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Off-beat drawing.heic

​​A visual artist, I like to connect with other cultural forms and activities

A couple of years ago, I started drawing musicians at jazz-nights in my local pub

They were ideal: moving but staying put; absorbed in the music; and, best of all, oblivious to me

I make 20 or 30 line drawings a night, and, if I like one, I work it up, digitally, for printing, with tone and colour, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And, above all, I like to show this work where people go, for other reasons; happening upon them by chance; without pre-conceptions

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Last year, through my son, Tom, I approached Distrikt, a late-night music bar, in Leeds, to fill their underground space with my work

 

It's still there 

And now, I'm working on The Pineapple, an old-fashioned boozer, in my home town of Stockport, Greater Manchester. It's perfect: on my doorstep; hardly changed in the last 30 or 40 years; non-stop music from the juke-box; clear wall-space; friendly locals; and a landlord who lets me get on with it 

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