AMELIA ROSE COOGAN

This beautiful little Princess came into the world at 10.59pm on Monday, 6th July 2009. She is utterly adorable.
As for my wife Karen, the amount of admiration I have for her cannot be put into words. She is one in a million, just like our little bundle of joy.

WEDDING GUESTBOOK

Here's a caricature of a couple who asked me to 'do' them for their upcoming wedding. This artwork has been used for their wedding invitations and will also be used for their guestbook on the day of the wedding.

ERIC CANTONA

Some people refer to him as 'Eric', others call him 'Cantona'. You've guessed it, it's Eric Cantona.

HENRY FONDA

Once in a while you come across a movie that is so powerful and so brilliantly directed and acted that you never ever tire of watching it.
For me that movie is 'Twelve Angry Men'. I've seen it well over 30 times and I could watch it another 30.
Here's a sketch of Henry Fonda's character, Juror number 8.

NINA SIMONE

Rough sketch in Photoshop of the late great singer/songwriter.....

BASIL FAWLTY

This week sees the 30th anniversary of the classic sit-com, Fawlty Towers.
There are are so many reasons why this TV show is so universally popular. Firstly, the characters are so believable. Also, I think we all have a bit of Basil Fawlty in us. Most importantly though, I think a lot of it's success and what makes the phemomenon all the more remarkable, is down to the fact that there were only two series made!

While searching for reference photos of John Cleese, I came across this You Tube clip of him on Parkinson during the 1980's, explaining how the character of Basil Fawlty originated.

LIVE WORK

Just a couple of snaps at a wedding I was working at yesterday at the Sheraton Hotel in Athlone.
Thanks to Niall O'Loughlin for the gig!!!!

ROY ORBISON

......or 'The Big O' as he was otherwise known in his day........

WOLVERINE

SAMUEL BECKETT

Here's another famous birthday that was celebrated recently. The Irish writer and poet, Samuel Beckett.

PETE DOHERTY

DAVE GAHAN

Been a fan of Depeche Mode for years, ever since the days when writing your favorite band on your schoolbag was a cool thing to do.
They've a new album out this week which will be added to my collection before long..........

'El Niño' (work in progress)

The season is drawing to a close and Liverpool are the closest they've been to winning the League in 19 painful years.
Torres is on fire at the moment and if he keeps scoring the way he is right now, we're definitely in with a good shout!! This being 'quietly confident' lark is hard work!!

WATCHMEN

I rarely do these types of drawings anymore as I don't really feel that copying directly from a photo or movie still does much to improve my drawing skills.
I still enjoy doing them nonetheless. This is based on a still taken from the 'Watchmen' movie. I've not seen it yet but I read the novel way back when I was a comic book nerd.
This one took about an hour in Photoshop.

WEDDING INVITE

Here's another wedding invitation recently completed.

GEORGE COSTANZA

Thought I'd continue the Seinfeld theme and draw his close friend and accomplice, George. He's neurotic, self-loathing, insincere, insecure, dishonest and a coward with no redeeming qualities......maybe that's why I like him so much!!

JERRY SEINFELD

This guy is one of my absolute heroes.
For eight years and 175 episodes, he co-wrote and starred in what must be still to this day, one of the best and funniest sit-coms of all time. That would be 'Seinfeld' of course.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON

Quick sketch of the by no means unattractive Hollywood actress.

Update: 4/4/09

ALAN SHEARER

He's either been offered a phenomonal amount of money or he's run out of bland comments as a pundit on 'Match of the Day', but Alan Shearer has shocked us all by taking the manager's job at Newcastle FC. He's such a legend up there which makes his decision even more baffling. If he fails to keep The Magpies in the Premiership, he's placing that legendary status in jeopardy, all for the sake of romanticism.
Personally, I don't think he's gonna pull it off. Newcastle are in freefall at the moment and the only hope they have is if the teams around them start playing even worse than they have been up to now.........yeah right.

KARL PILKINGTON

Whether you look upon him as Ricky Gervais's muse or the man who makes Ricky Gervais look funny, there's no mistaking Karl Pilkington's genius.
If you've not heard of him or seen him, just 'YouTube' him or download one of the hilarious podcasts. Pure comedy gold!!

Update 30/3/09: