A few weeks back I finished cutting a couple of portraits including my first pet portrait. I haven't got any pics of the pet portrait yet but here is Miriam's stencil...it's 20cm x 20cm and multi-layer (as usual). Fingers crossed I'll get them both painted this weekend.
It's been a month since my last update, I'm slacking. It's not because nothings happened I've just struggled to find the time to get on-line and write about it. So here goes...a month in a minute: A few weeks back I finished cutting a couple of portraits including my first pet portrait. I haven't got any pics of the pet portrait yet but here is Miriam's stencil...it's 20cm x 20cm and multi-layer (as usual). Fingers crossed I'll get them both painted this weekend. Some agency came up with a logo to re-brand the city which I found a little premature so I got to work adjusting it to fit with what Peterborough has been like for me over the past 30 years or so. This is myPeterborough...drugs, knife crime and prostitution have always been just around the corner from wherever I have lived until recently. I'm not saying it isn't a nice city because it is...I just don't like some agency re-branding the place like it'll fix everything. Let me know what you think, these will probably end up on Korporate t-shirts soon. I've got a Facebook fan page and to drum up the numbers I said I'd give away a free portrait when I got to 100 likes. The winner was Rich and here is his portrait. I've got so much to do but the studio has become a right mess over the winter so I think I'll be spending the next couple of weeks in there. Take a look at what I have to contend with...and this was after a couple of hours work. With any luck I'll be back on-line a bit more regular over the coming weeks with updates on The Peterborough Festival, Overground 2011 and fingers crossed Upfest. Until then see ya...
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This is my little girly Molly. A multi layer stencil on a 20cm x 20cm canvas. Want your own? Get in touch...
They've been a long time coming but I finally finished the Flowers portraits last weekend. Not my usual multi layer style because I wanted to go for a friendly propaganda look but using a little Japanese influence. Each portrait was just two layers and had to be hand cut twice, once for the big portraits and once for the postcard sized versions. This is a multi layer stencil portrait I did of Plura Bella a few weeks ago. The cutting took ages but the spraying only took 30 minutes. Here is that 30 minutes condensed into 4 and a half with a track called Keep You Safe by Orison over the top of it... Technically its 11 layers but its more like 7 because the last 4 layers were around the eyes where I didn't want to add any bridges to previous layers. I'm pleased with how this turned out for two reasons, firstly I like the way Plura Bella comes out of the darkness, positive use of negative space and all that and secondly because last year on the exact same day that I was ready to pack in the art Plura Bella gave me a gift that forced me to carry on creating. A kind and generous person with impeccable timing, I hope she likes her portrait...
I've been thinking I need to limit my palette for a while but I've struggled with what colours to limit it to. I think for 2011 I'll go for Signal Red, Golden Yellow and Black making up the warm colours while Petrol, White and Black will make up the cool colours....maybe a little Transparent Black in the mix too. All Molotow of course...
This what the warm palette comes out like... A portrait of a mother and child I did a few weeks ago. Just two layers on a 30cm x 60cm canvas. Really happy with how this turned out, quite beautiful in it's simplicity.
Please use the contact form if you want to ask about having a portrait done. Here is a sneak preview of the next portrait I'm cutting. This picture shows all the layers together but I'll print them separately before beginning to cut.
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