Two years on

This blog just turned 2! Here's a quick look back at all the stuff that has appeared so far.

The Needs of the Many...

Kinda suitable for Good Friday.

Breaking Bad

In the style of René Magritte.

Movie Monday: Inception

Inception (2010) directed by Christopher Nolan. An iPad painting of an iPad painting of an iPhone painting of Inception.

We need to go deeper...

Movie Monday: The Adventures of Robin Hood

Errol Flynn as a woodcut. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) directed by Michael Curtiz & William Keighley.

Movie Monday: You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice (1967) directed by Lewis Gilbert.

Movie (Easter) Monday: King of Kings

Jeffrey Hunter as Jesus Christ in 'King of Kings' (1961) directed by Nicholas Ray.

At the time it was referred to as 'I was a teenage Jesus' due to Hunter's teen idol appearance. It's worth watching for Miklós Rózsa's fantastic score alone.

Movie Monday: Cast Away

Wilson from Cast Away (2000) directed by Robert Zemeckis.

Wilson I'm sorry.

Movie Monday: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

Portrait of Rex Harrison as Captain Gregg in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. It's a beautiful, spooky and romantic film.

Video here.

The Eleven Doctors

The Doctor, Nine to Eleven

The Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith
The Tenth Doctor, David Tennant

The Ninth Doctor, Christopher Eccleston

The Doctor, Five to Eight

The Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann
The Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy

The Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker

The Fifth Doctor, Peter Davison

The Doctor, One to Four

The Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker

The Third Doctor, Jon Pertwee

The Second Doctor, Patrick Troughton

The First Doctor, William Hartnell

Sleeping Dumbledore Portrait

Dumbledore having a snooze in his painting.

Nosferatu Posters

So I entered another competition and I didn't win... again. I'm OK with that.

This time the idea was to create a film poster for Nosferatu which was shown in the Ulster Hall in Belfast. I created the first on my iPad and the second using Photoshop. All hand drawn, mind you.

Anyway, here are my designs that didn't win... again.

Movie Monday: Local Hero

Welcome to Movie Monday! From time to time I hope to post some paintings inspired by some of my favourite films... on a Monday.

I'm starting with my favourite film, Local Hero (1983) directed by Bill Forsyth.

It's a beautiful, funny, warm film so if you haven't seen it, check it out.

I had made the usual video with a brilliant track from the album, but the sound has been disabled :(

Update: Here it is :)

Pete Postlethwaite

Video here.

As seen on Conan

The other night my Conan O'Brien portrait was shown as a bumper on Conan. On the actual show. Seen by millions of people (at least those who were paying attention).

A while back, I uploaded the painting to Team Coco's Flickr, as I had heard selected artwork might appear on the show. I then forgot all about it.

But there it was, on the 14th of December, on the Conan O'Brien show, just after the second commercial break...


I really cannot say how thrilling it was to see something I made on a show so many people watch. I've been a huge fan of Conan's for many years. He really appreciates his fans and encourages them make small contributions to his show as thanks for their support.

Here's the video.



Thank you Team Coco!

So I entered a TRON T-Shirt competeition...

... and I didn't win...

Anyway, here's my design that didn't win.

Serpico