Great advice from the Green Cross Man — These words are the essence of the Green Cross Code — something very familiar to me as a kid growing up in the eighties. The code aimed to keep kids safe as they crossed the road. The figurehead for the campaign was the Green Cross Man, played by Dave Prowse…

The work that really excites me right now has the ambition to change something for the better or to be of service in some way. Here are a few things that do that and that I’ve been inspired by this year. Olafur Eliasson In real life A wonderful exhibition whose social purpose…

Listening to rubbish, looking to find something surprising or beautiful — I’ve been working on a series of drawings and paintings that are prompted by bits of rubbish that I pick up on walks. Very 2020! The image above is one, her head is a toffee wrapper I picked up round the corner. I love this way of working. Sometimes the…

Something everyone should have, at least metaphorically — I believe a sense of play is massively important but that it can easily be overlooked or undervalued. We live in a world that’s going at a million miles an hour with important and urgent things zipping by or carrying us along. Where is the time for play? And isn’t…

I really enjoy making things. A meal, a picture, a joke — whatever. What I really love is when the thing you make becomes something physical, something you can point to and say ‘I did that’. It feels good. It’s even better when it’s something you’re proud of. But even…

A print best served cold? — Some people have a special talent for giving backhanded compliments. These can sting in the moment but are often very funny in the retelling. The image shows a print idea for taking something that was perhaps served as passive aggression and returning it as art. I’d like people to give…