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Creative journals, altered books & photos:

Having convinced myself for the longest time that my love of drawing, painting and collaging was, well, pointless, I've gotten back in the creative saddle.

Here are some of the results of that exploration...

Creative journals 2016:

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): Bianca Jagger

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): Bianca Jagger

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): creative blackout

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): creative blackout

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): blind drawing, coloured

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): blind drawing, coloured

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): details, random abstracts

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): details, random abstracts

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): abstracts, whiteouts, etc

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): abstracts, whiteouts, etc

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): collage, paint, etc

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): collage, paint, etc

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): horse, random colour, etc

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): horse, random colour, etc

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): random circles

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): random circles

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): Leonora Carrington-inspired

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): Leonora Carrington-inspired

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): map, colour, etc

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): map, colour, etc

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): collage, colour, etc

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): collage, colour, etc

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): abstracts

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): abstracts

Sketchbook: playing with threads

Sketchbook: playing with threads

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): abstracts

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): abstracts

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): found objects

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): found objects

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): bus journey in one line

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): bus journey in one line

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): dance journey

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): dance journey

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): collage, colour, etc

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): collage, colour, etc

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): random shapes, colour, collage

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): random shapes, colour, collage

Sketchbook: repeats, patterns

Sketchbook: repeats, patterns

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): collage, repeats, etc

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): collage, repeats, etc

Sketchbook: ink, watercolour, tape on antique ledger

Sketchbook: ink, watercolour, tape on antique ledger

Sketchbook: illustration on magazine page

Sketchbook: illustration on magazine page

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): page shapes

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): page shapes

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): surreal Bianca Jagger

Altered Book (Disco Dance Moves): surreal Bianca Jagger

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): interventions...

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): interventions...

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging) - ink, Tippex, etc

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging) - ink, Tippex, etc

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): responsive landscape

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): responsive landscape

Sketchbook: landscapes in colour

Sketchbook: landscapes in colour

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): surreal landscapes

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): surreal landscapes

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): responsive seascape

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): responsive seascape

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): illustrations, washi tape

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): illustrations, washi tape

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): found griffon

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): found griffon

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): Whistler-inspired portrait

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): Whistler-inspired portrait

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): stencils, sticky dots, etc

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): stencils, sticky dots, etc

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): dot to dot collage

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): dot to dot collage

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): responsive landscape

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): responsive landscape

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): tinted photos

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): tinted photos

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): unsighted sketches layered

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): unsighted sketches layered

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): 'found' landscape

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): 'found' landscape

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): ink, collage, paint

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): ink, collage, paint

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): landscape, doodle, etc

Altered Book (Japanese Flower Arranging): landscape, doodle, etc

Sketchbook: dreamscape, acrylic

Sketchbook: dreamscape, acrylic

Sketchbook: surreal landscape doodles

Sketchbook: surreal landscape doodles

Sketchbook: landscape doodles

Sketchbook: landscape doodles

Sketchbook: landscapes abstracted

Sketchbook: landscapes abstracted

Sketchbook: popcorn as abstract inspiration

Sketchbook: popcorn as abstract inspiration

Sketchbook: rose drawn 'blind'

Sketchbook: rose drawn 'blind'

Creative journals, sketches, photos 2015:

Sketch: Leonora Carrington, Tate Liverpool, 2015

Sketch: Leonora Carrington, Tate Liverpool, 2015

Photo: Regents Street - Louis Vuitton dinosaur window

Photo: Regents Street - Louis Vuitton dinosaur window

Photo: Regents Street - Louis Vuitton dinosaur window

Photo: Regents Street - Louis Vuitton dinosaur window

Altered Book (Reader's Digest Book of Facts) - collage & Tippex

Altered Book (Reader's Digest Book of Facts) - collage & Tippex

Sketchbook 1: one minute sketches from art works, then reimagined

Sketchbook 1: one minute sketches from art works, then reimagined

Sketchbook 1: layered sketches collaged & coloured

Sketchbook 1: layered sketches collaged & coloured

Altered Book (Reader's Digest Book of Facts) - collage & highlighter

Altered Book (Reader's Digest Book of Facts) - collage & highlighter

Sketchbook 1: my colour palette

Sketchbook 1: my colour palette

Sketchbook 1: reassembled image

Sketchbook 1: reassembled image

Sketchbook 1: drawings spliced to create a new image

Sketchbook 1: drawings spliced to create a new image

Altered Book (Reader's Digest Book of Facts) - watercolour & collage

Altered Book (Reader's Digest Book of Facts) - watercolour & collage

Altered Book (Reader's Digest Book of Facts) - collage, watercolour, cut outs

Altered Book (Reader's Digest Book of Facts) - collage, watercolour, cut outs

Altered Book (Preview 1955): seed burst in paint, collage, glitter

Altered Book (Preview 1955): seed burst in paint, collage, glitter