Update

James We have finally moved and almost settled into the new house. My new studio is nearly ready, which is part of the house now. At the end of May I will be moving from 725 North Western, where I had my studio for nearly eight years. Unfortunately, not much work has been done lately, mostly just packing.

My most recent project "Cracks" (a tribute to the Resistance Movement) is almost finished. As I see it, the artist's job is to get his fingers into the crevices and prise them open.

That's not hard when the contradictions are so gaping. I was going to call it "Cracks, Cream and Crevices", the "Cream" being the effluent for covering the cracks when they get too extreme but that all seemed too much - "Cracks" seemed to say it all. The project comprises over fifty paintings, all twelve inches square and has evolved over the last three years.

William Scott Alongside "Cracks", I have been working on a series of "Family Portraits". These are more character vignettes done on a large scale - all eight by seven feet. While not exactly traditional portraits, searching for a likeness, they are intended as an emotional representation and include my Mother, Father and Brother. A self-portrait will be the last. Maybe more will come later?

And this year I have also embarked on a long thought about Book Project which will ultimately comprise six books of drawings from the following catagories: animals, flowers, self-portraits, portraits, face, head or body parts, abstract, still-life, interiors, tableau, family, nude figure, erotic, landscapes, anti-war, psychic states, etc.