Jubilee Tea!

Gavin Reece

Garry Walton

Paul Boston

Jenny Hoare

Anna Hymas

Melvyn Evans

Lucy Truman

Robyn Neild

Nick Kobyluch

Sean Syms

Maxwell Dorsey

Andrew Farley

It's a special long weekend for the Jubilee so here's a special long Jubilee-themed blog post!  Claire Meiklejohn got all the artists at her illustration agency to celebrate those two great English institutions, tea and the Queen.  These are some of my favourites.  http://issuu.com/meiklejohnillustration/docs/jubliee_royaltea_2012_300?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23ffffff

Twitter Feed

@CigaretteBurns_ brings the finest forgotten cult films back to the big screen, rumor has it that he watches in excess of 500 films a year.

@AlOverdrive his passion for the frozen image is only exceeded by his talent.

@deedeesvintage Dee Dee runs an awesome vintage on-line shop where you can find the perfect mix of Americana and British clothing

@ElectricAdam creates incredible latex costumes, inspired by science fiction and his own warped imagination.

@samo72 An outstanding collector of circles in squares and forgotten pictures. Whiskey. Ice. Crashed cars. Maps. Rubble.

Travis Hodges has done an intriguing project here... He picked one of his favourite twitter friends and photographed them then they picked their favourite twitter friend and he photographed them and so on and so on... It's a fascinating visual thread of a group of virtually-connected friends.  Each caption is Travis's brief description of each person. Check it out on his site http://www.travishodges.co.uk/followme/

Nostalgic Food

Nigel Slater wrote a great book called Eating for England which is a sort of culinary portrait of the nation.  In it he describes the various foodstuffs he used to eat as a kid and the memories they invoke.  It's a shame that he didn't commission Joel Penkman to do some paintings for the book.  She uses egg tempura to paint with which means its not a quick process but the results speak for themselves.  Orange Club anyone? http://www.handsomefrank.com/illustrators/joel-penkman/

Colourtastic!

Don't know where Jessica Backhaus was when she found these wonderful brightly painted walls saturated in sunlight, but I want to go there.  Somewhere very hot, no doubt. She calls this series her symphony of shadows.  Simple and beautiful!  http://www.jessicabackhaus.net/symphony_of_shadows/images10.htm

Street collage

Been away for a few weeks so it's the first post in a while.  Came across Sandrine Estrade Boulet's work today whilst doing some research and it made me smile...  Just goes to show that other people's detritus can be turned into someone else's treasure...   http://www.lebookmaker.com/artist/4/sandrine-estrade-boulet/portfolio/?image=969

Untapped

We had an amazing exhibition yesterday in the agency where I work which showcased the talent of the people who work here.  We called it Untapped. We had a couple of short films, someone who does incredible prosthetics make-up, some great cooks (fajita cupcakes anyone?), a couple of phenomenal singers and some fantastic artwork. The street portraits are by James Rooke, one of our art directors, and the bottom landscapes are by Matt Crabtree, one of our creative directors.

Guess who?

Samuel L Jackson

George Clooney

Angelina Jolie

Julia Roberts

Dubbing is big business in non-English speaking countries.  Did you know for instance that Vincent Cassell is always used to dub over Hugh Grant in his movies?  Jorn Tomter has done this fascinating study of the people behind the German voices who are regularly used to dub over the world's most famous filmstars.Jorn Tomter