Illustration

When I was studying at the London College of Printing, I always found myself looking through books of illustrations and trying to establish my own style.

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My subjects mostly revolved around women's faces, I was especially intrigued by their expressive eyes.

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After many attempts, the one piece of work that I was most satisfied with was an illustrations of Miss Liza Minnelli, see above. This was inspired by a scene from the film Lucky Lady. Her eyes were her trade mark, here, I used a white background without any colouring in her face, thus, exaggerating the eyes even more.

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Here, in 1979 seen here with Ms Minnelli when she was performing at the Royal Opera House in Martha Graham's The Owl and the Pussy Cat, as the narrator.

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A recent illustration of Ms Minnelli.(1999) copyright

signed by Ms Minnelli on the 18/1/2000

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The most famous of them all - Betty Davis EYES

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A very rare photo of Ms Davis and Ms Minnelli.

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An illustration of Ms Davis, scene from her film, 'The Anniversary'.