Outlandish Cocktails part 2

The second part of my set of cocktail illustrations. After the Zombie, Hurricane and Scorpion Bowl, I thought I'd pay tribute to the boozy delights of the Blue Hawaiian, Dirty martini, Suffering Bastard and Headhunter. Most of these weird and wonderful concoctions were at the height of their popularity between the 40's and 60's, which suits my style perfectly. Keeping a different, defined colour scheme for each one, and arranging the elements around a central vessel keeps the set unified. This set of prints was turned into a hardbound, boxed recipe book, complete with 3D diorama under a clear window at the bottom of the box. Unfortunately, this one-off sold at the Leicester City Gallery open exhibition and I didn't even take a photo of it. If you bought it, get in touch, I want pictures!  

Some details of the 'Blue Hawaiian' pen and ink drawing

Some details of the 'Headhunter' pen and ink drawing

Some details of the 'Dirty Martini' garbage pile.

A detail of that hangover.

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Outlandish Cocktails

Well, I got given a bar for our front room by a friend, who said it used to belong to one of the Meteors. Having this boozy little slice of cocktail-shaking heaven in my home 'unfortunately' forced me to revisit all those lethal cocktails with weird, evocative names, and after leafing through a copy of beachbum berry's grog log, I was inspired to do a set of prints. I was also inspired by my complaining liver, which suggested I should find something to keep me away from the rum for a while. It didn't work. Hic.

 Here are the first 3:

Luau print: 2004

Inspired by the illustrations in an old cookbook, and two of my favourite things (eating and drinking!) I wanted to pay a double tribute to the gods of Tiki and BBQ and create a visual feast with a simplified perspective emphasising the patterns in the picture. 

The black and white version emphasises the patterning, but I decided to add a bit of colour in BBQ-tastic mustard and brown to make this tiki soiree swing.