Masonic Boom / Karen D. Tregaskin's photostream  

I was born in Hertfordshire, and lived on 3 continents by the time I was 10 - raised in London, South Africa, Connecticut (suburbs of NYC) and upstate NY (up where the cows roam).

I've been drawing and sketching since I was a child, went to art school but dropped out to form a band. When I was about 21, I started taking a sketchbook along to clubs and bars and gigs, just as a way of recording passing thoughts and fancies... (and also because I'm fairly painfully introverted.) and carried on, almost like a diary through most of my 20s.

Revived this habit again recently, mainly as something to do when I go to gigs by myself. (Not many of my friends share my taste in music.) Except these days, people kept stopping me and asking to see what I'm drawing. So, uh, this Flickr site is the answer to that question.

Update:

As Masonic Boom, I've had my artwork published in quite a few places - magazines like Plan B, also featured on blogs like Mind Hacks and TED.com, as well as the Migraine Aura Foundation. I have done album artwork, t-shirt designs and posters for quite a few bands - including Erol Alkan and Richard Norris (as Beyond The Wizards Sleeve), Jim Clements and the Right To Die, Luxembourg, The Asteroid No. 4 and The Quarter After.

I do architectural drawings as Karen D. Tregaskin, which have been featured on local news sites including Streatham Pulse, The Londonist and the Streatham Guardian.

If you want to commission an illustration, or you want to license one of my images either for commercial or personal use, PLEASE get in contact on theguildoffurtherart -at- yahoo.co.uk

You can follow me on twitter as twitter.com/karendtregaskin