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Sam Kerr
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Billie Eilish / Service 95

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Alastair Campbell / The Economist

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Clasped Hands

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Albert Camus / Great Short Books

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Embracing Extinction / Tricycle Magazine

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Cactus With Fingers

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Tue Sy / Tricycle Magazine

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Caravaning In Walberswick

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Modern Speeches / Penguin Books

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Anthony Burgess / Great Short Books

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Rüppell's Fox / Interroll Magazine

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Ilhan Omar / Dwell Magazine

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Hilton Carter / Dwell Magazine

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Troye Sivan / Service 95

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Hendrick's Gin Duncan

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The Last Enemy / Penguin Books

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Glenn T. Miller digital painting / In Trust Magazine

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Web Category Drawings / Marwood

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Bromeliad

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Self Portrait / Dwell Magazine

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Elon Musk

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Jennie Black / Services 95

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Zoe Whitley / LUX Magazine

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Sheepshead Minnow

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Fracture Cover / Profile Books

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Joe Biden / The Guardian

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Sefl Portrait Digital Sketch

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Jerome Bryon / Dwell Magzine

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Glasses Watercolour

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Fat Lava Pot

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Marcus Aurelius / Books That Make The World

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Remote Working

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Quastenflosser

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Rishi Sunak / The Guardian

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Que Minh Luu / The Australian

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Zora Neale Hurston / Great Short Books

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Ernest Hemingway / Great Short Books

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Darkness And Light

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Robert Pritzker / Vanity Fair

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Collared Pranticole / Paul Smith

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Past And Present

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Tosin Oshinowo / Dwell Magazine

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Sarah In Stripes

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Sketchbook Work

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David Watson

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Collared Flycatcher / Paul Smith

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Toni Morrison / Great Short Books Portraits

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Sarah In Stripes 2

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Low Tide

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Sketchbook Man In Hat

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Self

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Glenn / FT

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Ludovic Weber / FT

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Sarah In Polka Dots

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Sketchbook Dog

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Glen Lutz / Services 95

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Aspodistra

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Unknown Lady

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Macky Sall / The Economit

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Voltaire / Great Short Books

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Ben Jomes / Google

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Collared Dove / Paul Smith

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Kate Chopin / Great Short Books

Biography

I studied Illustration at Kingston University, graduating in 2003. After living and working in London for 15 years, I vacated the city for a life by the sea. I now reside in St. Leonards, East Sussex.

As an introverted child I would use drawing as a social tool, enabling me to make an impression from a distance. This early standpoint of ‘observer' rather than ‘participant' forever positioned ‘people' as a prominent focal point in my work. Time and again, this has manifested itself in portraiture, but the influence and impact of humankind also finds its way into other areas. No matter the topic, I'm invariably looking for the human connection.

I intentionally explore multiple mediums in my work. Doing so keeps things interesting for me, which is important in maintaining enthusiasm for one’s craft. I find it liberating to have more than one tool with which to create something.

My clients include, Apple, Art Basel, Christie’s, The Economist, Google, The Guardian, National Geographic, Penguin Books, Pentagram, Tricycle Magazine, and Waitrose.
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