An Undoing of a Collection

"This is the strange undoing of a collection, of a house and of a family. It is the moment of fissure when grand things are taken and family objects, known and handled and loved, become stuff."

Edmund de Waal, The Hare with Amber Eyes

The Chase

Bullitt (1968) Directed by Peter Yates

The French Connection (1971) Directed by William Friedkin

Fortune in Bengaluru

A view from the hotel Fortune Select JP Cosmos Bengaluru India ahead of the Itinerant Illustrator Exhibition at Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology. The image immediately had parallels with the series of drawings made for the exhibition - a scene fragmented when viewed through venetian blinds. 

Cardboard Citizens

Drawings done for the London headquarters of Cardboard Citizens translated as a print for This is Change exhibition at ONCA Gallery Brighton.

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The Age of Mortality

Imperial Gesture

Africa allegorical scene at the Albert Memorial by William Theed.

Casino de Monte-Carlo

"I avoid looking back. I prefer good memories to regrets."

Grace Kelly

One of my first experiences of the continental as a child was watching on television John Frankenheimer's 1966 film Grand Prix.