blog. Here his challenger.........Los Cuernos!!! These are my first two custom Munnys and I'm really pleased with the way they've turned out. Together they form the Lucha Wrasslin Federation. I'd like to continue this series at some point in the future, but it will be a while before I get time to do them. But keep watching!