DICKON DRURY

2011-10-09T03:00:00.000-07:00

- WET PAINT 6 -

Hey dudes - Long time no see! Here is my most recent painting.

I have done more than one since the last post,(promise!) but after a hard-drive clear out this is the only image on my computer right now. Will try to start posting more regularly again. Stay tuned.

2010-04-02T16:50:00.000-07:00

EGG TIME

I painted an egg. Happy Easter. Sorry for lack of updating, I have recently got a new job as a painting assistant, moved to London and out of my studio. Hopefully some new work on the way soon. Meanwhile check out

BRISTOL DRAWING CLUB

2009-12-08T13:09:00.000-08:00

TURNING JAPANESE

I spent last week in London seeing shows. At the tate modern i saw Baldassari, in the interview with him he said something about going into the studio everyday and just sweeping up, eventually you get bored of sweeping and do something else. This is how creativity is born. I think he has a point. I also saw Murakami in the pop-life show. After a bit of sweeping in the studio I made this sketch using an image of Murakami from his video with Kirsten Dunst.

2009-11-24T14:18:00.000-08:00

- WET PAINT 5 -

the exploration into oil paint continues

I made this a while ago.

I posted the start of this painting a couple of weeks ago. Since then it has become significantly more camp. I'm just going to go with it and see what happens. Look out for glitter and rainbows!

This is the start of my most recent picture. I'm sure you can tell what it is. I thought it had a Sgt Pepper type feel to it and was generally a good excuse to work on my use of colour.

The recent 'wet paint' pictures have really been about having fun, and keeping me interested while i get to grips with painting in oils. It's had a lot to do with process and little to do with subject matter.

All in all it's time for something fresh. Mix up the old with the new.

Here's a sketch

2009-11-24T13:03:00.000-08:00

- FRIDAY 13TH -

Here is a brief taster of the show

that i curated with him

and her

Lots of people came to see

work by Anouk Mercier

Hakon Holm Olsen

And the 'Bristol Diving School'.

For additional information on the show visit the PLAN9 website here.

2009-11-09T11:39:00.000-08:00

- 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.

2009-11-03T16:33:00.000-08:00

- 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

2009-10-15T10:14:00.000-07:00

-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.

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

bye x

2009-09-03T12:32:00.000-07:00

- WET PAINT 2 -

(click image to enlarge)

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.

2009-08-26T09:49:00.000-07:00

- 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.

(click images to enlarge)

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.

2009-08-02T08:38:00.000-07:00

-AUGUST SKETCHBOOK-

new paintings coming soon

2009-07-08T15:15:00.000-07:00

-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.

2009-06-05T04:31:00.000-07:00

JUNE SO FAR

I'm looking for a new day job so i can buy some fresh materials and stop painting on cardboard. I saw a girl in the street wearing one of those totoro hat's and had to put one in a painting.

totoro is megacool.

i Painted this guy on a piece of unstretched canvas. im keen to sew this patch onto some patterned fabric along with those little buttons you can see at the bottom and some other bits and pieces.

If you haven't already, check out DRAWING CLUB. I set it up a little while ago with my friend Anouk. We just had our second meet. It's fun, and a good way of meeting other loner artist/illustrator types who tend to sit on their own in bedrooms and studios all day.

2009-05-06T10:37:00.000-07:00

-spike open studios-

the sculpture yard looked pretty nice without all the crap init

richard haimes was running the WI style tea&cake stand/tombola

rhys recovering after a turbo pimms fueled launch night.

still keen to paint our studio at some point

charlotte found my old masks- her boyf ben took this on his fancy iphone- he has an independent recording label called 'motive sounds'.

i sacked off the last day of open studio's to pay the girl a visit. It was her 21st so i gave her a painting of 'the hyp. t. ball'. x

2009-04-13T11:44:00.000-07:00

Egg Blog

my bro is trying to bring back banana carving, i might have to try some myself.

me and will blew and painted eggs! will made a bee.

i made a scarab beetle

and a lady

egg/potato bird collaboration

few new bits of work

magazine before..

and after.

happy eggtime everyone. hooray for jesus and the easterbunny etc

2009-02-01T03:38:00.000-08:00

-art work stolen by mice!-

no joke. my precious south american protesting pistachio's have been carried off by mice!

this is the diorama i had begun to make. They were in the truck and by the house...

there is literally no trace of the nutty artworks, and the only evidence left on my studio desk is a trail of tiny poo's. The only remaining nuts were given to craig dixon in payment for a vase displaying a portrait of chairman mao. I'll try and find a picture of it, its very nice. To the mice i say- i hope my art tasted alright. RIP the south american protesting pistachio's x

2009-01-29T06:49:00.000-08:00

-Studio Move-

me and rhys moved into our new studio space this wk.

