Kate Bush 'Aerial' As If Written As Novels

This is the fourth in my series of Kate Bush albums reimagined as collections of books (after 'Hounds of Love', 'The Kick Inside' and 'The Sensual World'). It’s her colossal 2005 album 'Aerial'. Each of the books here represents a track on the album, and they’re all arranged in the same order they appear on the original CD release. It’s available now from the Standard Designs Etsy shop.

The print measures 42 x 29.7cm (which fits very nicely into a standard IKEA Ribba frame, as you can see above).

It’s printed on some rather nice 200gsm premium archival paper. It’s a substantial print.

The books (all Penguins) have been chosen to echo the warm colours of the original CD’s artwork.

There’s also a special offer in the shop where you can buy all four of my Kate Bush prints for the price of three with free shipping - click here for more information.

Washing machine… washing machine…

Doodling = Thinking

Somewhere in amongst these and their hundreds of siblings my next print is waiting to be discovered. But where, where? Ah, the joys of being an artist. 99% inspiration, 1% perspiration, 64% frustration (artists are notoriously bad a maths, as anyone who’s looked through a painter’s end-of-year accounts will attest to).

Oasis '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' As A Series of Books

Another print as if the Gallagher brothers had started out as novelists instead of musicians. The print is available in my Etsy shop via this link.

It's Thomas Pynchon's 77th Birthday

He wrote this, didn’t he…?

(Print available here)

Oasis 'Definitely Maybe' As A Collection Of Books

This is my new print, available now in the Standard Designs Etsy shop.

It’s crazy to think that this album was released almost 20 years ago now. Like a lot of my people in my generation I have warm memories of my first encounter with it - the video for ‘Supersonic’ (still one of my favourite songs) was I think the first thing I watched on the crappy black & white portable TV in my first ever flat that I moved into while working at my first ever job. The song’s extended derisory vowel sounds were music to my ears. Literally. And they still are.

The great thing about the sentiments expressed in a lot of these songs is that despite being quite contemporary they relate back through a culture of working class effort and aspiration that had been kicking at fences since the 1950s at least. I hear echoes of ‘The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner’ and ‘Billy Liar’. In a strange way I also hear echoes of Morrissey.

Anyway, there you go.

New Wave Post Box

At our local sorting office. Something quite 1978-1982 about this. New Wave, or late punk, or Two-Tone, or Peter Saville-ish.