Work in Progress - Lands End Bridge.

Just started work on some new paintings which i'm a little bit excited about! So throughout the whole series of paintings that i'm doing, i will be documenting their progress as they move along to completion. This first one is of a rickety old rope bridge that goes over the sea and cliffs down at Lands End. i've been working on the paintings with Spray Paint, acrylic and Posca Pens. Not finished yet, but there will be more photos as it progresses!

Private Commission.

I was recently asked to do a private commission for someone, which was to be a present for their partners birthday. They specifically asked for a painting of Godrevy Lighthouse, and if possible, St. Ives Bay too. I managed to squeeze both of these landmarks into the design for the final piece, with a bit of creative license! Here's a series of photos showing it's development.

ART75

In the middle of June i was asked to help out with an exhibition in Penzance called ART75. It was an exhibition to celebrate 75 years of Jubilee Pool, the iconic Lido in Penzance. The day was amazing, with 75 artists each showing a piece of work in one of the changing cubicles that line the walls of the pool.

It was a beautiful day, and there were so many people that turned out for a great little exhibition. There were even some synchronized swimming going on too! Above is the piece that i exhibited in the show, called 'This Town Eats It's Young', made with Spray Paint and Posca Pen on A3 paper. Big thanks to Richard Ballinger and Jesse Leroy-Smith for organizing the whole event!

Getting Married In New York!

Not me! I'm not getting married! I did this piece of work for my friends Sue and Phil from Derby, who are getting married in New York in May! Lucky buggers really, but i can't make it to the ceremony so i did them this for their wedding invitation. They're having a party back in Derby in June, so i'm going to that. I used to go to Uni there, and used to live with Sue who was on my Fine Art degree too! Really enjoyed doing this, and a bit of a departure for me too. Made with spray paint, acrylic paint and Posca pen on A3 paper.

New Work

Just starting to sort out a load of new work at the moment. Got loads of photos to sift through as source material, and i've just started making some sketches of what i want to do.

Here's one of the first finished sketches of a view of Lands End, from just above the rope bridge that's there. It's just a basic idea at the moment of how i want these landscapes to look. i want some of them to look quite minimal with some silhouetted shapes thrown in!

This sketch was created using spray paint and Posca pen on A3 paper.

Take Me Away From The Wind And The Rain.

Finally got this painting finished the other week, it had been sitting in the studio nearly finished for a while! Got it finished in time to put into Newlyn Gallery's Art Sale For Haiti exhibition.

I think the sale raised about £8000 in total, which all went to help the people of Haiti.

This painting was created using spray paint, acrylic paint and Posca pens on canvas.

Carnival of Love.

This was a bit of an experiment with some of the shapes i've used in the past on my StreetGraf paintings, where i took peoples tags from around the streets and stylized them! Was trying to make it look like some of the shapes you might find at the fair ground, especially the waltzers!

This was made using spray paint and Posca Pen on card and paper.

I did it as a gift for my girlfriend for Valentine's Day! Think it worked quite well, might have to do a bit more experimenting with the shapes and the spray paint too. Not bad for a first go though!

Original Poster Art work.

'Jesus, not more about this Souls of Mischief poster!'

Sorry guys, but there won't be much more as the gig is nearly upon us! I'm really excited about this poster, and about the gig too...... it's gonna be huge!

This is the original artwork for the poster, before i added any text, info or logos to it.

Again, it has been made using spray paint, acrylic and posca pens on A0 paper. I'll get it mounted shortly, ready for it to be framed by whoever eventually buys it!

Some Old Bits!

These are some old bits of work that i've only really just got photographed properly! They were originally designs for the Jack's Cow project that i worked on last year.

These were the original designs that i had to submit to Newquay Airport to see if i was on the same wavelength as them!

In the end, i used the first image on one side of the cow, and another image of St. Michael's Mount for the other side.

These originals were made using Posca Pen and Acrylic Paint on A1 paper, which have since been mounted ready to be framed.

I didn't get a decent photo of the one of St. Michael's Mount, as i sold it to Andy and Rachael from the Bakehouse in Penzance!