Amelia's Magazine Interview

I don't think I got around to blogging this at the time this went up back in May....you can read me rambling on about stuff in an interview with Amelia's Magazine here!

Rivals

This is my illustration for the Rivals club night in London which will be going onto flyers and Posters. I made the image to look like a cover to a Godzilla type film with rival dinos made up of different kinds of musical instruments. On one side is one representing Rock made of guitars, drums and amps etc and on the right one representing electronic music made up of decks, CDJ's, speakers etc.

I managed to sneak my name into the flyer by making it look like some kind of Japanese writing! Beneath the dinos are buildings representing the Hoxton area of London where the night is held. One of the buildings is the White Cube gallery!

I was worried that this image would work for a bit as before colouring it looked like a pile of junk rather than two rubber suited battling dinos. The colour really helped to seperate them and I think this colour scheme works well. The colours on the flyer and poster have been changed to green and purple, which look pretty cool too! Check out Rivals on Facebook and Myspace for more info on the nights.

Terrordactyl at Spotted Cow!

This winged dino beastie will be one of a few works of mine in a group art show organised by Friend & Co at the Spotted Cow pub in Bedmo, Bristol on 11th june.

It's in the garden so is slightly dependent on the British weather, but here's hoping for sunshine! It starts at 6pm and will run until it gets dark! There'll be original work and prints from all of the artists who have worked with Friend & Co since the opening of their shop in the autumn of 2008 and some who haven't (yet!)... The show will include: Acerone, Andy Council, China Mike, Eko, Faris Badwan, French, Inkie, Mr Jago, Mudwig, Paris, Pinky, Richt, Sainty, Sickboy, 45rpm... and more!


On the subject of Pterosaurs, I found this vid about a bloke who reckons he saw one once...could be a load of cobblers though.

Interview on Underground Lounge

There is a short interview with me over at Underground Lounge.

Upfest 09

Gothatops is the piece I painted at this years Upfest. A further development from my Gothic church work it is a Triceratops head made of Gothic spires. Here's the sketch I based the wall painting on...



I was pleased with how the piece turned out and is another development for me in my use of spraycans. It was good to keep it a bit loose and use only a few colours to keep it simple. I guess it didn't add any colour to a grey rainy day! I was pleased to have it finished quite quickly as wasn't sure if it was going to tip down with rain and stop all work. Shouts out to Inkie and Don who I painted alongside.

Despite the weather I thought the event went well. It was a bit like school when I got there first, doing a register and finding my class mates from the Bristol scene. There was lots of really interesting work produced throughout the day and a good mixture of different styles and methods. There were lots of works produced that I rated. Particular faves of mine were by Jody, Solo One, Snub and the SOF guys.

Here's a bit of doodling fun after having a few drinks and hanging out with Boswell, PEN and 3RD Eye...

Tyrannogothus Painting

This is my latest painting - 'Tyrannogothus'. It is a Theropod type dinosaur that is a development from the Gothicasaurus drawing and window drawing that I did a few months back. I used Charcoal, Acrylic and Spraypaint to create this beastie. I can't remember off hand how big the canvas is - it's over a metre wide I think. I think it worked out well for me just using black, white, grey and silver. It's a hint to Gothic music and relates back to work I did many years ago at college based around Bath Abbey.

Here's a close up of the head...



The tail...



And the foot with the towers and clouds around it...



The painting will go on display along with a few other pieces of mine at the View Art Gallery, Hotwells, Bristol as part of Upfest on Saturday 6th June 2009.

New poster design for Play It By Ear Club

This is my latest poster design for Londons Play It By Ear club night...More info on the night over at their myspace.