I have made many, many thousands of chalkies. In time they have taken on new values, an ongoing commentary of colourful thoughts, of instant plays, of anxieties and hopes. The little blackboard is a stage where anything can appear and anyone can meet the Devil or a talking banana. They deserve, therefore, recognition as a medium, a genre in themselves, alongside my prints, paintings, etc. So, jump in and let the dust settle - enter the dimension of my chalkies ...
LATE ONE NIGHT HE APPEARED IN HIS TRUE FORM AT THE FOOT OF MR COLQUHOUN'S BED AND WAVED A FISH UNTIL HE WOKE COLQUHOUN UP WITH IT
A SPANISH NOBLEMAN WALKS PAST A TREE WITH A CANKER THAT IS MY FATHER'S FACE
MONKEY BOY ONLY FEELS SAFE WHEN HE IS RIDING THE WOODEN HORSE HIS BROTHER MADE HIM BEFORE HE WAS TAKEN AWAY
WHEN YOU PLAY CHESS WITH A HEN YOU BETTER HAD WIN BEST OF THREE
BEARS ALSO SLEEP IN THE SUMMER
THIS TELEPHONE HASN'T RUNG SINCE THE 90S. IT CAN ONLY BE UNCLE HUGHIE!
SOMETIMES WHEN HE IS MAKING HIS HANDSOME HITLER STATUES, SO POPULAR THESE DAYS, HE FEELS HE HAS LOST HIS WAY
CAN SOMEONE WHO IS NOT THATCHER BE MORE LIKE THATCHER THAN SOMEONE ELSE WHO ALSO IS NOT THATCHER?
MAN WITH CATS IN HIS BEARD
OLD MAN DEPRESSED HE WON'T SEE MUCH OF THE BREXIT WORLD
DING-DONG THE WITCH IS ALIVE. THATCHER II. SHE RISES ABOVE THE STRUCTURES TO SAVE US
OUR NEW LEADER ARRIVED FROM THE PAST WITH A HUMANOID FLY AS HIS SPECIAL ADVISOR. THEIR FIRST QUESTION: "WOTS THE EU?" THEIR SECOND: "WHERE IS SHIRLEY BASSEY?"
THE MAN OF THE HOUR IS TOLD HE MUST STAND ASIDE FOR THE MAN OF AN HOUR THAT CANNOT EVER HAPPEN UNLESS EVERYONE EATS NOTHING BUT CHEESE, AND NOT EVEN THEN
CICERO THINKING WHAT TO SAY TO THE BRITISH PEOPLE AFTER BEING BRIEFED ON THE BREXIT CRISIS
THE LATE DUKE OF WESTPELTON WATCHES FROM THE PATIO OF HIS RUINED STATELY HOME IN THE COMPANY OF HIS ANTHOUND AS ENGLAND BREAKS UP INTO SMALL STICKY SWEARY PIECES
A MAN BIGGER THAN HIS COUNTRY WOULD HAVE ENJOYED SEEING THAT BIG ORANGE BIRD FLY BY BUT HE IS LOST IN HIS THOUGHTS
HE HAS BEEN SOUNDING OUT HIS FELLOW MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ABOUT A POSSIBLE LEADERSHIP BID
HE STOOD ON THIS BRICK AND SAID "I REMAIN!" BUT NOW CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY. MUCH HAPPIER, HOWEVER
GIANT NUN TRYING TO CATCH A HELICOPTER
SAINT JEROME IS IN JERUSALEM WHEN HE HEARS OF THE FALL OF ROME
A NASTY BOY READS THE BIBLE
MR FAIRBURN'S MONSTER SANCTUARY
BREXIT CREATURE
WOMAN HAVING EXCITING THOUGHTS WHILE LOUNGING ON A COMFORTABLE OLD HORSE SHE HAS KNOWN SINCE CHILDHOOD
TWIN SISTERS CONTENTEDLY WATCH A METEOR FALLING TOWARDS THE HOUSE OF THEIR WICKED UNCLE
AS THE 21ST CENTURY WORE ON NOSE INEQUALITY BECAME A MAJOR ISSUE
COMPARING HANDS THE DAY AFTER THEIR BROTHER WENT MISSING UP THE AMAZON
WHEN HE RUNS OUT OF NUNS HEAVEN ALWAYS PROVIDES
A MAN INSISTING HE IS RIGHT TO A MAN WHO KNOWS WHO IS WRONG
A GAILY FEATHERED BIRD ON THE WAY TO THE EXECUTION OF A SIMILAR BIRD OF DIFFERENT DESTINY
AFTER A LIFETIME OF SEARCHING HE FINDS A TALKING CARROT, BUT DOESN'T LIKE ANYTHING IT SAYS
A YOUNG DONALD TRUMP HAS HIS FIRST DIABOLICAL THOUGHT. Virtual Chalk. 14.6.16.
AN OLD DONALD TRUMP VISITS HIS EXTRA SMALL PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND FEELS THREATENED BY A SMALL WHITE CLOUD
AT THE END OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION AN OLD GREEK MAN SPITS A SICKLY GOBBIT INTO A PUDDLE
OLD MAN FINDS AN OLD CALENDAR IN AN ABANDONED ROOM AND FETCHES HIS GREAT-GRANDSON TO SHOW HIM THE HAPPIEST DAY OF HIS LIFE
NOW THAT HE CAN LEVITATE BANANAS ALL WILL BE WELL BETWEEN THEM
THIS BEAR HAS BEEN SNIFFING THE TRAIL OF THIS SMELLY OLD MAN FOR THREE DAYS, BUT NOW WHAT?
THE CLUB'S MEMBERS DO NOT KNOW THEY ARE MEMBERS AND NEVER GATHER EXCEPT ACCIDENTALLY
IN THE RAINY SEASON AND IN TIMES OF CHAOS HE STILL CARRIES THIS TOO SMALL UMBRELLA
ON THE MORNING OF THE SEVENTH DAY
A PROPHET WHO IS ALSO A BANANA MEETING A DESPAIRING SOCIAL WORKER WHO IS HIMSELF ALSO A BANANA
A MAN WITH A SUPERFICIAL RESEMBLANCE TO A HEDGEHOG DECIDES TO HAVE IT OUT WITH ONE