Bowl

Bowl, originally uploaded by studiojarvis.

Note to self: do not attempt painting outdoors in November.

Paris Painting

Paris Painting, originally uploaded by studiojarvis.

Medieval Sock Festival

Medieval Sock Festival, originally uploaded by studiojarvis.

Manual

Manual
Originally uploaded by studiojarvis

Swine Flu

I've been confined to bed with what has probably been Swine Flu since Saturday. I'm just starting to feel vaguely human again this morning. I spent my more lucid moments re-reading all my Astérix books, although on Monday night my obsessive contemplation of Uderzo's amazing drawings gave me a delirium about having to redraw undergrowth in the style of Uderzo. I still feel a bit funny if I think about one of his drawings of Getafix' hut too much, or a Roman stockade. The only stories I don't have (I don't count the ones written after Goscinny's death) are Asterix and the Laurel Wreath, Asterix and the Soothsayer and Asterix and the Golden Sickle. I plan to track them down when I'm better (all my editions are really nicely printed Hodder ones from the 70s and early 80s). Last night I started reading Jane Austen's Persuasion, which is a relief. I need a bit of beautifully precise prose to get my brain in good order again.

Hopefully I will be fit enough for the trip to Plymouth on Monday - my work there has been postponed a week.

Central Park Skateboard Park, Plymouth

Pushing, originally uploaded by studiojarvis.

Next week I will be painting a large scale artwork at the Central Park Skateboard Park in Plymouth. I should be working on Tuesday and Wednesday. I'm hoping the weather will improve - it looks pretty stormy in that neck of the woods.

Coffin

Coffin, originally uploaded by studiojarvis.

Painting

Painting, originally uploaded by studiojarvis.

This is the painting I made in Paris this summer.

Discover New Things

Discover New Things, originally uploaded by studiojarvis.

Here's an illustration I made last year for an Economist ad campaign that never got used.