Based on a song from the album 'Professin' the Blues' this assemblage features Mardi Gras beads from Teddy's Juke Joint, Louisiana, with a patch from Tater Red's on Beale St, Memphis and painted poker chips...

Based on a song from the album ‘Professin’the Blues’, this sculptural piece features a Gentleman Jack whiskey bottle (contents consumed while on tour!) and a BBQ rib bone. 'Ain't nothin' wrong with a man who is old and stiff!'

An old church building behind my house provided the signature colour for my ‘Box & Dice’ album, with the cigar box guitar of the same name photographed here framed in one of the old hall windows.

With Mardi Gras beads from Teddy’s iconic Juke Joint, this piece is based on a song from the ‘Professin’ the Blues’ album and incorporates a ‘Day of the Dead’ clergyman, a souvenir from one of my recording trips to Austin, Texas

‘Our Lady of Guadalupe’ came from Mexico - a port-of-call souvenir from playing the USA Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise. Here she’s reflected in the shiny front of my Beeton resonator guitar. This photo was part of the CD package design for my ‘Blues for Hard Times’ album.

Another photographic image from the ‘Blues for Hard Times’ album - this moody shot of my Beeton resonator guitar was taken late at night, against a looming deadline for album artwork! It marks the beginning of my recent love affair with photography and folk art...

A detail from a series of pieces responding to the many ‘flood’ stories of the Clarence River, near my home in Yamba. The background uses layers of glue, tissue paper, soft pencil and acrylic washes. The angel is fashioned from embossing foil with oil paint decoration. The beautiful ballad that accompanies this image is on my ‘Professin’ the Blues’ album.

Playing cards, poker chips, bottle caps, BBQ rib bone...I went to town with this assemblage, even including the plastic ‘grass’ from some sushi take-away! The song of the same name can be found on my ‘Professin’ the Blues’ album

So many relocations! This little painted & decorated canvas was photographed on a ’bed’ of maps from the local phone book, just before we left town to search (again!) for a new home. The song of the same name is found on my ‘Professin’ the Blues’ album, and was inspired by a sermon from The Preacher, based on Jeremiah 6:16

Hand-made embossing foil ‘Milagros’ heart combined with playing cards, beads and lucky charms, this piece is inspired by the song of the same name on my ‘Professin’ the Blues’ album.

‘Card Sharp’, from ‘Professin’ the Blues’, is one of the first pieces I made combining photography and folk art. Dice, poker chips and playing cards seemed right for the theme of a gambling, cheating man!