Recents… »
So here are several walls I’ve painted over the last month purely for fun and in an attempt to get some large scale stuff done before the short winter days really start to set in here in the UK.
On the 8th of October, Holloway held It’s 2nd ‘Meeting Of Styles’ event in London. Over the course of 2 days, a housing estate designated it’s walls to be painted by some of the best aerosol/graffiti artists from the UK and abroad. The walls will be on display for a year with any luck. For those interested in reading more about the event, visit Meeting of Styles
I was given a much larger and more horizontal sketch than anticipated and so ended up heavily adapting my initial sketch to work with the size. Iv’e always been inspired by the imagery from ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and have dropped a few walls of recent containing characters from the film/book. I decided to paint a giant Mad Hatter (looking a little bit worse for wear). I think artists are all a bit mad so his inclusion in my work is not without meaning. Here are a few progress shots courtesy of some passers by leading up to the finished piece…
Last week, I decided to paint a tall spot of Great Eastern street which is fast becoming and internationally recognised spot for artists to showcase their work. I made this one up as I went along, again picking out characters from Alice in Wonderland and creating a narrative of sorts whilst trying to work a decent composition. This is also an example of a recent painting technique Iv’e adopted requiring doing my best not to outline any shapes and instead relying on precise colour combinations to reflect forms…
The following day, I received a call to let me know that Dabs and Myla were in town from LA and had been given the front of ‘Mother/333′ club to paint alongside Remi/Rough and whether I wanted to paint one of the walls myself. I accepted the challenge and invited by friends and fellow crew mates Jasik and Ekons down to join me on our designated space. Below are the reults. Thanks to Mark from Hooked blog for some of the photos…
