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Stig's online art gallery for peace, justice and sustainability
      See the themed galleries on the right
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Recenttly
revised:
Posters
Muses

More
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Recent work:

Recently revised
gallery of favourite
found images:

Muses
Posters


Older pages:
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Contact Stig

Galleries:
Peace & War
Climate Change
The G8
Dragons
Corporations
...more soon...

L i n k s
  to some of my
  favourite sites:


Polyp - at last, one of
   the UK's greatest
   radical and political
   cartoonist goes online!

The Oil Drum - vast &
   in-depth website that
   explores climate change
   and peak oil, etc.

Bamboo bicycle trailer
   - fantastic example of
   "appropriate tech".

Radio Eco-Shock - a
   great weekly radio
   show playing news
   and views on climate
   and eco issues.

Faith47 - south african
   grafitti artist with great
   talent & political sense.

Zero Carbon Britain
   -
see how Britain can
   stop making it worse.


Climate Change Action
  - blog with good links.   


Transition Towns - an
   exciting movement
   to "decarbonise" and
   prepare for changes
   in energy & climate.


Banksy - one of the
   best living artists.

Freak Radio - one of
   
the best web-radio
   stations with a mix
   of politics, music
   and radical debate.

Dr. D - great 'billboard
   doctoring' by Dr.D

Wikipedia - the vast 
   
'open' info resource.

Wooster Collective -
   
a great collection 
   of street art from
   all over the world,
   updated every day!

DoodleDubz  - is a
   great image-intense
   blog with lots of
   'street art' and a long
   list of diverse but
   badly labelled links.

Unwelcome Guests -
   great weekly 2hr radio
   show that includes
   fascinating speeches.

open office logo

Open Office - is a free
   fully functioning
   suite of open-source
   software created
   by people all over
   the world without
   the control of any
   giant multinationals.
   And it works well!


Brian Haw's site - the
   man who's camped
   in parliament square
   for the last 6 years
   in protest against
   the war on Iraq.

Network for Climate
Action
 
- a vast site for
   people who want to
   DO SOMETHING
   to tackle climate
   change.


Stop the Wall - that
   is being built by
   Israel to cut up
   parts of Palestine.

Plane Stupid - whats
   wrong with flying,
   and what can we
   do about it.


Julian Beever - the
   best pavement
   artist that I have
   ever seen!

Killer Coke - a good
   introduction to the
   crimes of Coca-Cola,
   from funding death
   squads in Colombia
   to stealing India's
   water supplies.

Turn up the heat - a
   great book (HEAT)
   and website from
   George Monbiot
   that exposes some
   of those pretending
   to save us from
   climate change.

VLC mediaplayer - is
   a free cross-platform
   program that can
   play almost any type
   of media file.

Indymedia - a great
   source of current
   non-corporate news.
      This link is for the
   UK general page,
   but the list on the
   left will take you to
   yor local Indymedia
   site.

Smedley Butler - one of
   the most 'interesting'
   soldiers I've ever heard
   about, famous for his
   1935 book entitled
   "War is a racket".


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goldragon banner unfinished
   
   

Gold Dragon Banner

Dec 2008...
A photo of an unfinished banner
for my friend Tony, who might
be using it to decorate a food
and music tent at festivals in 2009.

I have taped an old digital camera
onto a shelf across from this pic,
and while painting on it, I'm taking
a photo roughly every 15 minutes.
I hope to string these together into
a little animation which I will put
here when the banner is finished,
hopefully soon.
   
   

Hoon Stocks banner  &  Logo

Dec 2008
A roll-up banner (below left) that acts as a lightweight stocks,
for the lovely folks involved in the T5FlashMob - one of many
groups campaigning against the new third runway at Heathrow.
Below right is a logo, featuring a caricature of Geoff Hoon,
the UK Transport Minister, who just gave the thid runway
his official approval.  
hoon stocks banner
   
   
aero hoon logo
   
   
ill eagle mural
  
ill eagle closeup of my bit
   
   

