Sunday, February 7, 2010

Tribute to Eric Rohmer

The celebrated French film-maker Eric Rohmer died last month, aged 89. Here is a piece I wrote on my encounter with him 4 years ago, published in The Independent.

image: poster for Rohmer's film Pauline à la Plage (1983)

London buses, restaurant kitchen, Peak district in the cold, Amsterdam cafe in the sun

I have neglected my blog recently, so here are a few sketches from the past few months to get me started again. More posts to come...


Sketches from the immaculate kitchens of a large, elegant city restaurant, drawn on two different Wednesday nights last Oct/Nov.



Holborn on a busy autumn night



Drawings from a new year's holiday in the snowy Peak District, 09-10

Sunny Amsterdam cafe scene - painted last summer during a wonderful short break visiting my friend Milenna.