Paintings and drawings by John Broadley, including scans from my hand-made books.
A collection of work from books made between 1996 and 2008 is published by Jonathan Cape.

Bar menu

Jubilee

Menu pictures

Two more for the menu of Quo Vadis.
Quite contrasting styles, but I do love bird books so thought I would indulge myself and play it straight with the illustration for 'gulls' eggs'

Ministry of Frogs

Received this week, a beautifully put together magazine by Desdemona MCCannon on the subject of folk-inspired contemporary art. The journal is generously illustrated by artists including; Jonny Hannah, Emily Sutton, Cornelia O'Donovan, Alice Patullo, Stephen Fowler, Michael Dinges, myself, Desdemona, and also includes a profile of Stephen Bird, whose ceramic creations are something to see. It is available to buy here.

Cover by Desdemona MCCannon

Cornelia O'Donovan

Emily Sutton

Jonny Hannah

Michael Dinges

Stephen Fowler

Alice Patullo

Stephen Bird

John Broadley

Walnut Kid etc

In situ

Here's the latest pudding menu taken in Quo Vadis. Photo courtesy William Sitwell.

More restaurant pics

Self Publish 1999

Spring cleaning has unearthed a polaroid from 1999 of the edition of 15 copies of 'More in Less'.
Each of these had hand-coloured covers. Here they are together prior to being sent off to wherever they went...

Colibri Zine

I have a strip in the latest edition of Colibri, published in Spain by Apa Apa Comics.
The dinkily-sized zine also includes work by Alexis Nolla, Cristina Daura, Clara Tanit, Martin Romero, Jessica Boston, Chema Peral, Aisha Franz, Judit Armengol, Albert Aromir, Martin Ernstsen, Elisa Riera, Sergi Puyol, Felipe Almenros and Clara Artiga.

Wine List spot

Few and Far

Drawing to announce the closure of Priscilla Carluccio's Few and Far shop

More Quo Vadis

Here are some more pictures done for Soho's Quo Vadis restaurant. The menus were designed by Julian Roberts of Irving and Co.

And this is an extract from a review by Nick Lander of the FT;

“But it is in the restaurant, replete with tablecloths and napkins but devoid of a cover charge, where the fun really begins as soon as the new menu arrives, already a frontrunner in the annual competition I would like to initiate for ‘Menu Design of the Year’.

It is an A4 card, printed daily, with that day’s weather forecast in the top-right-hand corner. Around the central main menu for the day are 10 boxes that contain certain groupings of dishes: ‘bites’, including a smooth bloater paste, similar in texture to a kipper pate; two types of oysters; three cuts of beef and a rack of lamb from the grill; and a pie of the day, a rich, hare pie topped with puff pastry.



The central section comprises that day’s five starters and four main courses which appear under a couple of wistful black-and-white illustrations by John Broadley. Those on the main menu include a black-and-white stove and a rather glum cat on a chair. Those on the separate dessert card are more louche: playing cards, a guitar, and a stylish young man with a cigarette between his lips.”



Nick Lander’s Review of Quo Vadis was first published in the Financial Times on the 4th February 2012 – here’s the link to the unabridged version.


Illustration for Valentine's Day menu

Illustration for Valentine's Day menu


This is the design (below) for a marmalade label which will be on the jars to be sold in the reception, also modified to be on the main menu (above).

Fear of the Future

Quo Vadis tablecloth

I am illustrating the menus for the London restaurant Quo Vadis. This is the design for the paper tablecloth which is given to patrons eating in the bar area.

Park Pardon

Picture for an upcoming zine - http://www.parkpardon.com/

WFA LDC

wild for adventure from A BOLHA EDITORA on Vimeo.

Catvmice

Two comic pages