Its pretty industrial looking but has proper heating a door and a ceiling!

we'll hopefully clad the walls and paint it up at some point but for now its a gem.

rhys built this storage in about 10 minutes my favourite part is that the red shelves are just screwed into the side of that board,. really tempted to take the table away and see if they stay up.

so that'll be the wall that needs cladding then

found rhys' homemade batman parka during the move

my desk at the mo

found a cute bear in this box

also i started a book about stuff i like. this is the first spread, its about one of my favourite things.

right now i'm just getting settled in but hopefully there'll be some new work on the way asap.

2009-01-17T13:20:00.000-08:00

-New TOY-

-blackboard paint-

blackboard hood

changeable chalk pattern

beginnings of a table

2009-01-13T06:59:00.000-08:00

-New Book New Scribs-

The 'princess snooze journal' is the latest from yoshitomo nara. Its set out in three sections-lined, graph paper, and plain. I had just filled up the 'pyromaniac journal' when this came out so it was a done deal. anyway this isnt an advert, just wanted to show u some of whats init so far.

as usual- click the flicks to see them bigger

idea for this is to paint it on a big surface- blank background, uber patterned hood

moomin study- this was on a japanese sweet packet

(love the lil boat)

lady with a big rabbit..

new dog walking vibe=dog carrying

strange times

squash explained

monkey weather

two guys one shirt- again the shirt would have a

patterned fill when it came to the painting.

there we go, Happy New Year etc

my 2009 has so far included MA applying, and tripping

to Ireland with my girl. It shall also include moving into a new

house nxt wk, and a new studio in feb.

2008-12-17T07:45:00.000-08:00

-optics don't make marks-

This is a slightly hefty blog to document my most recent show. It was a one night event in the project space at spike island to mark the end of my three month fellowship there. The idea was to create a show of non-existent paintings. The concept for the show and it's title come from the controversial 'Hockney-Falco thesis' if u want to find out more about it you could start by 'wikipedia-ing' it here

The show began with a projector and four images

of works on paper that i copied to acetate

I shone the images onto my cork surfaces

-cropped the light to the size of the board-

and stuck down strips of white tape where the characters would be-

Then used an exacto-knife to cut out the tape where it wasn't wanted

at this stage i should probably point out i left one day to install

and had a lot of help from Holly and Jason,

without which i wouldn't have got it done.

jason is working a placement at spike and was ace help

holly- is an old kernow friend i lived with at uni.

She thought she was just coming up for a nice visit and a break from work...

oh no- she was actually brought in to do a huge amount of work for me with a craft knife.

the install was finished about 20 minutes before it opened

tall man

lady with tiger

looks like a painting right?

The octopus and cowboy were hung next to each other,

but due to weird projector/camera optical friction they weren't too good at being photographed together.

jist?

more kernow crew- ben and some other falmouth homies

randomly appeared at the opening- a nice little treat it was too.

could just about get a photo to work of me with my projected paintings-

and when the lights came on-

the projections were gone and only the cutouts were left x

2008-11-27T06:42:00.000-08:00

-Autumn Studio-

here's some new bits and piece's from around the studio at the mo-

the flicks are in a weird order due to my computer being silly and me being in a hurry.

basically i've been making some surfaces to paint on, theyre wooden boards on mitered frames that have been covered with cork floor tiles.

(the one above is my newest fruit in progress)

work nicely packed and home from its newlyn show

this is the boards being made- drying under pins

sorry for sideways action- this is a possibility for a mid size

single tile..

aweswick!

shoes again

possible walrus composition- its not stuck down so could change)

single tile mounted.

the mighty oliver sutherland came to stay- he cut my hair and installed a show

at rhys and hannah presents it can be seen -here-

2008-10-25T07:44:00.000-07:00

-'Rising Stars'@ Coombe Gallery-

'rising stars' was a group exhibition, showing work by a selection

of recent graduates from a selection of uni's

crayola folk

corkers

autumn what?

the show opened last night and is on for a couple of weeks. to see pictures of other work in the show and general opening night japes- click here or on the picture of gallery owner and man: mark riley- below

2008-10-24T02:10:00.001-07:00

-lets make a painting-

thought i would do a lil blog on how i get my paint on

almost always starts with a drawing- i did this one after being electrified by

my kitchen light switch and was waiting for the electrician to do his thang

always a fan of cork as a surface- i use

thinners to get a rough outline of my image

onto the tile, then started laying the paint

i use really wet acrylics- it takes a few layers but i like how

the colours sink into the surface

recently im all about indian ink^ its the bomb-

great for outlines -its blacker than black

few finishing touches..

and its pretty much done- think ill either just mount it onto a frame

or maybe start building out from it with other tiles to make a larger scale piece.

heading towards dartmouth this eve for opening of the 'rising stars' show

p.s

new wheels- i ditched my last bike after the wheel got kicked in and i kept falling off it- found this lil treat in a skip and so far ive only come off once*score x

2008-10-14T09:38:00.000-07:00

-Midas Awards@Newlyn Gallery-

Last wk i was back down to kernow to hang my part of

the 2008 Midas Awards in Newlyn. It was a group show of the 7 finalists.

