ALL THAT GLISTENS IS NOT GOLD

BEAR GRILLS...ALL THAT GLISTENS IS NOT GOLD

truman brewery...bristol...

was lucky enough to have not been rained on over the last two days so managed to squeeze in an extra paint on this trip...just a quick one though because in the end it did what southwest does best and rained, and hailed and was really really cold...

he is wearing teeth grills, which is just about seeable...

i hadn't planned this paint so didn't bring my gold, could only buy burner tin, which is horrible paint for this type of thing so i learnt...ruuuuuuns, is really separated and doesn't have nice pressure...perfect for burners no doubt...anyway managed to bumble my way through...and was happy with the end result...

some hipstomatic fun...

THE SEVEN OF CUBS

THE SEVEN OF CUBS SHOWS HIS HAND

Hotwell Road bristol england

i originally did this illustration for a project called the rat pack card deck...

http://cardproject.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=117610860

it was a while ago and nothing has resoleved much since then, it needs a few more artists to finish the project...so if u like the sound of it join in...any way i recently did a few wheat pastes of the illustration, in fact i think i put some up in amsterdam in the spring too but anyway since the illustration was being brought back to life i wanted to paint him....

i was fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time after the see no evil project in bristol and overheard that the painting that case had done at upfest 2011 well part wheat paste was peeling off and the owner of the wall wanted it painted over, i voluntered the idea of a new painting...so stephen got it confirmed and here is the outcome...this is alink to cases painting...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/phade71/5798341162/in/photostream/

that link seems to have some of the best images of the painting, as case left it...credit to phade 71...

case is an artist that i have been following for a while now and i love his work here is a link to his website...http://www.sexyartcase.com/ i admit to feeling a bit of pressure to create a new wall that everyone would like as much as the previous...

day one left me at this stage... its going well and the passers seem to approve although a lot of people have been showing love for the old painting...pressure pressure pressure...

the bear is done and now i shall introduce the tattoos...

this shot shows how tall he is...about 15-18 ft i think...

so the tattoos are in place and below is a few close up 

the tattoos represent the human attribute in the image...tattoos are something i don't feel the need to have on my own skin, but i really enjoy putting them into my artwork...i want to work on the technique of how tattoos illustrations look more, i think i probably should have done these lines a bit thinner...

love the clubs...

hate the spades...

there is no hate without love, there is no love without hate...love who you are and learn to love what you are not...that is the idea behind this painting...

i really like how these stars turned out using the transparent black helped to create shadows that made the tattoo look like it was moving on the pad of the paw...

ca cest fin....

a little plant growing hearts and diamonds...does money grow on trees....does love grow on trees....i feel that this part of the paint helps to remind the viewer that the image has strong references to a pack of cards...and links back to what the illustration was originally about...

close up... im loving how the shadows turned out on this...

watch out lola theres a bear behind you....

special thanks to stephen hayles at upfest for sorting this out for me...

http://www.upfest.co.uk/

DOWN IN THE DUMPS

 so.... see no evil - saw a commission for me...

this is what i produced...

DOWN IN THE DUMPS

the painting done at se no evil was of a young orangutang with her lips out smacking the attitude out of the show with some lipstick in hand...susie the lady i did the commission for loved it sooo much she wanted me to do something for her company...natracare....here is a link...

http://www.natracare.com/Default.aspx?CultureId=en-GB

natracare make organic naturally biodegradable tampons...yup not the normal sort of company id imagine wanting me painting for them but i guess it has worked out...

there was no specific breif, just do what ever i wanted really but i knew she loved the orangutang and i wanted to recreate another angle with the makeup....

i have managed to find a whole heap of really cool orangutang photos too so it kinda seemed to make sense to do another one..this one is a lot older and i loved her slightly saddened look...

it was really important for me in this image to get as much makeup on the face as possible a bit like a clown, for two reasons to establish her femininity and also to ensure the lipstick was not just really red lips...especially as i wasn't doing the hand and lipstick tube this time...

really pleased with how the tag layering worked on this paint 

something new for me here...susie wanted a landfill in the background at first i was baffled as to how to achieve this as a landfill is just mushed greys and random muffled colour...no point of reference except for a digger...thank god for the digger....

i layered up colour splats then mushed it in with greys whites and dusted the shit out of it eventually this appeared along with the enlarged bin bags i got a result....phewwwww...actually i kinda liked it in the end....a shit hole for you...haha

this painting will be going on little road trips at event marketing that the company does from now on...she should get out at least three times a year i guess....niceeeeee...

