Come and take a look sometime. As is the final of this one… Post did one very similar to the one above, and my drawing is a homage to the man. Pont: Graham Laidler, and the British Character The one about the washing up is of my own invention and is really based on personal experience. I’m told that I’m a messy cook and my cynicism about washing up machines is unjustified ( I don’t much care for them ) The washing up theme would not have worked in Pont’s day as other people ( servants ) would have done the … Continue reading This one’s in the exhibition…

Thanks to my chums helping me to put up my exhibition, it’s here and open now. So far the reactions have been very good and it’s always great to hear people laughing at one’s work! This is a great little venue for an exhibition space in the middle of Cheltenham and could not be more apt for the subject of the British Character, being in the middle of Middle England. I’m here for most of the day every day till it closes on the 22nd. Come along and take a look. From here I have a view of the bandstand … Continue reading First day of exhibition and a great place to drop into.

Here’s one of my drawings that did not make the ‘cut’ for my exhibition that opens tomorrow at the Gardens Gallery. It will be there but not in a frame on the wall as it is one a few that’s not finished. I’ll be taking it along to see if I can rescue it. There’s much renovation needed to the work. It’s one of the drawings in the ‘Pont’ series about the British Character. His original was entitled ” A liking for wooden beams” and looked nothing like this one, it was better for a start! That aside it is … Continue reading You won’t be seeing this one…

The finished version in my show starting Wednesday, come along. There will be no blank canvasses! Continue reading Look out for this

This is the line work for one of the drawings about the British Character, the final piece is framed and ready to display from Wednesday next week. You can see loads more either at the show or if you can't get there drop into my website http://www.pauldaviescartoons.gallery I will be there every day, for most of the day, looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. Continue reading Another to see

My exhibition here in Cheltenham starts next Wednesday the 16th. Apart from a series about The British Character, cartoons that are a homage to the 1930s cartoonist ‘Pont’, there are a number on Apt names and Emma is one. She’s an expert upholsterer with the surname Royd. See where I’m coming from? The original and many others will be on display and for sale at the show. It’s free and I’ll be there, thinking up other silly ideas to bother people with.   Continue reading Come and see Emma next week.

Pete Wilson Show on BBC Radio Gloucestershire There are times when one has to beat one’s own drum, and this is one of those times. Continue reading That’s me talking about cartoons on the radio!

I make no excuses for publishing this one again. Looking back to when I started my project to re-visit the ideas and drawings of Pont, the cartoonist from the 40s who inspired this whole project, this drawing is very close to his own. His drawing had a number of bears surrounding the hapless explorer and he was armed with a large rifle on an expansive ice field. Mine has just the one bear and the ice has melted, so both the bear and the explorer are under threat, from elements outside their immediate control. The ice is melting. I would … Continue reading Refusal to admit defeat?

A brilliant new concept. I was lucky enough this morning to have been interviewed by Pete Wilson for BBC Radio Gloucestershire about my forthcoming exhibition at the Garden’s Gallery here in Cheltenham. It was great fun and very flattering to have someone interested in what I do and how I got there. He saw the odd side of talking about cartoons on the radio but it soon became clear that this was not a problem. I was lucky too to have the chance to talk about my new little book, which will be on sale at the exhibition too. This is … Continue reading Cartoons on the radio?

This is one of the smaller drawings for my forthcoming exhibition about the British Character, the original will be for sale at the show. Despite having a dog some years ago, I’m not the biggest fan of them, but they make great subjects for drawing and the British do have a bit of an obsession with them. Cats too! Pont: Graham Laidler, and the British Character Continue reading The Battle for the Chair