Mail Art for DJ Toast

Seeing as DJ Toast sent me such a cool bundle of goodies, I thought I'd send something back. Rather than work on card or paper I fancied trying something a bit different, so I dug out an old Blondie 7" and using stencils and spraycans gave it a makeover. I popped stamps on it and stuck it in the postbox, no packaging, and wondered if it would make the transatlantic crossing in one piece. It did, old vinyl was made to last it seems, no chance of getting a song out of it anymore though.

"A Patchwork Of Flesh" painting

Here is a new painting I have just finished of Frankenstein's Monster called "A Patchwork Of Flesh". I will be submitting it for the Beecroft Gallery's Open Exhibition this summer in Southend. I used spraypaint and stencil, acrylics, Sharpie, white pencil, watercolours and collage.

Zombie art available for trade

"They're Going To Get You Barbara #1 " acrylic and stenciled spray paint on canvas 60cm x 50cm. The image and title are form George A. Romero's classic zombie flick, "Night Of The Living Dead".

I have too many paintings at home and would like to give them new homes by trading some of them. This is the first one up for grabs, if you have any art you fancy trading for this piece leave a comment and I'll get in touch.

Space Invaders

I've been on a Space Invaders kick this weekend, I cut some little stencils which I used for a batch of ATCs.
A larger scale invasion is planned for later in the week.

BAZAART

Last nite I went to the launch night for BAZAART, an exhibition of 90 street artists. The exhibition runs from 20th-22 March at The Yard, Greenheath Business Centre, Three Colts Lane, Bethnal Green. London E2 6JB. Admission is free and it is well worth attending for anyone with even a passing interest in street art. There is a fantastic selection on display, and for sale, by many of the most prolific and in demand names in urban and street art, including: Dan Kitchener, Fake, Dave the Chimp, Eyesaw, Hutch, Milo, Mo Coppaletta, Kev Munday, Pure Evil, Rugman, Sinna One and many more. I was lucky enough to get three pieces of "dropped" work by Sinna One from Brighton who is known for his Sinbot. Fake from Amsterdam did me a stencil piece of a Spraycan for the price of a chicken roll which was incredibly generous and I also found one of his "Warship" stencils which he dropped later in the evening. All in all a great night with some amazing free art, pictures of which are included here.

Bass Monster

This is a mash up of Frankenstein's Monsters head on Paul Simonon from The Clash's body. It combines my love of punk rock and monsters, the stencilled image behind is an internal view of Trellick Tower (a West London tower block). This was my first painting to be accepted into an art show.
Acrylic paints, spray can and markers. 20" x 40"