1st February 2011: SPITFIRE TRIBUTE MEMORIAL On 15th September 2010 I was notified that my design shown below had been selected to go on a shortlist of six designs and would undergo a structural and feasibility study with the Southampton University engineering department. Following that a decision would be made by the Board.
On November 7th that decision was announced. You may have seen in the press that the winning concept was not one of the published six shortlisted designs. Although the winning design was originally submitted on time it was initially overlooked by the Judges. The design was added to the shortlist after some of the initial press coverage, however we were not in any way informed of this decision and were continually referred to as the SIX finalists in all correspondences. Currently there is a legal investigation in process and the competition is being investigated by the BBC Inside out program. Date of broadcast TBC.
11th September 2010: This is my entry to the Spitfire Tribute memorial. The competition is to mark the 75th anniversary of the first flight of the Spitfire from Eastleigh airport in Hampshire. All 300 enties to the competition are currently on display at the solent sky museum in Southampton
11th September 2010: This painting was part of the "Dream House" feature in Country Life (1st Sepember 2010) It shows the alterations Architect Hugh Petter (adam architects) would make to a country house.
12th May 2010: Major new project. I am in the planning stage of a major work inspired by the repatriation of our servive men and women at RAF Lynham. Living under the flight path here in Wiltshire we are constantly reminded by this moving and sadly all too common occurance. This work is being carried out in conjunction with help for heros and will be on sale as prints from 11th November 2010.
12th May 2010: PUBLISHED WORK examples of my illustration and design work can be seen in two new publications. Both are avaliable from www.amazon.co.uk
7th October 2009: THE RIDGE illustrations are at the heart of the current high profile marketing campaign by Knight Frank. The proposed house in Gloucestershire designed by Peter Yiaguo Architects is the largest country house in the west of England for over 100 years. The scheme has been featured in Country Life,The national press including The Sunday Times, and ITV West Country Today evening news.
22nd July 2009: ELECTED MEMBER of The Society of Architectural Illustrators.
Im proud to announce that Im now a member the SAI. I hope this will add another level of proffesionalism to the service I provide.
1st June 2009: SITE UPDATE I have updated the site with several new features. Primarily my aim is to ease the use of the site and include a couple of new pages. The most fundamental of these include the reorganization of the galleries. They can now be accessed directly from the home page and display thumbnail links to the paintings. This speeds up the loading time and whilst allowing much larger files to be displayed so you can get a better idea of the quality of work. I hope you enjoy the new layout.
22nd May 2009: WINNER at the RIBA AWARDS west Midlands. With Ross Sharpe Architects. During 2006 I was heavely involved with the design of a ground breaking highly sustainable business park in Holton just North of Shrewsbury Shropshire. The Pavilions which are set in a Victorian walled garden surrounded by forest and beautiful countryside. They were completed last year and have been nominated for several honours including the wood awards. This success has been underlined by the RIBA regional award for the West Midlands. As part of a three man team I was responsible for design up to and including planning. This included developing an integrated passive ventilation strategy and structural system
March 2009: NOSE ART FOR 815sqdn Royal Navy. In the tradition of applying nose art to an aircraft I was commissioned to paint a 40's style "pin up" for the squadron commander of 815 sqdn. The painting was turned into a set of decals that can be applied to the aircraft nose. In this case a Lynx Mk8
26th November 2008: RUNNER UP Measured Drawing Prize. To celebrate the 60th birthday of HRH the Prince of Wales the Georgian Group organised a measured drawing prize to encourage young architects to study, measure and draw a Georgian building. The awards were presented by HRH the Prince of Wales at the Ritz Hotel. Entries came from all over the world including South Africa Russia and United States. The three winning drawings were displayed at the the Georgian Group before being moved to the Princes Foundation for Architecture.
