Ed Fairburn

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A handful of my favourite drawings.

A handful of my favourite drawings.

The city of Paris, one line at a time.

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A favourite private commission from a few years back, just before I'd come up with a better way to record my process 😅

Crosshatching between the streets of New York. Ink on an antique Cram's atlas map c. 1891

One line at a time. A few extra clips of my transformation of Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪

Not pencil, ink. Scroll and pinch to see the hatching ✍️ Gulf Stream Currents of the West Atlantic (2026); ink on an original geodetic survey map c. 1887

The River Thames, Marlow to Maidenhead (2024); ink drawing over a section of a Stanford's map of the River Thames. Scroll for a closer look.

Scenes from my studio... an introduction for new followers. Welcome!

A favourite drawing from 2020, crosshatched in ink over a small atlas map of Richmond, London. This was a private commission; one half of a series of two portraits.

If you missed my post yesterday I'd just like to say a huge thanks again for all the early orders! These two new prints are available now: Dublin (in two sizes) and Gulf Stream Currents of the West Atlantic (a nice short title, I know)

Just want to say a huge thanks to all of you ordering prints of Dublin! Two different sizes went live in my studio store yesterday, and pictured here is the smaller size. As always my prints are limited in number and they often sell out, so it's worth having a look if you're interested. See the top of my profile for details. We also added prints of Gulf Stream Currents of the West Atlantic, which I'll show in a separate post. Not a very catchy title, I know - and usually my works are easy to name - but it's a unique geodetic survey map covering the east coasts of Canada, the US, all the way down through Cuba and other parts of the Caribbean - so very difficult to name in short! Thank you again, hope you're all having an excellent week 💙

Dublin prints go live this week 🗺️✨ Sign up to my newsletter if you want to be notified! Earliest orders receive the earliest edition numbers.

TOMORROW I'll be offering my newsletter subscribers a short tour of my map collection 🗺️✨ I also have a date for the Dublin prints! It's not long now. All info will be in your inbox tomorrow. If you're not on my mailing list and would like to be, check the top of my profile for details

Contemporary Figuration opens today! It's a group exhibition at @abendgallery bringing together fifteen artists working across the full range of figurative art. There's some incredible work on show and I'm delighted to be in such good company. My second artwork featuring Buffalo will be part of the lineup, and it's the only original artwork I have available right now so if you're in the Denver area and would like to view my work in person this is a rare chance to do so. All enquiries to @abendgallery

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Just another crosshatching compilation. Calming, I hope 😊

A small drawing in ink over an old map of Beckenham and Bromley, London

A closer look at some of my drawings. Last week I fell off a paddle board over shallow water. Fortunately I draw with my right hand, not my left, so the inability to bend my fingers is more of an inconvenience than a problem. Hoping to regain full finger function soon. Back in the studio today 😁👍

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For the last 14 years and counting I've been transforming my collection of old paper maps, line by line. These are a few of my favourites 🗺️✍️

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I've seen lots of new followers here lately so just wanted to say welcome and of course thank you for joining me on this journey, no pun intended (is that a pun? maybe it's not a pun) Anyway I also wanted to add a quick final reminder that you have until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT to sign up for my newsletter, if you want to be included in the draw to win a special hand-embellished print of Oxford. See my previous posts or top of my profile for details