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Asian Investor / Happy New Year

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Eroica Hispania

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Lead Belly

Exhibition Poster

Exhibition Poster

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Gatorade / Runners World

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Ice Cream Vans

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Kite / The Telegraph

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Karl Marx Likes A Fight

Kurt Vonnegut In Space

Kurt Vonnegut In Space

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Alexander Rehding / Harvard Magazine

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American Gods

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Lynda Davis / Telegraph

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Michael Frayn / Telegraph

Jules Verne / RSA Journal

Jules Verne / RSA Journal

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Sportswear Shop

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Georgia O'Keefe

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Sylvanian Addams Family

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Toots Thielemans

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Smart Animals / Answers Magazine

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Haunted House / Telegraph Review

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Octopus / Answers Magazine

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Centre Parcs

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Piano Favourites / EMI

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Irish Distilleries / Golf Magazine

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Das Octonoots 1

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Poem Pharmacy 2 / The Telegraph

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Santa / Telegraph

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Del Preston

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Rameses / Runners World

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Hugo Lepe / 11 Freunde

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Roald Dahl

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Lionel Shriver / Telegraph

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Jane Austen / The Telegraph

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Passing The Baton / Print Week

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Poem Spots / Telegraph

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Charles Dickens / The Telegraph

Once Upon A Time In The West

Once Upon A Time In The West

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Prince

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Poem Pharmacy / The Telegraph

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Runners World 2

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Tinctures / Runners World

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Neil Armstrong / Cincinnatti Magazine

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Eddy Merckx VS Pacman Gif

Eddy Merckx VS Pacman Gif

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Fish Spots / Pished

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Aldo Donelli / 11 Freunde Magazine

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Johnny Cash

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Super Computer

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Jack O'Neill

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Carol Ann Duffy / Telegraph

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Mahatma Gandhi

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Arm Wrestlers / Asian Investor

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A Church

Famous Belgians / The Telegraph

Famous Belgians / The Telegraph

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John Muir

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Shirley Jackson / The Telegraph

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The Lighthouse Poster

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Greggs Is Back Open

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Das Octonoots 2

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Hay Festival By Air

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Pest Control Magazine / Jazz Crickets

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Shirley Jackson / Telegraph

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My Dad Likes Fishing

Summer Books / The Telegraph

Summer Books / The Telegraph

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Donald Trump / The Telegraph

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Asian Investor / Techwars

The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch

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Alexandre Dumas Self-Initiated

Chechnya / Good Governance In Europe OSCE

Chechnya / Good Governance In Europe OSCE

Howard Jacobson and Jeannette Winterson / The Telegraph

Howard Jacobson and Jeannette Winterson / The Telegraph

Finance Playing Cards 2 / The Telegraph

Finance Playing Cards 2 / The Telegraph

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Saeed Al-Owairan / 11 Freunde Magazine

Kiehl's Dark Spot

Kiehl's Dark Spot

The Telegraph Oppenheimer Bomb

The Telegraph Oppenheimer Bomb

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Pat Goatrett

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Colour line work

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Hector Castro / 11 Freunde

Tour 1910

Tour 1910

Norman Mailer / The Telegraph

Norman Mailer / The Telegraph

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Go Forward

Bill + Jenny Entertainment Weekly

Bill + Jenny Entertainment Weekly

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A Scattering Of Collaborations / CT Brown

Heart of Darkness / Boat

Heart of Darkness / Boat

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John Fin / The Telegraph

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Colm Toibin / Telegraph

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Asian Investor / Raiders Of The Lost Yen

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Phil Power Taylor / Sport Magazine

A Bit Of The Old Ludwig Van / The Telegraph

A Bit Of The Old Ludwig Van / The Telegraph

Wishful Writing / The Telegraph

Wishful Writing / The Telegraph

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Milo / Runners World

Sam Beckett / The Telegraph

Sam Beckett / The Telegraph

Ukraine Map For OSCE Magazine

Ukraine Map For OSCE Magazine

Piggy Bankers / The Telegraph

Piggy Bankers / The Telegraph

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Margaret Atwood / Telegraph

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20th Century Writers / Telegraph

