Last weekend I was invited to paint a mural at the Discover centre as part of The Big Draw, the world’s biggest drawing festival. This year’s theme was ‘every drawing tells story’ so I drew an enormous ‘Batholomew Bear’, surrounded by lots of bees and flowers, to help highlight the current plight of bees. We didn’t have long, only 2 and […]

Thanks to everyone who came along to listen to my talk at the Aspex Gallery last night. Nice to see so many small folks there! Both exhibitions run through till May, details below… Neal Layton: ‘Illustrated’ 18 March – 17 May, Portsmouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square, PO1 2AB. Open 9-5, Monday to Friday and 11-2 on Saturday. Neal […]

After a productive day of filming and photography in our studios, and many weeks editing, here is the completed film by Jonas Jakunas and Massimo Mazullo, also featuring  Sadie Tierney and Cotton Candy Photography. Well done to all the Creating Balance team! If you’re curious the music used was also made be me under my nocturnal Neal […]

Sadie Tierney and I are very excited to be participating in the Creating Balance Project: an artistic collaboraton between Anglepoise®, Strong Island & The University of Portsmouth celebrating a design classic and local creativity in Portsmouth. 10 artists/designers have been twinned with 10 photographers and an Anglepoise® light. We’ve been teamed up with photographers Gemma and […]

Four of the books in my edition bagged up and ready to go…   …and the fifth book in the edition on display in the exhibition.   The gallery is above Southsea Library, so if you enjoyed the show why not pop downstairs and read one of Dickens’ books first hand – or visit his birthplace […]

Beyond Dickens, an exhibition of artists’ books opens tonight in Portsmouth. My book, made in response to Dickens’ ‘The Chimes’, is in a limited edition of five. A version of it will also be available for free download soon at my website. Beyond Dickens is supported by Portsmouth University and Portsmouth City Council   1st Floor Gallery, […]

This Saturday sees the return of the King’s Street Tavern Alternative Christmas Art Fair. Expect to see Fine Art Prints by Sadie Tierney, signed books by Neal Layton and The Caravan Gallery, retro-8-bit-badges by Kendal Mint Cake and much more, all in ‘the best pub in Portsmouth’. More info courtesy of Strong Island here… Saturday 10th December […]

Thanks to everyone who came down to enjoy the festive fun at the Christmas Market in Southsea this weekend, and of course to Mr Claus for making it all the way from Lapland! Jan from The Caravan Gallery pops by to peruse the printed produce…