Even if the original has already been sold, I can often supply an Inkjet photoprint (usually about 12 x 15 in. (30 x 38cm) is a good size), but please note that I restrict these to a maximum of 10 prints from any original. Please e-mail me for details.

This is the eclipse of August 1999 as it should have been seen from St Michael's Mount, which was on the line of totality, given some, but not too much, cloud. Sadly, for most people, on the day there was too much... Even so, totality was a magical experience, with the Moon's shadow sweeping over the clouds and a weird, golden light along the horizon (rather as I showed it here!) The angle and height here are accurate, as seen off the coast of Marazion,, Cornwall, with Venus, Mercury, Regulus and Procyon visible. (courtesy Astronomy Now).

On 17 November 1999, in the early hours (between 02.00 and 04.00) there was a major shower of meteors or 'shooting stars'. Had it been anything like the big storms of, say, 1799 or 1833, (we wish!), we might have seen something like this. In the event, most of the UK was clouded out (surprise!), but at least an artist can imagine how it could have been!

In this shot of Stonehenge we are looking roughly east, with Leo somewhat south-east.. The radiant is inside the Sickle of Leo, and I have shown it at the time of the peak of the shower. Ursa Major is at top left. The Leonids have a distinctly greenish tint. I have shown two sporadic meteors ~ probably stray Taurids ~ coming in from the west.

(courtesy Astronomy Now)

On the subject of standing stones, I'm sometimes asked to illustrate 'mysteries', such as UFOs. I enjoy doing this ~ though it doesn't mean that I am a 'believer'. There is some fascinating stuff out there, though.

This digital illustration is for the cover of a book.

One of my most ambitious digital projects recently was a complete book on the Origins of Arabia (Stacey), including maps, geological cutaways, and this vista showing the arrival of Homo Erectus in a valley. I used Poser 2 for the foreground figures, and the landscape is a combination of scanned photos and artwork.

What if some impact from above or eruption from below allowed Jupiter to appear briefly through the ice which encrusts the surface of its moon Europa? Would the Europan black smokers and their attendant (hypothetical) lifeforms become visible in the dim light?

This image was produced entirely in Photoshop, with no scanning etc.