Giuseppe Garibaldi / The Telegraph

Giuseppe Garibaldi / The Telegraph

Cycling Is Not A Trivial Pursuit

Cycling Is Not A Trivial Pursuit

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Hoarding / Inside Housing

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George Orwell / Telegraph 1

Food Trucks / The London Magazine

Food Trucks / The London Magazine

Shakespeare's Fairies Washington Post

Shakespeare's Fairies Washington Post

BS Johson / The Telegraph

BS Johson / The Telegraph

SLAPP / California Lawyer

SLAPP / California Lawyer

Heart of Darkness / Sea

Heart of Darkness / Sea

George / Telegraph

George / Telegraph

Historic Pubs / Heineken Magazine

Historic Pubs / Heineken Magazine

Roosevelt & Bullock

Roosevelt & Bullock

Monitors

Monitors

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B'Gawk

Typewriter / The Telegraph

Typewriter / The Telegraph

Dr Who / The Telegraph

Dr Who / The Telegraph

Michael Gove's History / The Telegraph

Michael Gove's History / The Telegraph

Will Self Will Need A Bigger Boat / The Telegraph

Will Self Will Need A Bigger Boat / The Telegraph

Grammarian / The Telegraph

Grammarian / The Telegraph

With Bells On / Kinky Times

With Bells On / Kinky Times

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Byron / Telegraph

Haruki Murakami / The Telegraph

Haruki Murakami / The Telegraph

Anton Chekhov / The Telegraph

Anton Chekhov / The Telegraph

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Pig Bat

Vending Machine Bear

Vending Machine Bear

Ancient Mariner / The Telegraph

Ancient Mariner / The Telegraph

A Compact Dictionary Of Hair

A Compact Dictionary Of Hair

Samuel Johnson / The Telegraph

Samuel Johnson / The Telegraph

Philip Roth the Nighthawk

Philip Roth the Nighthawk

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Fish Balloon Art / Pished

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Runners World 1

Tour de Yorkshire

Tour de Yorkshire

JD Salinger / The Telegraph

JD Salinger / The Telegraph

A Car Door Slams Shut / The Telegraph

A Car Door Slams Shut / The Telegraph

The Telegraph Italo Calvino

The Telegraph Italo Calvino

The Telegraph Mohsin Hamid

The Telegraph Mohsin Hamid

Heart of Darkness / Knitters

Heart of Darkness / Knitters

Hay Festival / The Telegraph

Hay Festival / The Telegraph

John Updike / The Telegraph

John Updike / The Telegraph

Fames Drunks / Men's Health Magazine

Fames Drunks / Men's Health Magazine

WIlliam Burroughs / Telegraph

WIlliam Burroughs / Telegraph

JK Rowling

JK Rowling

Bohumil Hrabal / The Telegraph

Bohumil Hrabal / The Telegraph

Conan Doyle and Ian Rankin / The Telegraph

Conan Doyle and Ian Rankin / The Telegraph

Nitto Shop Japan

Nitto Shop Japan

Death Rides A Horse

Death Rides A Horse

For a Few Dollars More

For a Few Dollars More

Falling Coconuts

Falling Coconuts

Soldiers

Soldiers

Dan Brown / The Telegraph

Dan Brown / The Telegraph

Charlotte Bronte / The Telegraph

Charlotte Bronte / The Telegraph

Steven Soderbergh The Telegraph

Steven Soderbergh The Telegraph

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

The Telegraph Napoleon

The Telegraph Napoleon

Lawyers

Lawyers

Emily Dickinson / The Telegraph

Emily Dickinson / The Telegraph

Odysseus / The Telegraph

Odysseus / The Telegraph

Ian Hamilton

Ian Hamilton

Paris, Texas Poster

Paris, Texas Poster

Christmas With The Dog Telegraph Review

Christmas With The Dog Telegraph Review

Gustave Flaubert Telegraph Review

Gustave Flaubert Telegraph Review

Nicholson

Nicholson

Toasted Piranhas

Toasted Piranhas

Heart of Darkness / Cover

Heart of Darkness / Cover

The Man With His Staff

The Man With His Staff

Best Party 2

Best Party 2

NY Mag Holiday Shopping

