EVENT HORIZON

Mixed media piece based on black holes, to me, the most fascinating things in the universe and the reason why we are here at all...
The media used are: canvas found in a skip, emulsion, oil and gloss paint, dymo tape, biro, carbon paper, tippex.

IDEA Exhibition 2009 - price tags

People loved the price tags as much as the paintings!...

IDEA Exhibition Sept 2009

An exhibition of my IDEA concept paintings and plates held in September 2009.

COMMEMORATIVE PLATES

Dave's 40th Birthday plate...

Grab yourself an 'Idea' commemorative plate in the classic 'Idea' colours. Simply insert an important or interesting event of your choice and, hey presto!! You have an heirloom that can be cherished forever... an everlasting reminder of that special event.....wow.

SKETCHBOOKS N THAT

Excerpts from sketchbooks .....

F?@+%ED UP TRASH

Closer

Trash magazines contain the same old crap rehashed week after week... they can be read cover to cover in 10 minutes yet can be curiously addictive. It takes months to recreate a single magazine cover that is glanced over in seconds.

IDEA - BITE FROM THE BANAL

Aconitum final

Aconitum design - Photoshop

Aconitum stage 1

in situ at 'No Tossers', Leeds

in situ at 'No Tossers', Leeds

Oleander

Calla

Calla detail

Datura
Datura detail

Taking bland plant canvases and overlaying them with images of poisonous plants - much more bite than a begonia....

IDEA - SLANG

Rasklaat



Taking the mass produced Ikea pictures that grace innumerable homes and transforming them into original images using the ubiquitous Ikea yellow. Slang words are merged in with the undecipherable names of various products.

DOLLS

Revlon doll - oil paint...under construction....


Chatty Cathy. Photographs, Dymo tape, acrylic paint and carbon paper on canvas.

Mixed media images of dolls heads....... more to follow..