Myriad Hoodies

Dark bloody print with character Kaede

Ramona's teas

Myriad by Loui Jover

The word ‘kaleidoscope’ is derived from Ancient Greek, its literal meaning being ‘observer of beautiful forms’. Kaleidoscopes have fascinated us with their complex, colourful and constantly shifting patterns since their invention 200 years ago. The interplay of light, colour and reflection is an elusive quality that artists and designers often seek to capture in their work.

Bon Jovi Mother mother tell your children That their time has just begun I have suffered for my anger There are wars that can't be won Father father please believe me I am laying down my guns I am broken like an arrow Forgive me Faith: you know you're gonna live thru the rain Lord you got to keep the faith Faith: don't let your love turn to hate Right now we got to Keep the faith Keep the faith Keep the faith Lord we got to keep the faith

Window dreaming the starry sky at bedtime night.imagining boundless space with myriad of stars

Part of my Berlin Wall series. The full set of images seeks to capture the role the wall played in the cold-war politics through art daubed into the wall itself. Graffiti of "Hope" in what for years appeared to be a hopeless situation.

Sesame Street, big yellow bird,Mr YELLOW

The Fourth plinth is the northwest plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London. It was originally intended to hold an equestrian statue of William IV; but is used as a short-term art space. Works are commissioned and are usually outrageous and controversial. Inspiration was the ‘Gift Horse’. I was a skeletal, riderless horse in bronze and sat on the 4th plinth in 2005.

I love Infinity

The Majorelle Garden is a two and half acre botanical garden and artist's landscape garden in Marrakech, Morocco. It was created by the French Orientalist artist, Jacques Majorelle over almost forty years, starting in 1923, and features a Cubist villa designed by the French architect, Paul Sinoir in the 1930’s.

New cities are planned with integrated public transport networks and environmentally beneficial and healthy mode of transport in purpose built and designed cycle-ways and pedestrian walk-ways.

In a supermarket car park that appeared to be the location where shopping trollies went to be dismembered, somebody had inked onto the wall the three letter word... "CAR" to remind us what the car-park was designed and built for.

I was only in Chicago a few hours having arrived from Des Moines by Greyhound, an experience in its own right. I collected as many individual shots as I could hoping that they would come in handy. I never through anything away. Standing on a street corner, waiting to cross, I noticed a man-hole in the street in front of me with information about what was buried below. A whole unseen world laying beneath our feet. This got me thinking as researched what was literally beneath my feet. Mass transit rail systems, water , gas, electric, internet, sewers etc. The list seemed endless. The mission was to try and portray this under-ground world in the context of the well know and more easily observable above group world. Chicago was the portal...

On 21 October 1805, the Royal Navy clashed with the Combined French and Spanish fleet at Cape Trafalgar, off the coast of Spain. The victory had massive repercussions for Napoleon's France and the future of the shape of Europe for centuries to come. An historic event commemorated in central London by Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square. Much visited by millions of tourists each year.

Part of my Barcelona and Gaudi series. The Cyclist and skeleton was part of street theater outside Gaudi's House and it seemed "interesting" to install these actors as static objects in Gaudi's bathroom. The skyline is made up of well known landmarks in the city including the Olympic Tower.

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, was held in .... Antwerp Belgium but was initially awarded to Budapest, Hungary. In 1919 the 1920 Games were switched to Antwerp as Hungary was not welcome to participate after WWI. Outside the Olympic Stadium Budapest (which was built for the awarded games) are a series of statues for sports that the Hungarians thought were strong sports for the home nation. On my first visit, the weather was dull and damp but I recorded each of the static tableaux wondering at the costumes, earnest effort and the sports themselves (country dancing?) included. Visits in subsequent years following the commusistic era and newly discovered "freedom" ... I found the status...

BLUE BLU WATER BOTTLES

Fire buckets, full of sand, on the Great Western Railway. GWR

It is usually said the "dogs are not just for CHRISTMAS" but need looking after throughout the year; feeding, watering, given exercise, cleaning, love and attention. CARs are similar. For many they are a means of transport getting families from A to B. They need love too. Feeding, washing and maintaining. We can hand wash our car OURSELVES to demonstrate our love towards it in a special way; use one of the many hand valet services at the local supermarket... "wash as we shop". There are also drive though washers.

Lost or forgotten due to having occurred or existed so far in the past. For all that we've learned about these ancient now extinct creatures and special places with once-upon-a-time hugely important meaning, most of their purpose and significance has been lost in the mists of time. Where are the DODO now? EXACTLY!

Poster of Charlie Chaplin near the London Museum of the Moving Image.The text declares that "film comes to life". The silhouette of Chaplin is small in the frame and dwarfed by the much larger and complex mural - but the distinctive pose of the great silent actor, still holds the viewer eye. When a boy, I did see Charlie Chaplin in his home in Switzerland. He was in his 90's then, but nice to be able to tell the children that I saw him .... to which the reply is usually ... "who"!

VENICE a FLOATING MARVEL

BRIGHT RED DAHLIA FLOWER Closeup

Swiss carnival day in Lucerne where the inhabitants really change from the normal Swiss control and reserved behaviour and go "wild". Unexpectedly super day.

In May in Europe many fields are wonderfully yellow as the oilseed rape (used mainly to make margarine) flowers. Here an undulating grass filed next to an oilseed rape fields provides most of the patterning against the mono-coloured yellow.

K.Flay Black wave coming, will it hit? I can taste the fear, yeah, it's written on my lips Sipping on a cold one, waiting on the rinse Woke up with an omen tatted on my wrist Black wave coming, will it drop? I can see the fear, yeah, it's written on the wall. I love my local beach and one black wave - I say goodbye sadly. Solitude is a precious commodity.

Swiss carnival day in Lucerne where the inhabitants really change from the normal Swiss control and reserved behaviour and go "wild". These are some of the street theatre PLAYERS.

Tunnel near Izmir, Turkey

ME and MY SHADOW

When my children were small I was asked to build a play house in our back garden. I was involved in a considerable construction project at the time and had access to off-cuts of timber. The simple concept grew on size and complexity; windows with curtains, height so children could stand inside with ease. This "wendy house" was much loved and played with for years , but as the children grew into teens the once cherished house was neglected. One of my children asked me to get rid of it and try as I may it was too big to go round the side of the house and being solidly built in-situ was now a problem to dispose of. The only realistic solution was to burn it in the garden and photograph the event. Again nothing goes to plan. Heat generate...

Swiss carnival day in Lucerne where the inhabitants really change from the normal Swiss control and reserved behaviour and go "wild". Unexpectedly super day.

THERE IS SOMETHING WHOLESOME ABOUT THE NUMBER 10. FIRST 2 DIGIT NUMBER, NUMBER OF TOES / FINGERS AND A SPEED LIMIT WE HOPE NOT TO BE TRAPPED INSIDE OF. BEING INSIDE A FIXED CIRCLE CAN BE COMFORTING AND SAFE OR A FEELING OF ENTRAPMENT.

From sun into moon.

ALL MY OWN IMAGES and creativity by my heart/brain. Tools/work using Photoshop. The age of steam changed every aspect of life. FRESH Food could be sourced with better health benefits, engineering and production was more efficient and the nation prospered. But at a stroke of a politician's pen, the steam era ended abruptly to make way for "progress" and the diesel age. STEAM was sidelined and forgotten. Coal was a hazard to the Ozone layer so was largely banned and mines closed. But what happens when the oil runs out? hummm... maybe reopen coal mines and re-engineer modern steam transport? I wonder!

A school project each child with the same brief and material to "create" their hedgehop. What will you call yours??