NY Mag Holiday Shopping

Technoball / The Telegraph

Technoball / The Telegraph

Leaving an institution / The Telegraph

Leaving an institution / The Telegraph

Robots

Robots

TS ELiot / The Telegraph

TS ELiot / The Telegraph

Marcel Proust / The Telegraph

Marcel Proust / The Telegraph

Global Communications

Global Communications

Will I Am and Chris Bosh / Rhapsody Magazine

Will I Am and Chris Bosh / Rhapsody Magazine

Kidnapped / The Telegraph

Kidnapped / The Telegraph

Isaiah Berlin / The Telegraph

Isaiah Berlin / The Telegraph

Guard / The Telegraph

Guard / The Telegraph

Resurrections for The Telegraph

Resurrections for The Telegraph

Ja Yes Oui Si Ha Ayo OSCE Magazine

Ja Yes Oui Si Ha Ayo OSCE Magazine

James Salter / The Telegraph

James Salter / The Telegraph

Kafka's Writing Bug / The Telegraph

Kafka's Writing Bug / The Telegraph

Office

Office

Esperto

Esperto

Head For OSCE Magazine

Head For OSCE Magazine

Are You Up For it? / Kinky Times

Are You Up For it? / Kinky Times

JS Bach

JS Bach

Dave Eggers Telegraph Review

Dave Eggers Telegraph Review

Guthrie Ping!

Guthrie Ping!

Tennyson

Tennyson

Sir Mick

Sir Mick

George Orwell / Telegraph

George Orwell / Telegraph 2

Bloomberg Businessweek Shakespeare In The Board Room

Bloomberg Businessweek Shakespeare In The Board Room

Walts

Walts

JM Coatzee / The Telegraph

JM Coatzee / The Telegraph

Chechnya Peace

Chechnya Peace

Eddy Merckx Fiddle

Eddy Merckx Fiddle

Van

Van

Kickers

Kickers

The Fornication Game / Kinky Times

The Fornication Game / Kinky Times

Fausto & The Magic Mountain

Fausto & The Magic Mountain

OSCE Magazine Spot Illustrations

OSCE Magazine Spot Illustrations

Rommel

Rommel

Without Fear

Without Fear

Coppi Bartali

Coppi Bartali

Japanese War Machine Raphy

Japanese War Machine Raphy

Biography

Wesley Merritt is the alter-ego of illustrator & educator Paul Jackson. Paul discovered Wesley in 2008, and has balanced his not-so-secret identity as a rogue Yankee illustrator with his career as an academic. Paul currently leads the MA in Graphic Branding & Identity at London College of Communication, part of University of the Arts London. He is a graduate of the Royal College of Art and is currently working on a PhD exploring the interface between narrative drawing and world-making, with a particular focus on the cognitive worlds generated by verbal cues, and how drawing acts as a framing device for storyworlds.

Wesley (and Paul) grew up obsessed with the American heartlands, and loves traditional, neo-, postmodern & spaghetti westerns. Wesley's work begins in a fairly traditional fashion; sketchbooks, line drawing, lots of looking, idiosyncratic digital colouring techniques and photocopied magic. Wesley was born out of a love for David Hockney, Saul Bass, Robert Frank, Sergio Leone, and advertising from the 1960s. He (frequently) references Renaissance paintings, Wim Wenders, Bruce Springsteen, Postmodernist ideologies, Penguin’s Great Ideas, Wim Crouwel, Graham Greene, Dadaism, Eric Ravillious and Battersea Power Station.

Wesley has worked with Publicis, Vodafone, Penguin Books, Random House, Hodder and Stoughton, Harper Collins, The Guardian, GQ, Esquire, New York Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, Jamesons, Remember A Charity, Snickers, Kiehl’s, Wall Street Journal, Canadian Globe + Mail, Bloomberg Media, FIFA, Journal Condé Nast, Men’s Health, Reader’s Digest, Time Magazine, Waitrose Magazine and The Washington Post. He has exhibited at London's Coningsby Gallery, as well as at London College of Communication and has received an editorial award from the Washington Post and was shortlisted for the Folio Prize.
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