Totally off-scale jungle banana plant pattern for ByronBay Tennis club!!
This 30m wall kept me well busy over Christmas and New year.
Too busy mixing green paint and fighting off the ants to get caught up with eating chocolate and drinking wine.. which in my world is a RESULT!
Recent commission completed in record time with pressures of leaking roofs and international flights
Titled. Selva. 120x150 acrylic on canvas.
Have been working on this commisson out of my new temporary studio in the leaky shed that is Coachwerks studios. Hollingdean. Brighton. There’s a scene here hiding somewhere i can feel it has so much un pretentious potential. Shame i’m leaving the hempishere…
Dodging puddles and painting with gloves on already in October!!
Mixed feelings about my last projects in Tagazhout Marrocco for Surf Maroc.
I feel very thankful for being able to holiday for weeks for free but there's a question here as to weather i managed to have a holiday around the ton of painting work i did. i made 4 substatial pieces in 2 weeks which is a personal record!
The Surf Maroc guys and what they do out there is so epic! Working super hard to create the best holiday for hundreds of surfers and yoga enthusiasts each week.
Dawn yoga facing the ocean WAS an absolute dream.
The general smell and hassles of Tagazhout wasn't . so pros and cons all round.
“Doors to a desert world” 150 x 150 cm acrylic on board
"cactus patterns" 50x50 acrylic on old canvas.
my feet . yes barefoot painting was a fun part.
"Painting in circles" 1 of 2 40x40 acrylic on board
"Christmas cactus 2" 30x50cm acrylic on old canvas
New Brighton Mural for a good friend. Having escaped the festival grips of Boomtown fair, i concentrated on painting pretty things, swimming in rivers and doing yoga in the sun. AH RELAX!!!
Based on this kitchen mural from 2010. counting down 15months till i do my washing up there again.
Painted a few large signs and things during the build of Downtown BOOMTOWN FAIR. Making things look sketchy old and gross was not my thing. so left before the party, as i was worried it was going to be sketchy, young, and gross.
Also helped to decorate this BEAST of a main stage!!! shame i missed it looking like this!
First canvas commission for a long while.. seems to be an annual occurrance that whilst the sun is shining outside and the dog is looking at me with "park??" eyes, i'm inside battling with motivation and finding time to do things like clean the inside of the bin and the bottom of the fridge, when really i should be very excited to be working on such a perfect piece for my style!!!!
Hummingbird triptych for lisa.
A lot can happen in 3 weeks on Worthy Farm!
This year i had the privilege to join the Shangri-la field in their epic building of temporary heaven and hell. Corporate hell was the inspiration for this signpost.
Font sketching and working with stone carvers to make these doorways and signs
The sun shone hard throughout the build and the crew were an amazing bunch. All well experienced in the ways of the south-east corner and extraordinarily dedidated craftspeople!!!.
The office at 15 Gifts.com , has had a proper Faye Suzannah hit of turquoise over the last month!
Had a great time researching and sketching for this mural, i've been in Brighton for 2 years and have managed not to notice some of the weird and wonderful architecture around the place.!
I got a bit grumpy about having to draw the Pavillion and Pier just like every other artist .. but in the end, the beauty of the peace statue and the Hanover streets have made me see my seaside residence in a new light.
It has been a battle of fine lines and mouldy walls but i'm really happy with this end result.!!
The Whale murals of previous years painted by the wonderful John Ives inspired me to get involved with Whalefest 2014. Is has been a great chance for me to showcase my mural work in the centre of Brighton. and all for a VERY good cause.!
The event runs 14th/15th of March in Brighton and is being kicked off with the "release" of a lifesized orca whale model into the ocean just next to palace pier. Exciting! see you there
All volunteers, including random members of Brighton public, have been amazing fun to work with.!
Whilst in Marocco painting Maroccan fishes, i met a nice man who runs an office where they develop decision engine platforms..Thats an online gadget that makes decisions for you when you are shopping online. AS well as being a business genius, he also liked fishes and hated the current state of his office. fishes. nice.
I was cold and wet and out of work. then SURF-MAROC saved me from the winter blues.
Just got back from a sunshine-filled month in the Marroccan surf town of Taghazout where 2014 got off to a very painty start..
Tiger face canvas to finish off 2013. wish i could have kept him
Fish mural on roof terrace of Surf Maroc Auberge. 3 days covered in blue paint in the sun (and wind!)
Hid up here as the new year storm scared the surfers and fishermen below.
Local pattern influence and colour scheme.
Then. POW! colour in the stairwell. Tropical flower special based on the plants growing right outside.
Sorry about the wonky photo!
We have a new abode. its near the Brighton racecourse. I think Mango is still pining for Preston Park and Glastonbury Tor.. but never have I enjoyed so much to walk my dog .. because the air and the grass is dry these days and i have had this lovely project to research..!
Thanks to Ellie Wyatt for letting me loose on her studio wall. Behind this painting she is doing serious music business!!! look/listen here at her impressive work.
This week i have been mostly hanging out with the community of Cabot Primary school in Bristol. Throughout art week, the pupils of reception class and years; 1,2 and 6 helped me to layer up the fishes on this awesome under the sea scene!
These cheeky St Pauls kids and the schools staff ( who all got involved too!)taught me indirectly about Excellence, Inclusion and Partnership as we got painty in the sun ( mostly in the sun). Please note the credit goes all to them and to Mr Ackner, who organised the project and is no doubt one of the most passionate teachers i've ever met.
And how can i spend a week in St Pauls without a carnival reference?? After this week, i've got blue paint on my hands, soca music in my ears.. and now Trinidad in my sights... !
