'Exeter Assessments', a meeting doodle.

'Exeter Assessments', a doodle carried out during a meeting in 1978.

Published in The Doodles and Diaries of John Vernon Lord, Camberwell Press, 1986.

'Never', A doodle, drawn during a meeting

'Never', A doodle, drawn during a meeting by John Vernon Lord in 1975, 

published in The Doodles and Diaries of John Vernon Lord, Camberwell Press, 1986.

A doodle, drawn during a meeting in 1978

A doodle, drawn during a meeting by John Vernon Lord in 1978, 
published in The Doodles and Diaries of John Vernon Lord, Camberwell Press, 1986.

'72 Modules' - a meeting doodle

'72 Modules', a doodle, drawn during a meeting by John Vernon Lord in 1975

'Man going through wordy agenda papers'

'A man going through wordy agenda papers', a doodle, drawn during a meeting by John Vernon Lord in 1978

'Goody Two Shoes'

'Goody Two Shoes', a doodle, drawn during a meeting by John Vernon Lord in 1981.

'Aaarrrgghhhh'

'Aaarrrgghhhh', a doodle, drawn during a meeting by John Vernon Lord in 1979.

'A fish counting and going through the alphabet',

'A fish counting and going through the alphabet', a doodle, drawn during a meeting by John Vernon Lord.

'A man trying to express a difficult idea'

'A man trying to express a difficult idea', a doodle, drawn during a meeting by John Vernon Lord.

'Man feels a stomach ache coming on'

'Man feels a stomach ache coming on', a doodle, drawn during a meeting by John Vernon Lord.

'Too much paperwork'

'Too much paperwork', a doodle, drawn during a meeting by John Vernon Lord, 1978.

'Examination Results' a doodle by John Vernon Lord

'Examination Results', a doodle, drawn during a Faculty Board meeting by John Vernon Lord 

on 6 June 1978.

'A piscatorial avian observes the jagged nature of zigzags'

'A piscatorial avian observes the jagged nature of zigzags', a notebook drawing by John Vernon Lord, January 2017

A Catalogue of Life, (an exhibition of JVL’s notebooks and illustrated diaries)

A Catalogue of Life, (an exhibition of JVL’s notebooks and illustrated diaries), 

The Museum of Art and Craft, Ditchling, Sussex.

Showing until April 2017.

'It is what it is', A notebook drawing by John Vernon Lord, 2017.

'It is what it is', A notebook drawing by John Vernon Lord, 2017.

Doodles and Diaries

The title page from the book Doodles and Diaries by John Vernon Lord, published by the Camberwell Press in 1986

Mother Goose crosses Ditchling High Street,

Mother Goose crosses Ditchling High Street, a drawing by John Vernon Lord for a pantomime programme, 2007

A Knifebill, a Forkbill and a Spoonbill

A Knifebill, a Forkbill and a Spoonbill, a drawing by John Vernon Lord, 2017

'Anna Livia Plurabelle', Finnegans Wake by James Joyce,

'Anna Livia Plurabelle', an illustration by John Vernon Lord 

for Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, The Folio Society, 2014.

'Yawn's Inquest', Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

'Yawn's Inquest', an illustration by John Vernon Lord 

for Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, The Folio Society, 2014.