Unfortunately i didn't win but it was great to show in such a sweet space.

my work was being shown in the upstairs part of their new extension

setting up

that's nick- the hanging don

it had a huge 9 meter window looking out to sea-

so had a bit of competition with the view going on

and some whack cupboards that went a bit mental under flash

the shows up for a month, so if your down that way check it out.

there are flicks of the opening etc here

Next up- Rising Stars @ Coombe Gallery. It opens nxt friday.

Check out the deets here

2008-10-03T09:32:00.000-07:00

-Finished Pins-

next stop Newlyn. The show opens next friday-

2008-09-24T06:03:00.000-07:00

-SPIKE ISLAND-

i moved up to bristol a couple of weeks a go to start work at a studio at 'spike island'

for three months. Here's how im getting on so far-

here is the new studio space- im sharing with a guy called rhys- he co-runs a

little gallery in central bristol, they have a show opening next wk, check it out here http://rhysandhannahpresent.blogspot.com/

(thats ^him)

painted sticker

getting clogged up

new pool ball's

sketchbook-

happy mar-aka

wooden case.

new pins on the way for newlyn

2008-09-07T01:35:00.000-07:00

~NEW STUFF!~

now the back-log is dealt with the blog is finally up to date- here's what i've been playing around with recently.

(click to enlarge)

i started drawing these russian doll type characters while on a surfing trip

once i got home i started making..

proto-type

one down

~voila~ (this is me in my room with a self timer, sad)

its good to have enthusiastic friends on hand-

not what they were expecting to do after being invited round for a barby

throwing some poses

hello

out and about-I hoped this might work better than it did, i stuck clothes pegs on the back and clipped it onto the planter, need to make a bigger face tho- it is a bit lost in there.

Anyway im moving to bristol tomorrow to start work in a studio at spike island

(http://www.spikeisland.org.uk/) so more work to come soon hopefully~

2008-08-27T08:02:00.000-07:00

GRAPE LADY FALLS-

thought i'd post a film i made of a show i put on with my friends while i was at college. It was in an emptied out tea shop in Falmouth. We had two fine artists, two illustrators and three textile artists. We lived in two houses, two of us were twins, two of us went out, two of us had gone to school together etc etc. This was the vibe of the show, although we all used different mediums and had different styles, the work looked really natural as a show just because we'd spent so much time together. The song over the top is by my friend julian owen. His album had just got finished and we were selling it at the show. As a result we ended up listening to it a lot while setting up and there's probably more dancing than art in the flick. x

2008-08-08T03:17:00.000-07:00

-PREQUEL-

just thought id put up some flicks of work i did before my final show~

this painting was one of my first paintings on cork. the characters are slightly altered images of my good pal and long term housemate will grant, and my ex girl and all time great friend emma sheldon. (i don't know the giraffes) Anyway this one got through to the final of the mercury art prize- as judged by peter blake.

bit of drawing here. this was the first one i did after buying some pro-markers. they are ace and i use them alot now, at the time i couldn't resist getting a bit graphic with them.

here it is with a very old fishy skate board.~the boards painted so the salmon are going against the flow. and the desk is the one i painted up recently for my show.

that rhymed!

these are some of my toys. not a great photo but u get the idea.~ the pin in the middle is my dad.

this is the wall of my old studio. it was super tall so there's alot cut off. you can see the prototype boxes and birdhouses with masking tape on. and a mini version of the crayola folk. ..i don't know what happened to the big penguin.

that's it for now. just thought i'd slip this one in. me in my antique mickey mask~ i'd seen it in an antique shop and loved it but didn't have the funds. My housemate jonny showed up with it for my birthday- stoked!

2008-08-07T05:05:00.000-07:00

~GRADUATION STATION~

So i just graduated from a fine art course at Falmouth. I had an awesome time and the final show was uber fun. Im just gonna post some flicks of it as its easier than trying to describe it. Basically i went a bit mad with cork and pattern's and tried to keep it folky.

As you can see in the first pic i made a load of cork cubes, above is a make your own page. (All these photos should enlarge when you click em).

This is me with my painting 'yukiko'. i made these bits of cork flooring and had them against each wall to keep a consistent look throughout the show.

This was my other large painting 'Rei Kobayashi'.- again click to see detail

i got bored of my paintings about a week before the show and did my very first lino cut. It was super fun and made me wish i'd tried it a long time before the last week of uni.

This was the last wall-