I got in!.. so back to college to do an MA at Falmouth Uni/artschool in Oct this year! woohoo!... a bit scarey too though! A couple of visits to London village and the Mark Rothko and Richard Serra exhibitions last year were great. Staying in the Sloane Club and bumping into Peter Sallis! The Rothko show was awesome... a real treat to see such luscious colour and depth of colour on such a large scale. Richard Serra at the Gagosian was amazing. So simple but awe inspiring. I gave a sold out workshop and did a book signing at Edinburgh International Book Festival in August which was fantastic. Rubbing shoulders with the likes of Menzies Cambell, Raj Persaud, Iain Banks and Ian Rankin!

I have just started a new blog which can be found here ... just some of the same kind of thing with some stuff that inspires me too. It's more up to date than this site so you'll see lots more of what's happening right now. You can follow the antics of my collective art group hi5. Changing spaces in Truro city, Bringing art in to the city and bringing energy to otherwise uninspiring, empty shops. It's all very exciting and has gone soo well. I'm so excited about it all and hope it to become a support network for creatives alike. The show will last for two weeks and another planned at Christmas time. I have also just been asked to be lead artist on a project with in collaboration with Truro Museum. Again using empty shops to display artworks and put on workshops for communities around Cornwall. Supplying a bus service to and from the venue.

I have been doing more artwork for animations along with designing the stage set for the Australian tour for Angus and Julia Stone which was exciting. One video I worked on ' Just a Boy' has recently received 'best video' award for the InFilm Awards in Australia. more recently I've been doing some artwork for Angus on his solo venture Lady of The Sunshine. Also working with US singer songwriter, Benjamin Winter on artwork for his new album out in Sept this year. I have taken on a new client for cards, Papyrus.com. Just sold the licences for some old images which is always good.

I've now left The Trevaunance Cove Workshops and have moved up into the village, into the Churchtown Arts. It's great space but the difference being it is now closed to the public. It was too much of a distraction and with my new course up and running in Oct I need to get down to some serious work!

I have been working on something completely different and creating work purely for arts sake! There is no rhyme, reason or brief involved in this body of work and each piece is different to the next. They are framed and currently on show in the hi5 space in Truro

I have just finished my next book for Little Tiger Press. 'Don't Wake The Bear' lots of woodland critters and lots of humour!...before that I finished 'There's No Such Thing as Monsters'. of which the proofs have come back already and looking good, the book will be out in 2009, you can see some of the sketches in current work. I am now working on my next book Noodles Knitting about a mouse who loves knitting so much she knits herself into her house!

2009 will be a year of moving forward in my work and personal life I hope but I do want to write my own books so working on my own ideas is an exciting prospect. The MA will be the place I can do this so I can’t wait! So back to the sketchbooks and my camera and generally saturating myself with things that inspire me, whether it be artwork, fabrics, photographs, music, people, advertising etc etc…

I hope to put all this into practice and notch my career up one more step by doing a Masters of Art in Illustration with an Authorial Practice bias. This will happen on a part time basis at Falmouth Art school. I am so excited but will have to wait until Oct 2009! In the mean time I hope to improve my french and visit Europe more, get some great clients and commissions and hope to spend time with friends in Hong Kong and Australia with a possible visit to thailand in between.... all to play for!!.....so watch this space. I have been rowing hard all year and the County champs went really well and with a great crew now we are set to start winter training and get ready for the Scilly world champs in May!

As I mentioned above I have been working hard in the last few months to co create an exhibition using empty shops in Truro... it's gone so well and we have already had the launch party which was soo successful. You can see all the happenings on our hi5 pages in links...we intend to do more in the future and our aim is to inject energy into dead and uninspiring spaces with art, music, cake, tea and people!!! I loved it!!! and will be doing it loads more! x enjoy! it's a bit jumping for the first 10 seconds or so.x Music by the lovely All The Fires.

Hi5 Art Collective - Opening Night from teajuana on Vimeo.