I first came across black American (was it Afro-American those days?) entertainment as a child in the 70s. It was enlightening ti say the least. People like me on the TV! We started mimicking the accents, the walk, the dress sense where we could. The power of the media was at its purest; people like…… Continue reading Can you dig it?
Category: fashion
Back to the Future
“Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.” -Truman Capote (1924 – 1984) This is an experiment with watercolour. I have a new text to play with and am making the visuals in watercolour, in the hope that I can find my own way of using this medium.
Grace Jones
Grace Jones burst into my life in the early 1980’s with her singles ‘My Jamaican Guy’, ‘Pull Up to My bumper’ and subsequently the albums ‘Warm Leatherette’ and ‘Nightclubbing’. Then there was her iconic look and style. Talk about Girl Power! She still has it at the age of 62… More importantly, for a black…… Continue reading Grace Jones
The Illustrationist 