Keanu Reeves - Ode to Happiness

 Ode to Happiness is Keanu Reeves' first book of 'poetry'. It has really nice illustrations by Alexandra Grant and is described as a picture book for grown-ups.

 Published by Steidl in May 2011 it sold out pretty much instantly. It is much larger format than I expected, 13"x8" and housed in a slipcase. The book itself is more of a pamphlet format with exposed stitching and high quality paper.

 The book is now pretty scarce, but there are a few copies available here and I have seen it here recently. I highly recommend you try to get hold of a copy, it is sure to increase in value.

Still no soul appeared upon her decks book sculpture.

It has been a while since my last post, I have been concentrating on moving house and my group exhibition at the Pitt Building in Cambridge. This passed off pretty successfully at the weekend, I hope the new owners of 'The Royal Little Red Riding Hood after Kilimnik' enjoy their purchase.

The picture above is of my most recent book sculpture 'Still no soul appeared upon her decks' made from an antique edition of Treasure Island. I only finished it a couple of days before the exhibition, so did not have time to have cards printed of it, predictably this was the most requested card! I should receive the stock in a week or so at which point I will load it in my shop where you can already find many other greeting cards.

Hopefully life will return to normal in the coming weeks and I will be able to resume more frequent posting of my recent book and art purchases and finds.

Thomas Struth print available from Whitechapel

New from the Whitechapel gallery is this print by renowned German artist and photographer Thomas Struth.


String Handling, SolarWorld, Frieberg, 2011 is in a smallish edition of 80, signed and numbered. Price is £395.

More details can be found at the Whitechapel Gallery site here.

Painters and Sculptors at the Pitt

My group exhibition at the Pitt Building in Cambridge is fast approaching it is going to be on the weekend of the 9th and 10th of July. Here are a few poster designs that I am trying out to promote it. (also trying out the Picasa slideshow tool, hope it works!)

Looks like we are moving house in 12 days, so busy times ahead...

Paul Fusco prints at 20x200

Just announced and probably sold out by the time this hits the interweb. 2 prints by Paul Fusco in four different sizes, starting at $100.

I have to say I've become a little disenchanted with the 20x200 model, this is a big name and good prices.

Buy them here (if there are any left!).

Cards printed and Etsy shop open

I took delivery of my new business cards and blank greeting cards from moo today, and they look great.

The business cards are particularly impressive, they feel very high quality and the rounded corners are a nice touch. Really makes a difference to be able to have up to 50 different images on them.

The greeting cards are available now in my new etsy shop!

Raymond Meeks and Wes Mills Not Seen Not Said

Volume two of the Orchard Journal is now available for pre-order, and it looks amazing!

Not Seen Not Said is a collaboration between Raymond Meeks and Wes Mills. As with volume one, Crime Victim Chronicle, it is available in three increasingly impressive formats.

Lots more pictures and to pre-order go here.

Shoot the Moon book sculpture

Been a bit quiet on the blog lately, busy preparing for exhibition in early July and moving house at the end of June.

Anyway, here is a new book sculpture, Shoot the Moon. A bit of a departure by using printed trees and figures, which were then cut out by hand.

Have just spent the morning designing some greeting cards which should be printed and delivered within a couple of weeks, will post when they are available.

UPDATE - cards have been printed and are available for purchase here.

Tracey Emin - The Kiss print

Another new print from Tracey Emin, this time from the White Cube gallery. The Kiss is a commemorative piece for the recent Royal Wedding. It is quite a large edition of 1000, but a very attactive price of only £100 plus tax and postage.

At this price I would say it could be a good investment if it is snapped up by all those Wills and Kate fans!

Buy it here.

UPDATE 20 May 2011 White Cube had 200 of these - they have sold out!

You can still get it from Tracey direct at Emin International here, it is actually cheaper as they are only charging £4 for postage as opposed the White Cube's £20! I've just ordered mine.

New Tracey Emin prints at Counter

*UPDATE 2nd June 2011. Use this code - TECE2011 - at the checkout to get £100 off these prints.*


Counter editions have two new Tracey Emin prints for sale on their website. It seems that £650 is their new starting point for their prints which seems a little steep, but they are always excellent quality and will probably be worth much more in the long run.

She Lay Down (2011)

£650.00
Edition of 150
Lithograph on Somerset Velvet 300 gsm paper
55.5 x 72.5 cm
Signed, numbered and dated by the artist.

To coincide with her retrospective exhibition Love is What You Want at the Hayward Gallery, Tracey Emin has created two new limited edition prints. The lithographic prints are close in style to both her early watercolours and to her more recent large-scale paintings. Emin describes the landscape in She Lay Down (2011) as “a dream-like place - a cross between a desert and an ocean.” In this landscape the prone, solitary female has an ambiguous presence: is she lying at the bottom of the sea, or simply lying asleep?

Laying with the Olive Trees (2011) uses the repeated motif of the olive tree to bring a sense of life to the female figure lying in a state of deathly repose. Perhaps her thoughts are drifting to the rolling hills of olive groves in her much-visited Turkish-Cypriot homeland, or maybe Provence where the artist often spends her summers. Buy it here.

Laying with the Olive Trees (2011)
£650.00
Edition of 150
Lithograph on Somerset Velvet 300 gsm paper
55.5 x 72.5 cm
Signed, numbered and dated by the artist.

To coincide with her retrospective exhibition Love is What You Want at the Hayward Gallery, Tracey Emin has created two new limited edition prints. The lithographic prints are close in style to both her early watercolours and to her more recent large-scale paintings.

Laying with the Olive Trees (2011) uses the repeated motif of the olive tree to bring a sense of life to the female figure lying in a state of deathly repose. Perhaps her thoughts are drifting to the rolling hills of olive groves in her much-visited Turkish-Cypriot homeland, or maybe Provence where the artist often spends her summers.
Emin describes the landscape in She Lay Down (2011) as “a dream-like place - a cross between a desert and an ocean.” In this landscape the prone, solitary female has an ambiguous presence: is she lying at the bottom of the sea, or simply lying asleep? Buy it here.