- WET PAINT 4 -

I managed to leave my camera at a party last wkend. Re-united a week later, this is whats going on in my studio at the moment. David and the monkey are getting close to being finished. 

I started this new one the other day. Im trying to bring some pattern back into my paintings, while still getting to grips with the oil paints.

Diana Ross skate/chalk board.

FRIDAY 13TH is this week! installation starts tomorrow. Hopefully see you there for a beer.

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- FRIDAY 13TH -

Quite a while ago now i met Anouk through working at Spike Island, we shared an interest in drawing and decided to set up a bristol DRAWING CLUB. Soon after doing this we decided we should put on a show using drawing as a starting point. We got Adam Higton on board too and this is what has resulted. A celebration of the diverse and continually relevant roles that drawing can play within contemporary art practice. Hosted by artist led gallery PLAN 9 the show runs for a week from.. FRIDAY 13TH

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-WET PAINT 3-

The beginnings of my most recent painting - just over a meter wide, oil on canvas. Its a young Sir Dave with quite a blue gorilla. I somehow managed to get a lot of work recently helping to install spike islands new show, running a kids workshop*, artist assisting and some invigilating in the gallery. As a result I've only spent a day in my studio this month. Hopefully I'll be back in the studio properly soon and ill try to make more regular posts.

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Also Jonny wanted to see how E.T. was going - so here you go Jonny; click on it to have a look.

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- WET PAINT 2 -

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My second attempt at oil painting! oils are definitely cool but now i have to wait about a year for it to dry before i can do the rest

 - it's E.T. by the way.

- WET PAINT -

This is the painting I'm working on at the moment. It's the first time i've used oils so its a new thing for me and a bit of an experiment.

 I'm not used to having to do things in order and am a generally impatient person so waiting around before i can do the fun fiddly bits is pretty frustrating. Learning something new is always cool though and it's probably about time. Im hoping when i finish the canvas will be a dense wad of pattern.

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Here is a little sample of what i've been drawing recently - it's a dummy book about a rad little girl.

 

 Im off home this weekend to play some music at a local beer festival - scary stuff- if you fancy hearing any of my music you can sample it here.

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-AUGUST SKETCHBOOK-

new paintings coming soon

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-JULY-

This is supposed to be a blog of my work but i havent posted anything for a while so i thought i'd show you what im up to.-

currently i'm helping on a build for an artist called ivan. He's putting up a sculptural 

structure in Victoria park Bristol.

this is a visualization of what were building- it goes up on the 25th and opens soon after.

Hope everyone's been enjoying the sun - happy summer vibes.

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