Thursday 3 September 2009

I found my namesake hero Mike O'Brien

Those were the days. My Foster's drinking Australian namesake and distant relative, Mike O'Brien, gets a helping 'hand' from a copper and his helmet to make headlines. Incidentaly, the Policeman's helmet was auctioned off for charity in 2000. In the meantime, having tried to follow in Mike's naked footsteps (at a party in Brixton - sadly no photograpgs exist), I have gone on to become creative director, lecturer and artist, Mike has put his clothes back on and become a successful stockbroker.

Wednesday 2 September 2009

At the IDM


Running a 3 day course as Lead Tutor on the IDM Certificate in Digital Marketing.

Tuesday 1 September 2009

New Portrait Commission


The film director, Jasmin Tempest, has commissioned a portrait for her new country house. Work starts today with a research session to create a context for the final work. Jasmin's latest project was Macbeth's Disciple, http://www.spearean.co.uk/ a film she shot with a cast of the great, the good and the next big thing from RADA