"Ill Eagle" mural

January 2009
Photo (above) of a large mural collaboration painted in freezing weather, with
a close up (left) of my bit.  That 'Discoboy' from the Doodle-Dubz collective
painted the two words (he's a hero of mine - it waas an honour to paint with him. 
   The illustration was a bit of a rush-job, and was very challenging as my water-based paints
did not dry in the freezing temperatures    
dribbled eagle
that day.  Overnight the paint dribbled    
quite beautifully, as shown below
- I need to fix this, soon.
   The vulture is wearing a white hood
to appear as the 'Bold Eagle', sucking
and spitting on a drip that is labelled
with a dollar sign, but nearly empty,
of oil.  The 'ill eagle' is pinned by two
nails through its wings (like the poor
geese in the maufacture of 'foix gras')
and his wing tips are actually missiles.
He is clutching a bomb in his claws,
labelled as 'fast track sweatshops'
(this idea I borrowed from the amazing
cartoon by Carol Simpson as shown
on my 'Muses' gallery).  An arrow
has struck the dumb bird in the heart,
labelled 'Truth' and 'Debt' - the two
things that are helping to bring down
the US empire, in my humble opinion.


   
wbg banner
   
   

WBG banner

January 2009
A banner for the Women's Budget Group who assess
government spending plans in regard to women.


factory world
   
   

Factory World

January 2009
A reworking of an old cartoon
("Car World") that I was asked
to draw by my friend Graham.  

I think the graphic has been used
by Thames Valley Climate Action
as well as People & Planet, in their
work against Eon, the energy giant
who are intending to expand the
coal-power station at Kingsnorth,
in Kent.
biodiesel hunger
   
biodiesel clearcut
   

'Bio-diesel Hunger'   and   'Bio-diesel Clear-cut'

December 2009
A pair of simple photo-montages (above) for my friend Mim, who was building a short presentation on bio-diesel.
I hope the presentation, maybe as a short film, will one day be published online.
Ten years ago, bio-deisel was going to save us from peak oil, allowing us to keep our silly cars going, using fuels made from corn,
grasses or other plants.  The EU and many other 'developed' countries invested a lot of money in this.  Soon, food prices around the
world began to rise, as land that used to grow food was turned to growing fuel crops.  Clear-cutting of forests and wilderness
(e.g: Malaysia and Indonesia) increased for the same reason, displacing many threatened species, most famously the Orangutang.
Today bio-diesel is regarded by many as a fools gold, and only the big energy companies and a few out-of-touch politicians
(including President Obama) are backing it.  Making fuel from waste (e.g.: cooking oils( is still worthwhile, I believe.

case cheque
 

'Boom & Bust Bank cheque' vs Staverton Airport Expansion


December 2009
A spoof cheque (above) for the great campaigners at CASE (Concerned citizens Against Staverton Expansion)
who are trying to prevent the planned expansion of Staverton Airport, near Gloucester.  
 
 
j4j scroll
   
   

'Justice-4-Jean Scroll

November 2009
A spoof scroll of indictment for the folks
at the Justice4Jean campaign in London.
deflatable earth oedipus

'Deflatable Earth'


November 2008
A spoof poster (above) for the new play by the National Theatre "Oedipus", for the wonderful folks at 'Art-not-Oil'.
Shell are sponsoring Oedipus, the new play at the National Theatre in London. The story of Oedipus features a cursed king
who, unknowingly, kills his father and marries his mother.  This tragic theme is oddly in tune with how today's kings (Big Oil)
are 'relating' to our 'mother earth'.
   These days the UK press and TV are full of 'greenwash' adverts from Shell and BP.  The energy giants are recording record
profits, despite the current crises.  More people are realising that Big Oil are a huge part of the problem - causing climate chaos.
NASA's top climate-scientist, James Hanson, recently told the UK parliament that he thought the CEOs of Big Oil should be
tried for crimes against humanity.  Maybe we need more 'anti-big-oil' ideas (and images).
  
   

D.I.Y. banner-making: Cheap & Fast!

November 2008
A short A5 (double-sided) hand out I wrote for the Shared Planet conference in
Birmingham, organised by People & Planet.  I ran a workshop on 'Art in Activism'
and had 50 keen participants.  Most of the workshop involved making 4 banners.
The links on the right are to a 'print-ready' PDF, and the text for you to re-write
and use in your own hand-out / email / web-page / workshop, etc. 
           
   
diy banner making thumbnail    Right-click on a link and choose 'Save file as':

   D.I.Y. Banner-making PDF
      presented 2-up as two A5 fronts on page one,
      and two A5 backs on page two, of the A4 PDF.

