Decided to revisit an old friend and breath some new life into her for the W.O.W project. Thought it would be nice to give it an African twist and get it up and out there. I also quite enjoyed the process of seeing how my style has moved on slightly since I made the original back in 2008.
Here’s the new African version.
And the Original ‘Raven Haired’.
Posted in Art, Events, In the Studio, Stencils
Tagged Africa, Gambia, Raven Haired, W.O.W, Wide Open Walls
Was sent this photo today, the t-shirt is apparently being sold in Primark! I have a feeling this case can be placed into the ‘theft’ pile, I guess I could be wrong though.
Busy busy yet again and as a result my bloggage hasn’t been getting the care and attention it needs, poor bloggage. Still got a load of photos I need to sort out and upload to my flickr, more video footage I need to put together and if you haven’t noticed already, my website has been given a total redesign thanks to rndm.net which STILL needs more content and general ‘stuff’ doing. I’m hoping to start selling some very limited quality prints of some of my photography as well as some very affordable doodles, but all in good time. For something else is happening right now that is priority number 1, Wide Open Walls.
If you’ve been following the blog or my Twitter for some time you’ll know about this already but if you don’t (and you should), in a weeks time I’m flying out to The Gambia to transform the village of Kubuneh with spray paint in the hope of encouraging tourism to help with the poverty problems that the people over their struggle with on a daily basis. I’ve been curating the project alongside organiser Lawrence Williams of the Makasutu Culture forest and managed to twist the arm of 7 other artists who are also on board and ready to paint over a 2 week period.
The artists are Eine, Logan Hicks, Lucy McLauchlan, Xenx, Mysterious Al and Broken Crow, need I say more? For more info and regular updates on the progress of the project PLEASE subscribe to the W.O.W blog and Facebook page and help spread the word about this incredible project. We really need everyones help on getting behind this so please tell your friends, spread the word and help the W.O.W project really get out there.
I’ll be updating this blog AND the W.O.W blog as often as I can whilst we’re out there to keep you all updated on how it’s going and include you as much as we can on the journey.
Posted in Art, Events, Nature, Painting, Photography, Stencils, Urban art
Tagged Ballabu Conservation Project, Broken Crow, Eine, Gambia, Ian Cox, Logan Hicks, Lucy McLauchlan, Makasutu Culture Forest, Mysterious Al, W.O.W, Wallkandy, Wide Open Walls, Xenz
Finally back and rested after a weeks onslaught in a blistering hot Brooklyn. Much fun was had, many French Bulldogs bothered, lots of stickers stuck and what should have been a 2 man show was turned into a solo show at the last minute. Can’t complain with that!
Thanks to everyone who came to check out the new work and party down in the yard, hope you all had an awesome time. Thanks to Rae at Brooklynite Gallery for allowing the madness to continue, Seth and Nick from Pawn Works for their awesome stickers and most importantly thanks to my man Mark from Up The Arts for his usual assistance, hard graft and moral support.
I’ve decided to teach myself the art of shooting and editing video (in the build up to bigger things), and below is my first ever production. It’s just a quick movie full of test shots taken with my Nikon D90 while we were out there, then edited together in iMovie 09. Amazed at how simple it was to put together, wouldn’t mind having a crack at Final Cut next for a more solid finish.
I’ll be putting together a different cut at some point over the next week, focusing more on the show and the work. Here’s a few shots from the night taken by the gang at Brooklynite and Clay Williams from Examiner.com
Posted in Art, Events, Films, Painting, Photography, Stencils, Travels, Urban art
Tagged Brooklyn, Brooklynite Gallery, Firestarter, NYC, Paradise Lost
Painting away in the yard at Brooklynite Gallery ready for the show opening this Saturday. Check out more photos as they get uploaded here.
Posted in Art, Events, Painting, Stencils, Travels, Urban art
Tagged Brooklynite Gallery, Firestarter
Once again, sorry for the lack of posts on this ‘ere blog thing. Been mental busy here in the Eel Cave with one thing or another. So here’s a quick round-up of what’s been going on. Firstly, thanks to everyone who bought my last print release last week, Not Everything Is So Black & White. 22 colours, nice.
I think we made a new personal best for me as both the normal and the hand finished editions were sold out within 10 minutes. I know there are a few people out there who weren’t happy with the performance of the website but it seemed to go pretty smoothly for most people. V4 of eelus.com is being worked on as we speak, in a secret hangar in the desert, under a giant tarpaulin. The new site will be built in HTML and will hopefully be much more stable and user friendly.
The 4th of September sees the opening of my next show ‘Paradise Lost’ at Brooklynite Gallery in NYC with fellow stencil head C215. To give you a taster of some of the work on offer, there is a new super limited, 7 colour screen print edition of my Firestarter image going on sale TODAY over at www.brooklynitegallery.com.
Firestarter. 7 colour screen print. Edition of 50.
Here’s a new piece from the show. Painted onto an old burned out bakers tin.
Paradise Lost. Spray paint on tin
Here’s a close up of one of the 200+ hand made invites I made using my Gocco PG-11 printer.
I’ll be flying out to NYC next week to set up the show and paint some big pieces outside so if you’re in the area on the 4th, come on by and say hello!
Posted in Art, Events, Painting, Print, Stencils
Tagged Brooklynite Gallery, C215, NYC, Paradise Lost
My next show Paradise Lost, at Brooklynite Gallery in NYC, is approaching fast. Here’s a few ‘work in progress’ snaps from inside the studio.
Posted in Art, Events, In the Studio, Stencils
Tagged Brooklynite Gallery, NYC, Paradise Lost, Stencil
A few weeks ago I decided to enter a few photographs into the Urban Art Photo contest. Out of 500 entrants, I ended up getting my hands on 1st prize…which was nice! I think I was about 10 the last time I won something so not only was I pretty surprised, but happier than a pig in the proverbial shit.
Here’s my winning photo.
Posted in Competition, Graffiti, Photography
Tagged Graffiti, NYC, Urban Art Photo Cotest
Around 30 artists taking part, live painting, giant knitting, sunshine, DRINKS! If these are some of your favorite things you need to head to the Whitecross Street Party this weekend. Some of the artists include Paul Insect, Best Ever, Burning Candy, Mysterious Al, Shepard Fairey, Dr.D and Inkfestish, if that line-up doesn’t butter your muffin then I don’t know what will.
If you look skyward you’ll see this piece by me which will be available to buy and better still, 25% of all sales will be donated to SHP, a London charity that works with the homeless.
For more info go to www.wxstreetparty.co.uk
The party is on both 24th and 25th July with all the work staying up and around until the 5th of September
Posted in Art, Events, Painting
Tagged Not Everything is so Black & White, Whitecross Street Party
Robots, like monsters, zombies, gods, aliens, spaceships and owls, are cool. Not just cool, really fucking cool. This set of wooden robots by Tyler Jackson are no exception. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, the BLANKS series are created from found wood and other objects, reflecting Tyler’s need to spread awareness about how our lives effect the environment as well as reducing his own robot shaped carbon footprint.
