• IntroductionThe main concern
of my work is the process of drawing. It is within the methodology of
overdrawing, that I try to forge a link between the internal and the external.
Re occurring themes run through my work including the family, relationship, and
the human condition.
• Current researchI am currently engaged in a study of sleep. The first half of my life was spent mostly
asleep. I was planning the second half to be mainly similar, until –
predictably – the birth of my first-born son. With the joy and excitement that
comes with such an occasion also comes the lack of sleep and a newly formed
relationship with the early hours of the morning. Sleep, something that until
this moment had never been a problem, has become front and centre of my world. Other research activities are in self-publishing (Red
Beak Press) and the publishing of the illustrated book.
• Past research2009 (book) A Book Made of Tears, published by
Atlantic Press2006-2008 (journal) Post the journal for art, culture
& research2007 (book)
There must be reasons why leaves decay, result of MA in Illustration: Authorial
Practice
• BackgroundDean completed a
GNVQ in Art & Design at Dudley College before going on to study for a
BA(HONS) in Fine Art at Derby University in 1997. In 2007 he graduated from
University College Falmouth with a Masters in Illustration: Authorial Practice.
Dean has worked for BBC3, Animate, Film London, he co-edited the arts journal
Post, and has recently had a book of drawings published.
Dean is currently based in Cornwall where he continues
his own practice and is a lecturer in illustration/drawing at the University of
Plymouth.