A life in layers

Eddie

Artist, photographer, urban explorer. Always curious

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Who I am

Curious about
almost everything.

I'm the sort of person who gets properly absorbed in things. A new craft, a long walk, a city I've never been to — I like going deep rather than skimming the surface.

I make things with my hands: lino prints of ginkgo leaves, watercolour studies, pots on a wheel. I play music — piano, double bass — more for the feeling of it than any performance. I cook by instinct and season. I notice trees.

This page is a portrait of sorts. Not a résumé. Just the things that make me, me.

Ginkgo leaf lino print
Making things

The pleasure of
making by hand.

There's something deeply satisfying about finishing something that didn't exist before — even if it's lopsided or imperfect. A carved woodblock. A pot that holds water. A sketch that captures the light at a particular time of day.

Japanese woodblock printing, lino cutting, ceramics, watercolours, oils, acrylics, woodworking, printmaking — I've followed whatever thread pulled hardest. The overlap between disciplines is where it gets interesting.

A lot of what I make has to do with the natural world: plants, trees, the grain in wood. I find detail endlessly compelling.

Pimlico, London in Spring

Pimlico, London in Spring

All the things
Japanese woodblock printing
Watercolours, oils & acrylics
Piano & composing
Double bass jazz
Sailing & windsurfing
Local cooking
Photography
Pottery & ceramics
Roller skating
Cycling
Hiking & multi-day hikes
Camping & outdoor cooking
Tree identification
Woodworking
Maps & cartography
Journaling
Tennis, badminton, squash
Swimming
Japanese woodwork
Printmaking
City exploration
Long distance walks
Ambient lighting
Ceramics
Theatre
Architecture
Travel photography
observe
"

I pay attention to things most people walk past. The shape of a leaf. The key a street musician is playing in. The way light changes a room entirely.

Soundtrack

What's
playing.

Soul, jazz, folk, and a few voices that just never get old. Music that moves rather than just fills a room — the kind that makes you stop what you're doing and actually listen. Nina Simone at dinner. Bon Iver on a grey morning. Lake Street Drive whenever.

Nina Simone Soul & jazz
Stevie Wonder Soul & funk
Ray Charles Rhythm & blues
Marvin Gaye Soul & R&B
Joni Mitchell Folk & jazz
Bon Iver Indie folk
Lionel Richie Soul & pop
George Ezra Folk & pop
KT Tunstall Folk rock
Lake Street Drive Soul & jazz
The Chicks Country & folk
Aretha Franklin Soul & gospel
Art & vision

Artists who
made me
look harder.

I keep coming back to artists who were obsessed with observation — the way Hiroshige turns a rainstorm into geometry, or Seurat makes you see that daylight is actually made of a hundred different colours.

There's a pointillist discipline in how I try to see the world: slowly, in pieces, letting the whole emerge. Monet's patience. Lucian Freud's unflinching honesty. Van Rysselberghe's light.

Utagawa Hiroshige
Katsushika Hokusai
Georges Seurat
Théo Van Rysselberghe
Claude Monet
Lucian Freud
Royal Opera House, London
Ginkgo leaf lino print

Outside.
Always outside.

Angkor Wat travel photography

Angkor Wat

Sunset in Bushy Park, London

Bushy Park, London at sunset

Some of my best days have been the simplest: a long walk somewhere new, a camera in my pocket, stopping to identify a tree I don't recognise. I like the slow pace of proper exploration — taking the longer route, eating where the locals eat.

City exploration and long distance walks, Angkor Wat at dawn and Bushy Park at dusk — the common thread is paying attention to wherever I happen to be.

Hiking Multi-day hikes Camping Sailing Windsurfing City exploration Long distance walks Travel photography Cycling Swimming Tree identification Outdoor cooking Maps & cartography
Favourite flavours

What I'm
tasting.

My food taste runs towards the complex and the bright — things with an edge. Dark chocolate with a good book. Fresh limes in most things. The hit of ginger. Yuzu when I can find it. Matcha in the morning, medjool dates in the afternoon.

Dark chocolate Orange zest Limes Lychee Ginger Ginger chocolates Yuzu Medjool dates Raspberries Aloe Vera Matcha Citrus
0 Interests listed And that's the edited version.
0 Artists & musicians who matter The ones I keep returning to.
0 Favourite flavours Most involve dark chocolate or citrus.

Still
curious.
Always.

If any of this resonates, or you're wondering what the ginkgo print looks like in person — I'd love to hear from you.

The best conversations start somewhere unexpected.

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