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| Age: | 100 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
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| Last Login: | Apr 20, 2008 (228 days back) |
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About Me |
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I specialise in calligraphic lettering-(hand written or digitally enhanced) and have been working as an artist / illustrator for about 25 years. My main field of work is for the publishing industries - greeting cards, book jackets etc. However I'm always interested in unusual projects, one offs,etc and will accept commissioned work You would be most welcome at my website if you were to click here.... For those of you who like to watch paint dry, here's a short video (left) of the preliminary work for the following image. new calligraphic logo:- check out the author here An updated version of proposed book cover Yes, I know that's Zapfino font - the calligraphic stuff is in the background Exhibitions Include:- Lancashire Artist’s Exhibition, Harris Art Gallery, Preston 1977/78 Various ‘at work’ exhibitions at Samlesbury Hall, Preston 1981-1997 Platform Gallery Clitheroe 1998 Commonwealth Conference Centre, London 2002 Pendle Heritage Centre, Barrowford 2003/2006 Lewis Textile Museum, Blackburn 2004 Artizana, Prestbury, Cheshire 2004 ...And just out of interest... I've been getting involved on the artistic directory forum and having a go at the contests and collaborations section:- There's an open mural going on if anyone wants to join in. Click here.... |
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My Interests |
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| I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace) .. Some new work here:- Custom Tattoo designs Due to several requests, I've started to offer one-off original tattoo designs which can be commissioned to your specifications. Please message me if you want any more information:- New band logo:- CD sleeve artwork for Psychic Tribal Orchestra:- I'm interested in people, all aspects of art, literature, live and recorded music - particularly scandinavian jazz/electronica, animation, film, fell walking, poetry |
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I'd like to meet:anyone creating/requiring unusual artwork, art publishers, book publishers, art editors, and anyone else for that matter I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 |
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Music:Peter Hammill, Jonas Hellborg, Ozric Tentacles, Henry Rollins, Nils Petter Molvaer, Steve Tibbetts, Choying Drolma, Yungchen Lhamo, Savarra Nazarkhan, VDGG, King Crimson, Terje Rypdal, Eivind Aarset, Dhafer Youssef, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Stephan Micus, Duoud, Anouar Brahem, Jan Garbarek, Ketil Bjornstad, Neil Young, John Martyn, Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, Stina Nordenstam, Susanna and the magical Orchestra, David Sylvian, Biosphere, Bjork, Higher Intelligence Agency, Canteloube, Gorecki, Michael Nyman, Yann Tiersen, Hawkwind, Tim Blake, Pulsar, Christy Moore, Goran Bregovic, Rokia Traore, Khaled, Faudel, Jocelyn Pook, Tom McRaeand then for a change - Jose Padilla, Space Buddha, System 7, Bola, Muki, |
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Movies:Anything by Tarkovsky, Withnail and I, Amelie, Dark City, Kiss me Deadly, Big Sleep, Sunset Boulevarde, Ghost in the Shell, Bergman, Pan's Labyrinth, 21 grams, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, |
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Television:.. .. .. |
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Books:Hermann Hesse, Khalil Gibran, Raymond Chandler,James Cain, Don De Lillo, W B Yeats, Ted Hughes, Wordsworth, Keats, Roger McGough, Sigrid Undset, Yukio Mishima,Ursula le Guin, Lawrence Durrell, Michael Ondaatje, Dumas, Dostoevsky, Phillip Pullman, Tennessee Williams, John Wyndham, Woody Allen, f Scott Fitzgerald, Mervyn Peake, John Fowles, Shakespeare, John Donne, Jean Giono, Marcel Pagnol,Henry Rollins, ColeridgePaper Sculpture work Freeform work and sketchbook roughs Miscellaneous wedding placecard private commission exercise with versal letters Illustration for Hans Christian Anderson story - The Penman Acetate stitched book LINKS www.rcrux.com www.seedstitch.com www.artisticdirectory.co.uk |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Married |
| Hometown: | Preston |
| Occupation: | Artist / Illustrator / Calligrapher |
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My Blog |
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New website and exhibition details |
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| New gallery website open at www.richardcrookes.co.ukI will also be taking part in North Yorkshire Open Studios 2008 more details click here... Posted by crux on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:46:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Marcia, Jen, Alex, scarlet, R.P.M., K.J., CAS, ..:: s i a n ::.., Ms. G, So Stormy, Gordon, Mark David Gerson, RightIndex, angelica, Mirandole, Nouveau Art, leecie, Isis M. Jones, Nas, LE BOUneuSSE, Manazza, Mayme, PSYCHIC TRIBAL ORCHESTRA, Ocean Gaya, Katie, Julie Shiel, Christoph Kardek, Nicky, sondra*, LIFEFORCE RECORDS EUROPE, Yungchen Lhamo, Luna Som, Eivind Aarset, chadia, HAP, vampire wes, LystensTone, Steamy's Surf Shack, LoveZone Records, LORELEI, MSceramics, stiggmattt flavours, cory, (G)lori(A)-passionateforPattiSmith, Rote Waldfee, Jakki-D, www.expressartgallery.com
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