SEE NO EVIL STREET TAKE OVER

About See No Evil

This August, Bristol is the setting for one of the most ambitious urban art projects in the world. Between August 18th-20th, some of the world’s leading street artists will be taking over Nelson Street in the heart of the city, as part of the new international arts  event,  See No Evil.

Bristol has long been the centre for urban art in the UK and now hosts a project that will create some of the world’s largest scale paintings. Over twenty internationally renowned artists will take up residency in Bristol city centre as part of a free, three day long arts and music event.

Artists already announced include New York based muralists, Tats Cru whose aerosol based work is dubbed to have ‘changed the perception of graffiti as art’ and LA artist El Mac whose work is prolific across every continent. As well as the US contingent, artists from France, Holland, Spain and Brazil will also bring their own unique styles to Bristol. Bristol born Inkie, one of the most notorious and prolific graffiti artists to emerge out of the 80’s Bristol scene will be joined by a raft of UK artists including Zeus and Nick Walker.

See No Evil will culminate on Saturday 20th August in a Block Party curated by local crew Team Love, celebrating the best of Bristol’s art and music culture with live street painting, bands and DJ’s, cartoon drawing, screen printing, a pop up barber shop and fancy dress emporium, street theatre and street dressing with a mini garden area stretching along the length of Nelson Street.

The Westgate, a disused building designed by architect Giles Gilbert Scott who also designed the Battersea Power Station and iconic the British red telephone box will be opening its doors for three nights of the best of Bristol music and art.

Between Thursday 18^th and Saturday 20^th August, major club promoters, film and music previews and events will take over this unique space, creating a temporary interactive gallery and entertainment venue. The Westgate line-up along with Saturday’s Block Party will include Resident Advisor’s Real Scenes film screening and after party, new kids on the block Mosca and Melee and underground legend Greg Wilson, plus a selection of the great and the good of Bristol’s local DJ scene.

....So through my connections with upfest gallery in bristol, i got a call from stephen, nah in fact it was a text. typical steve...yeah so he said big paint event bristol, august, two days, 50 cans of paint, paid transport and hotel need to know yesterday if u want in...now let me think about this for a second... ummmmnah, im washing my hair...holy molly mother of god, fuck yeah, im there with lipstick  on my collar... 

Okay so i didn't wear the lipstick but my good friend, lipstung came along and sported a rather lovely shade of pillar box red lips for all of brizzle to pop a look at... the paintings just kinda about fun really. Personally, i hate lipstick and it was a take on how i think women look as stupid with red lipstick on as a orangtang.  A sporting pedestrian asked if it was a critic on animal testing and i was like, well...... ummm..... yeah sure it is...it kinda was a second thought in my mind...haha...

RESULTING IN NEW COMMISSION

 I have to say that im pretty stoked with this painting and the feed back has been ridiculous. Iv even picked up a commission from this paint, so im made to be honest... thanks Inkie for organising all this and thanks Stephen at Upfest for linking me up with a wall...the finished painting can be found at the bear pit in brsitol....

HOLY SHIT...... when ur painting for 12 hours straight u, well i don't notice the people... probably cos im stuck in to listening to some wefunk or something, but yeah my god the photos i found on facebook and flickr prove how many eyes were on the goldchain,  glad that fence was there... every now and then i got caught out, eyes wondering and ended up with lines of kids wanting my tag...not used to this shit seriously weird stuff...happy to see so many little peeople admiring art though its refreshing...

this ridiculous colloboration was done by my new friends faunagraphic and rockit, was a pleasure painting along side these guys all day...hopefully more to come from us soon on a full scale production...

http://www.faunagraphic.com/

http://www.rocket01.co.uk/