AFTER A CHILDHOOD of fairly constant drawing and intermittent painting, some form of art education was inevitable. I hadn’t taken Art ‘A’ level at school and this was reflected in a rather slim portfolio, and rather than offering me the Art Foundation Course, Barnet College enrolled me into the BTEC Design course. This was slanted […]
I’M DELIGHTED to have received some more testimonials from happy clients. It’s hard to know what people think of your cartoons and caricatures when they’re paying for them. So, it’s great to receive a written response of glowing appreciation. it’s almost like a second payment! I have been using Simon Ellinas for over 25 years […]
MY PAINTINGS, drawings and caricatures are still being displayed at Bel Gelato cafe in Barnet. The exhibition goes on until the end of December and I am sharing wall space with fellow artist Qing Qi. The exhibition consists of may of my #RIP2016 paintings plus some others and they are all for sale. There are […]
WHILST SITTING in front of the TV, not really watching it, I’ll often be scribbling away, producing caricatures, from some photos on the iPad. On this particular evening, I decided to have a go at the Brit Artist of the Unmade Bed, Tracey Emin. Judging by the seventy-seven likes on Facebook, I seem to have […]
Caricatures of Serena Williams TENNIS STAR Serena Williams has been making headlines recently and not entirely because of her defeat at the US Open. There has been a global furore surrounding a cartoon of her having a tantrum at losing the match. The critics complain that the cartoon caricatures Serena Williams in the same way […]
Drawing Portraits with the Barnet Guild of Artists I FINALLY TOOK the plunge today and joined in drawing portraits with the Barnet Guild of Artists at their Whalebones studio headquarters. Whalebones is a 200-year-old house in very rural grounds between Barnet hospital and Wood Street whose entrance is marked by the arch of two old […]