   D.I.Y Banner-making TEXT
      just as a simple text file to re-write and share.
   
   
cheney gigante

Giant Dick Cheney Puppet

October 2008
A giant puppet (or gigante?) of Dick Cheney for the
Hands Off Iraqi Oil campaign, who marched through
london on Saturday 11th October.  Below is a logo
for the campaign, and below that, a short animated-GIF
showing the stages of making the papier-mache head.

HOIO logo
cheney puppet
   
   
animated GIF of pupet construction
   
   
synthetic sugar monsta

Synthetic-Sugar-Monster

October 2008
Illustration (above) for the ETC Group, showing the corporate take-over of the new 'Synth-sugar economy'.
   
   

Some work from earlier last year:

reclaim the night    

Oxfordshire Reclaim the Night

October 2008
Poster (above) for the March anf Rally in Oxford, calling for an end to violence against women.

Kyoto2 talk poster

Poster for 'Kyoto 2' lecture

October 2008
Poster for Oliver Tickell and COIN.
I haven't read the book yet, but I've read
many great reviews.  If you are planning
to come to this lecture, come early, as
it sounds like a lot of people will come.










Leaflet for Charney Manor

September 2008
Inside spread (below) from a colour leaflet for 
Charney Manor, a Quaker centre in the village
of Charney Basset, near Wantage, Oxfordshire.
Apparently:
  " With its comfortable rooms, tempting
    meals and delightful grounds, Charney
    Manor provides welcoming hospitality as
    a popular venue for conferences, training
    courses and gatherings for religious,
    charitable and educational groups
    throughout the year. "
charney manor leaflet  

HnT nov 08
 
 

Hammer & Tongue

November '08 poster

October 2008
Poster for Hammer & Tongue's next gig
with the incredible Mark Gwynne Jones,
on Wednesday 5th Nov at Baby Simple.

 
 

CAAT nest

September 2008
Illustration for the Campaign Against the Arms Trade
(CAAT) who are targeting UK government subsidies
for arms-deals through the (UK) Department of Trade
and Industry (UKTI).    "Last year CAAT's campaigning
finally forced the closure of the Defence Export Services
Organisation, (DESO), the government's arms sales unit
in the Minisity of Defence - removing a major avenue for
arms industry influence at the heart of government. Since
then Military export promotion work has moved to UK
Trade and Investment as a new body - the UKTI Defense
Services Organisation (UKTI DSO). And while lots has
changed, the arms industry is still receiving hugely
disproportionate levels of support -- UKTI DSO has as
many staff as all the other industry sectors supported
by UKTI combined."

   

Oxfordshire Ecovation '08

August 2008
Poster (left) and leaflet (below) for this year's
"Open Eco-homes" event, where hundreds of
people got to visit 19 eco-homes.  They got first
hand tips and advice from the people who are
leading the way on making our housing more
sustainable.  This years event was the second.
Ecovation is a joint project of COIN (Climate
Outreach and InformationNetwork) and
Oxfordshire ClimateX.




Above is the inner spread.
Below is the outer spread.
   

 
 

Reaching the CBD targets for 2010

August 2008
Poster (above) for the CBD Alliance - a coalition of NGOs and 'social justice' groups
who represent civil society at events like the UN's recent Convention on Bio-Diversity
(CBD) in Bonn, Germany, in May 2008.  
 
 
miffy switches off tap
     

Miffy's pipeline tap

July 2008
Illustration for the UK wing of Rising Tide
who campaign against the causes of climate
change.  This image is unfinished, and it
might not be very clear yet - the 'polluted
skyline' scene is a reflection in the shiny
curved surface of a pipe-line.  It might be
an oil pipe-line or a toxic 'out flow' pipe.

There is a lot of news and action on the
climate front.  
   Dr James Hanson, the chief Climate
scientist at NASA, recently told the US
House of Congress that “We are toast,
if we don’t get on a very different path”
He made several media interviews and
explained that he thought the CEOs of
the major Oil companies should be
charged with crimes against humanity,
as they were knowingly disrupting our
global response to cliamte chaos.  His
website has many downloads including
his slideshows and recent letters and
lectures.
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Refugee Resource Review

July 2008
The Annual report for Refugee Resource,
a small NGO in Oxford who offer counselling,
mentoring, therapeutic gardening and advice
on employment to asylum seekers and refugees.
Below are two of the inside pages.


rrr 8 and 9

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