Caricaturist at Exhibition SOMETIMES IT’S GOOD to get away from the constant treadmill of cartoons and caricatures to soak up some fine art and to gain inspiration from the works of professional artists. So it was when fellow caricaturist Ian Parratt invited me to join him at the Tate Britain’s latest offering, All Too Human […]
CORPORATE ENTERTAINMENT and private parties have discovered a new attraction to add to their events in recent years. That is, the Live, On-The-Spot Caricaturist or ‘sketch artist’ as some people call us. Of course, the capital city, London sees an awful lot of these events throughout the year and the companies throwing parties for their […]
I WAS BORN in Clapham, South London and after a brief time in Tadworth, Surrey, we moved to Hendon in North London. So, I have always been a cartoonist in London. As you can see from the above, I used to brand myself as The London Caricaturist as well; a soubriquet now shared with several […]
How can a caricaturist get on page one of Google? I AM OFTEN asked: “How can a caricaturist get on page one of Google?” Okay, it’s me asking myself, as it’s a problem I have struggled with over the last three or four years. My domain name, caricatures.org.uk, has been active for more than eleven […]
Topical cartoons and satire magazines SINCE THE DAYS of Hogarth and Gillray, the trenchant political or topical cartoon has always had a home in satire magazines and newspapers. Politicians and celebrities have a small price to pay for their power, fame and huge pay packets – they earn it all in full view of public […]
Cartoons for Magazines IT MIGHT SEEM a bit odd to be talking of supplying cartoons for magazines in this digital day and age, but for ‘magazines’ you can substitute ‘text’. Anywhere where there is a lot of text and where a stock photo simply won’t do, a cartoon illustration, professionally drawn, will always ‘draw’ (excuse […]
