From the Forest Mist

Photographer Unknown, (From the Forest Mist)

“He liked the fog, the world quietened down and closed in. Glossy turned to matt, every stridency was muted, substance leached out of the brute matter all around. Things became notions, the brash present a vague memory.

By some parallel process of slippage, his innumerable childhood memories of foggy days morphed into other memories. The fog of illness, real or feigned, of fevers and flu and febrility.”
Michael Dibdin, Medusa

Ben Templesmith

Ben Templesmith, “The Squidder”, Graphic Novel

Ben Templesmith is an Australian comic book artist best known for his work in the American comic book industry, most notably the Image Comics series “Fell”, with writer Warren Ellis, and IDW’s “30 Days of Night” with writer Steve Niles, which was adapted into a motion picture.

The Squidder is hard to find; but the artwork and story line is worth the search.

James Allen

James Allen, “Old Broad Street, L Street Station”, Drawing, 2013

James Allen studied Fine Art Printmaking at BA and MA Level at Canterbury Christ Church University before completing The Drawing Year at The Prince’s Drawing School (now the Royal Drawing School). Selected Group Exhibitions include the RA Summer Exhibition, ING Discerning Eye and the Jerwood Drawing Prize.

The focus of James’s work is the activity of the human form corresponding with architectural surroundings, with high levels of movement from the figure working in conjunction with the building’s structural solidity. Drawing is the essential language that fuels his creative practice with the need to record and expose time.