Juvenilia: Early Works & Roots
🌻Welcome to the Juvenilia: Early Works and Roots Project.
Every artist’s journey has a beginning, and this gallery is a deeply personal stroll down memory lane. This collection explores the raw, authentic origins of my artistic voice, from early childhood collaborations and 1980s pop-culture sketches inspired by magazines, birthday cards, and ATHENA posters, to my very first experiments with the surreal. As you scroll through these early sketches and paintings, you will see the initial seeds of the cosmic, visionary style I am known for today. Driven by a lifelong fascination with music, nature, and the subconscious, these early explorations laid the essential groundwork for the narrative oil paintings I create now. I invite you to explore the roots of my imagination!
‘Red Guitar’, Pencil & Pen. 1989
‘80,s Fan Girl’, Pencil & Ink. c1988/99
Early teenage crushes & Doodles!
Experimenting with mediums
Pencil Sketch with Dad (1989) who drew the little house, the trees to the left, and started the pathway, maybe also the people and cart!
I continued the creation outwards with the little pond, mountains and added some light colouring
Father Christmas, presents, and a cute little mouse. Mixed Media. c1988/89
‘Maldon Barges on the Blackwater’, Watercolour. c1990
Lost Original. digital photo exists.
Sketching, Copying & Learning
The ‘1980’s Girls’, Pencil on Paper. 1989
Summer Breeze Vibe 80’s Girl. 1989
Pencil on Paper
The New Romantic 1980’s Girl. 1989
Pencil on Paper
Starry Magazine 1980’s Girl. 1989
Pencil on Paper
Punk Attitude 1980’s Girl. 1989
Pencil on Paper
Glam Model Cover 1980’s Girl. 1989
Pencil on Paper
Developing the Surreal
Beginnings of the Mythos
Subconscious Self-Portrait. 1989. Freehand Pencil on Paper
Click Image to view the ‘Millennium Mythos: Genesis & Provenance’ gallery
‘Tree of Forming Knowledge’ 1989/90
Mixed Media
‘Giant Cosmic Tree’ 1990.
Mixed Media
Later Juvenilia Years
Finding Inspiration
The Dreaming City’ c1997-98. Pen & Ink on Paper
‘Inspired Angel’ A Peter Paul Rubens Copy. Pencil on Paper, cut out and glued onto a black card. 1999
‘Fairy Roots’, c1991-97
Pen & Ink on Paper
Trip Down Memory Lane
Early Pencil Sketch’ 1988-89.
Copied from the Led Zeppelin album IV.
Thank you for scrolling through!🌿
I hope you enjoyed this little trip down memory lane as much as I enjoyed putting it together. Looking back at these early sketches and experiments has been such a wonderful reminder of how far my creative journey has come. If you would like to see where all these early roots eventually led, or if you want to dive deeper into my current studio practice, please feel free to explore the links below! 🌻🎨
‘Musical Muse’, 1997-98. Early Abstract Doodles’
Pen & Ink on Paper