Update 19 Nov

Whenever Christmas and the New Year approaches it never fails to light a fire under our backsides. Things start slowing down from mid November onwards. When you work with people in different countries all at once it goes a little something like this: Thanksgiving, USA (Happy thanksgiving by the way!). Christmas, New Year and then Chinese New Year, HK, PRC. So every year at right about now, we really haul butt to get things off and done by certain dates, otherwise boats are missed and things get held up. So here we are working, working really hard to get things done and dusted. And speaking of dusted...

In preparation for a special writing project associated with our work on The Beautiful War, I decided to edit a novella that I finished in the middle of this year, in between everything else. I can't see it ever being turned into a comic or a graphic novel, it came to me as a story and will probably remain that way, so I've decided that when it's 100% ready, maybe 2 weeks to a month - I'm going to put it up on Amazon.com for free!! When it's ready I'll post a link right here on this blog.

Keep Your Chins Up And Your Smiles Turned On

We'd just like to give a special shout out to all of our friends and supporters living on the east coast of America right now. Watching the devastation on the TV, the scene looks like something out of a sci fi disaster flick but the sad reality is that it's all too real.

Yesterday was just such a strange day for us, on the one hand we were concerned for our friends in New York and New Jersey and on the other hand we lost an old and very dear friend at home.

Life is so short and so precious, we all have worries, concerns and stresses but through all of this we mustn't forget that the real wealth that we hold, are the people that we hold in our arms. Be good to one another and if you live on the east coast of the U.S right now stay strong, we're all thinking of you.

Thank You

Thanks to everyone who came along to celebrate the Saturday opening of the exhibition, the turn out was huge, (both for the print and the gallery), and Ash just wants to thank everyone for their incredible support and just the raw energy and enthusiasm that people brought along with them to the show. Meeting people is always great, in this case a lot of people flew in from around the U.S, (and likewise from around the world), and the night exceeded any expectations that we could have had going into this.

Don't forget if you've yet to see the show it's on until the 17th of November. Ash will be back in his studio soon and back to blogging on his main blog, I'm sure he'll have much more to say then. 

Stay tuned to this blog for Beautiful War progress updates, movie and individual project news.

WOW! NYC!

Here is a link to a photo posted on the Jonathan LeVine Gallery Facebook Page The photo shows people lining up, (some of them overnight no less!) in New York for the 1PM print releases for the Machine Sabbath and Exhale exhibitions. The support that Ash and Jeremy have received since opening at the gallery has been phenomenal, and this image just goes to show, how very welcome NYC has made everyone feel - thank you, thank you all.

Breakfast

After a hearty breakfast Ash looks forward to meeting you all at the gallery today.