Here is a selection of my commissioned project work and artist residencies. It features a range of different illustration and design projects I have undertaken and artist residencies. To get in touch regarding a commission please send me a message via my contact page.

Artist in Residence, Gate 44 Print Studio, Milan, Italy 2021

Throughout September 2021 I was fortunate enough to undertake a print residency at Gate 44 studio in Milan, Italy. During the residency I began to create a series of screen prints inspired by architecture from across the region of northern Italy. I chose to draw a range of buildings, not just the more well-known sites, but buildings I found to be beautiful in different ways. Travelling across northern Italy I made a series of illustrations and took many photographs with the intention of continuing to develop this series into new screen prints. Take a look at the start of the series here - Milan Series

Artist in Residence - Kypseli Print Studio, Athens 2019

Throughout the month of November 2019, I was fortunate enough to be undertake an Artist in Residence programme in Kypseli Print Studio, Athens, Greece. This opportunity gave me the chance to explore Athens and produce a range of work related to my experiences living in the city. I found the experience really inspiring and it gave me a completely new approach to making work. As part of the research to the residency, I focused on the way in which modern architecture interacts with the ancient monuments of the city and was particularly interested to see how this has shaped the way people live and interact with their surroundings. The busy streets of the city and the clarity of the colours provided me with the perfect chance to explore my drawing techniques and push my printmaking in new directions. A selection of these prints are also available to purchase on my online shop.

Hayward Gallery X Will Clarke Collaboration 2018

Hayward Gallery

Having worked with Southbank Centre on a number of previous projects, I was really pleased to be given the opportunity to be asked to illustrate the Hayward Gallery as part of the 2018 re-opening of the space. The project, which involved hand-printing a limited edition screen print of my artwork, was a real privilege to be part of. The print is available through the Hayward Gallery shop and my own online print shop - Hayward Gallery screen print.

Above is the Hayward illustration starting to take shape.

Solo Show at We Built This City, Carnaby Street

The Churchill Arms Pub, Kensington

Churchill Arms, Kensington

I was kindly asked to illustrate this famous old London pub for a couple’s anniversary present. The couple used to live opposite the pub in the house with the blue door, so this illustration holds a significant emotional attachment. The pub is an iconic London landmark, famous in summer for it’s beautiful array of flowers and hanging baskets. It proved difficult to gain a good vantage point in which you could see both the pub and the flat, so in the end I resorted to taking a quick photo from the upper deck of a bus as it drove past! Thankfully this gave me the perfect view from which to work.

I decided that this project should be entirely hand-produced, so I used gouache paints to add the splash of colour and fine pen-work to complete the image. The final piece was sent over to the United States, where the couple are now based.

Venue Lab Commission

Venue Lab Commission

I illustrated a series of event buildings on behalf of Venue Lab. Each space is used by the company to hold international events and live shows. Unusually for me, I was asked to illustrate both the interiors and exteriors of the buildings. I really enjoyed illustrating the intricacy of the inside of the venues and it made for a unique set of illustrations.

The commission was to illustrate three venues, each with one illustration of the interior and one of the exterior, the full set is below. The colours used formed part of Venue Lab’s brand identity.

Below is one of the final illustrations of the interior of the Printworks Venue.

Paris Commission

Below is the final piece which features a view from the River Seine, Paris.

Habitat Poster Designs 2018

Thames Ditton Riverside Commission

Thames Ditton Riverside Commission

I was asked to illustrate the beautiful riverside walk in Thames Ditton, Surrey. This piece was a given as a present for a father’s birthday present and it features his daughter and their dog paddling in the river opposite Hampton Court Palace.

The piece is all hand-drawn with the blue sky screen-printed directly to the original. I then applied gold leaf to the gates of Hampton Court.

Royal Brompton Hospital Installation Project

I have been fortunate to have worked with the Royal Brompton Hospital Trust over the past few years. Together, we have been able to raise money for the trust through print sales and auction events. I was also commissioned to install a series of my framed pictures throughout the Fulham Wing, which is on display for the foreseeable future. In the most recent addition to this collaboration, I have designed a series of window pieces for one of the hospital’s waiting rooms. The art department in the hospital were keen to introduce a splash of colour into the otherwise purely functional space. Below are the final designs.

Below is the waiting room with window designs in place. The artwork was designed to be semi-transparent in order to allow for light to still enter the space.

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair

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