Country Life Article

"Oliver Preston's cartoons bring a smile to my face no matter how often I look at them. The themes are as achingly funny as the drawings are exquisite."
Jilly Cooper

"Oliver Preston is a wise man. He gave up bond-dealing to draw cartoons. Anyone can be a bond-dealer but to be a cartoonist you need not only a gift for drawing but wit, a wry knowledge of human nature, and a capacity to pierce prejudices, passions, persiflage, pretension and pomposity. Oliver Preston makes the world a happier place."
Kenneth Baker

 

 

Newspaper & Magazine
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"Another Country", Published in The Field Magazine
Published by the Guardian
Published by The Daily Mail
Published in The Field Magazine, Wine Column
Published by The Guardian
Cover, Pacemaker Magazine
Published in The Independent
Published in Cotswold Life Magazine
Published in BBC Countryfile Magazine
Published in The Field Magazine
Fast turnaround Illustrations for Newspapers and magazines.
Contact 07850 303009

 

Gallery
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"All my sons are pilots, except Mickey who's just gone into the church"
"We're only keeping it all going for the sake of the children"
"You don't think I asked you to Gstaad for the skiing?"
"Best property deal he ever did"
"It's the only way of getting the guns out again after lunch "
"It's clues we're fishing for, constable."
"Isn't this the video of how the cat got run over?"
"Isn't that the ghastly couple we met skiing in Meribel?"
"...and then he comes downstairs wearing plus-fours and carrying a gun!"
"Sometimes I think you only married me for my father's grouse moor."
       
... and Noah seth, "Sod the dodos", and so it came to pass
"... and what's your wife's hobby? "
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"Would you like me to take my feet out of the stirrups? "
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"Incapability O'Brien lacked the precision of his English Cousin"
"When I started this journey I was a curate"
"Will take offers"
"The traffic wardens around here are absolute bastards"
"It's the only way we can afford to buy somewhere in the country "
"I still wish we'd gone fishing in Scotland"
"Your husband was obscenely rich. Unfortunately, he took up Polo"
"Yo Baby. I'm on the tube"
"Call me back. The old trout's on the other line"

Corporate and PR Cartoons
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Cartoon article- Make 'em laugh

 

"Cartoons and illustrations for press releases, client presentations, celebratory cartoons and caricature, invitations and christmas cards, advertising, branding and promotional work, strip cartoons, newsletters and in-house magazines, cartoon stills for videotape, and 'live' illustrations at presentations to clients"

Illustration for Deutsche Bank
Economics Outlook (2004)
Illustration for Barclays Capital, "Breaking Views" publication:
Telecom Heads roll. 2003
Illustration for Barclays Capital, "Breaking Views" publication:
Hedge Funds 2003
B/W or B/W wash cartoons for newspapers, colour for magazines and trade press.
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Commissioned, and sent out with the press release, this cartoon was published with coverage for the client on page 7 of the Financial Times.
Cartoon to publicise The Carphone Warehouse Press Office
   

Caricatures, Deals & Celebratory
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Caricature given to Generics by Merrill Lynch to celebrate the flotation in April 2001
Caricature based around the Sydney Olympics, given to the board of Cable & Wireless by Merrill Lynch and Greenhill to celebrate the sale of Optus to Singapore Telecom in December 2001
Caricature given to the board of Cable & Wireless by Merrill Lynch and Greenhill recording the the Exodus transaction in San Fransisco
Caricature given to the board of Selfridges by Merrill Lynch recording the successful sale of Selfridges to Galen Weston in November 2003
BHS / Arcadia cartoon. Presented to Philip Green to celebrate the transaction. 2003

Commemoration of sale of Continental Auto to National Express

Caricature commissioned by Texas Pacific to celebrate the purchase of Punch Taverns by Hugh Osmond and his team.
The Yell flotation, presented to the board of Yell in celebration of their £1.1 Billion flotation. 2003
Personal caricature commissioned for a special occasion.
Caricature presented to the Chief Executive of Emirates Airlines by Bell Pottinger.
Caricature of the retiring Chairman of Diageo PLC, presented by Cazenove.
Caricature of the retiring CEO of Britannia, presented by Brunswick.

Commemoration of purchase of Gallaher by Japan Tobacco

Retirement gift presented by Cazenove.
Retirement gift presented by Greenhill.
Caricature of the Chairman of Sothebys.
Personal caricature commissioned to celebrate a special occasion.
Caricature commissioned by friends to celebrate a 40th birthday.
"The Reunion", commissioned to mark the 65 anniversary of the Special Air Service Regimented Association.
Celebrate the length of service or departure of key personnel, or concluding of a major deal or campaign by commissioning a personalised cartoon. Clients include Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Lehman Brothers, BZW, and Moet Hennessy.
Detail from a large corporate (more than 30 participants drawn from photographs) "Deal Toys" for presentation to clients at closing dinners, with limited edition prints, framed and mounted. Clients include Brunswick, Greenhill, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch.
Detail from a large corporate caricature for presentation at the retirement of the Director General of the British Phonographic Institute, comprising present and past presidents.
Celebratory gift for Lasmo from Brunswick PR
Deal celebration of BPI's defence of hostile take-over by MacFarlane
Commemoration of sale of Hong Kong Telecom by Cable & Wireless
Corporate caricature
Retirement gift for the chief executive of Dairy Crest
Caricature commissioned to celebrate the sale of Bodyshop to L'Oreal.
Presented by Merrill Lynch to Premier Foods to celebrate their purchase of Campbell Soup / OXO Foods.
Commemoration of J O Hambro Investment Management 21st Birthday.
Retirement present from Lehman Brothers
Commemoration of sale of Waste Recycling Group by Terra Firma
Presented to Tullow Oil by Merrill Lynch International
 

Invitations & Marketing
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Commission and print tailored invitations for corporate and media events, in B/W or full colour.
Cartoon Illustrations for parties, dining clubs, shooting cards, and change of address cards.
Clients include Claridges, The Carphone Warehouse, Harvey Nichols, Lehman Brothers, Lexmark International, Mars and Siemens.
Illustration for Arable Farming Magazine to show the agricultural map of the UK.
Menu cards, and literature for The Sette of Odde Volumes

Menus for Dining Clubs....
.... and the Weird and Wonderful.
2008 brings its own problems....

Adverts & Trade press
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Illustrations to advertise brands and competitions in the media, character development and storylining in full colour or B/W.
"Cartoons to promote John Preston's latest men's collection have been published in Paris Match, The Figaro, and Marie France, and postcards are used for promotional campaigns.
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'Spot the difference' and other competitions
Advertisement for breeders, Juddemont Farms in The Racing Post to thank their clients during Royal Ascot week.

Christmas Cards
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Lumley St. Aubyn (Insurance)
St Louis
( Property Developers)
David Sheppard & Partners (Executive Search)
Siemens (UK) PLC.

 

Private client Christmas card.
Chinese New Year card for the Year of the Monkey 2004.
Design, printing and delivery (including envelopes) and donating money to charity, of personalised christmas cards.
Moet Hennessy
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The Savoy Hotel Group
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Brora tweeds and cashmeres
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The Countryside Alliance
Doctor on Call
Citigate Public Affairs
The Carphone Warehouse
J Walter Thompson
Weatherbys Group
Christmas card for Butterfield Private Bank, depicting the gherkin in The City of London
Weatherbys Bank

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