Here is a selection of artistic projects which I have undertaken over the years, some in the way
of business, some for family reasons or for my own amusement.
Click on any image to see a larger version.

Below   Part of a map of the Roman Empire in the reign of Diocletian (circa A.D. 300), drawn in the style of the late 16th century, which I added to my copy of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (as I write [October 2004] I am reading this seven-volume work from beginning to end for the seventeenth time).

Below right   An illustration to Lord of the Rings;  on their way southwards to the Crossroads, the hobbits look out over the lowlands of Gondor.

Left   This invitation was designed in 1998 for the wedding of the late Fred Dibnah, British television personality and enthusiast for 19th-century industry and technology.
Mr. Dibnah was originally a steeplejack (demolition
expert) - hence the chimney and the scaffolding - and
presided over the family firm in Bolton, Lancashire,
whose Town Hall clock-tower is shown (by special
request) on the cover.   The stationery was printed in
Bordeaux Red ink on recycled silk ivory material.

Below right   Hand-illuminated title-page, in Italian
Renaissance style, for a testimonial book presented
to the retiring Secretary of the Council for Christians
and Jews, a national organisation for promoting
friendship between the two faiths.   The inscription
at the top, in Hebrew and Latin, reads ‘Behold, how
good and sweet it is for brothers to sit together in
unity’.