Green man illustration

When you hear the name John Howe, your first thoughts will probably link him to the world of Tolkien. But, I think that is a shame because John Howe is more than just a Middle Earth Illustrator. In his books, John Howe reveals that he knows a great deal about ancient myths, dragons, lost civilizations and the fantasy genre as a whole. This is of course understating his knowledge greatly. His words are eloquent and his paintings awe inspiring, more than enough to make you feel greatly…

Moretonhampstead is a little town on the eastern edge of Dartmoor. It's not far from where I live, but we seldom have a reason to go there, so yesterday ...

If you search for the Green Man online, the most common image you’ll find is a plaque featuring a man’s face completely surrounded by foliage, often oak leaves. Sometimes the leaves hide most of th…

Paul Bommer, Green Man

A small detail from 'the Green Man', one of the new prints I've created for my forthcoming solo show, O England My Lion-Heart, at the Lion Street Store...

The Green Man at Stonehenge

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a series of drawings focused on the Green Man

Captive wild man being tamed by virtuous woman - Swiss tapestry, late 1400s Homo sapiens was not the only species of human named and recognised by Linnaeus when publishing Systema Naturae, his revolutionary binomial system of zoological classification, in 1735. Among several others was Homo ferus, the wild man, which according to Linnaeus was covered in hair, moved on all fours, was mute, and lived apart from H. sapiens in forests, hills, and mountains. Today, none of Linnaeus’s ‘other’…