Some Sketches For My Latest Paintings

Thought I would put these sketches up that I did for a few of the canvases I painted for the CHG show. They have something about them that I like.

Parallel Evolutions

So, here are all the paintings that I did for my loft show that opened last week along with Melissa Formans 'Keepers Of Creation' show at Corey Helford Gallery LA. All photo's are by Dunstan Baker - Big thanks to him. Also thanks and big ups etc go out to - Jan, Richard Scarry, Iain Seller, James, Rich, Tessa, Chinals and all boys dept crew, Rowdy, Everly Dark, Emily and of course Liz and Felix!

All pieces are acrylic and spray paint on canvas. Sizes are under each pic. You can get a better look at the pieces over on my flickr.


LA Dinosaur - 90cm w x 60cm h


LA Heart - 50cm w x 60cm h


Tank Heart 2 - 50cm w x 60cm h


Tank Sacred Heart - 50cm w x 60cm h


Tank Skull - 50cm w x 60cm h


Panther - 50cm w x 60cm h


Battle Bunny - 50cm w x 30cm h


Battle Bird - 50cm w x 30cm h


Carasaurolophus - 50cm w x 30cm h


Carasaurus - 50cm w x 30cm h

New Juxtapoz Interview.

There's a new interview with me on Juxtapoz - check it out!

This photo of me beavering away on a canvas is by Mr.45RPM.

Loft Show At Corey Helford Gallery LA - November 13th.

It's been a while since my last blog post as I have been busy preparing a new collection of paintings for my first show of significant size in the States! For further information please contact my friend and director of the gallery Richard Scarry at rscarry@gmail.com


COREY HELFORD GALLERY PROUDLY PRESENTS
UK STREET ARTIST & ILLUSTRATOR
ANDY COUNCIL
"PARALLEL EVOLUTIONS"

OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH
Andy Council will debut ten new works for his first exhibition with Corey Helford Gallery, entitled "Parallel Evolutions". Based on his fascination with urban myths, beasts, dinosaurs and more, Council's vibrant and playful imagery will delightfully dominate the loft space. Council adds, "Mankind's creations often mirror those of natures. In my work manmade machines and cities are exaggerated and evolved further still into fantastical creatures and organic forms. This
latest body of work has natural forms made up of common place human creations of the modern world that are often destructive to ourselves and the planet."
Advance online previews are available upon request at jch@coreyhelfordgallery.com
Best, Jan Corey Helford

COREYHELFORDGALLERY.COM

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Culver City, CA 90232
310.287.2340

More Wall Painting at Saint Annes Park Primary

So, last week I went in to Saint Annes Park Primary school in Bristol and painted a big old owl in the library and today I went back and painted a dirty great Bristol Dino on the playground wall! Here it is -



I was asked to do quite a general Bristol type beastie, so fitted a few landmarks on it - Clifton Suspension Bridge, Wills Building, Cabot Tower, Tobacco Factory, SS Great Britain, coloured houses and Westmoreland House with BC graff on it. Turned out OK despite the heavy showers and having to dive under the shelter of a tree now and then. I put balloons in the piece also, even though I'm not that keen on them murals. Ah well, tis a school mural.

Here's the original design I did for the piece. I altered the final wall painting to have a different angle on the neck so that the creature could fill the wall better. Dinosaur I loosely based the creature on is Pachycephalosaurus.

St Annes Park Primary School Library Owl

I went into St Annes Park Primary School in Bristol a few weeks back and had a chat to the pupils about doing a mural creature of mine for their library. They went away and drew some ideas which I went through and came up with this from -



Library book owl! The owl is made of. as you might have guessed, books, but also pencils and the words 'Learn, Share, Enjoy' which I think is the school moto. I went in yesterday and sprayed him up on the wall. I ran out of time to do the falling books and leaves but reckon he's a good un still.

Print Signing At Niche Frames, Bristol Saturday 21st August

I be doing a signing of his new illustration 'Planet Bristol' at Niche Frames in Bristol on Saturday afternoon. The print is an edition of 100 and features lots of Bristol type buildings and landmarks. Who knows, maybe your house is on it?

Planet Bristol is for the Bristol Green Doors event which is about domestic green refurbishment throughout all areas of the city. All profits from the print sales go to the project.

Come along and check out the work up close, have a chin wag with me and maybe purchase a print. It will be a truly memorable occasion....

There is a facebook event page here. Below is a pic of the extra gert large version of the print that is in the window of Niche Frames at the moment and the notice about my in store signing.