BAD HATTER DRIPPY FACED REMIX

The Bad Hatter - an old character originally drawn and painted on canvas back in 2014 recently got remixed and revamped into one of the drippy faced..This version has a cool teddy back pack thats full of equipment and, having just looked for the old blog post / picture of the 2014 version, I'm happy to say that this one is way better and I have improved over the years..If you wanted to see the original bad hatter blog post, you can find it by clicking  here... 

This version was painted on a bigger 70x50cm canvas, with spray paint and acrylics and sold quite quickly to someone on my social media.. 
Other versions of this character are already being scribbled in the sketch book so I'll more than likely be painting him again soon..

LAST FEW FOR 2019 - MASKED MAN ON CANVAS

With the end of a decade insight I figured a few more paintings of this guy in the world wouldn't be a bad thing..Having mostly worked on drippy faced characters this year, I decided to make my last few of this Masked character who has been in development / existed for 20 years now..

NOD YOUR FACE...

Nod your face to the latest drippy one... Painted on a 50x70cm canvas with spray paint and acrylics, this latest piece was developed from a scribble in the book (pictured below)..Like most of the recent drippy faced paintings on canvas, this one also has chrome and fluorescent in the mix which means staring at it for too long might make your eyes run..

TAG HASHER - original painting on canvas

Another one for the drippy face series - Tag Hasher is painted on a 60cm x 40cm canvas in spray paint and acrylic.Given the sketchy look on purpose, this character has been developed from a quick biro sketch on paper so I tried to keep some of that hand drawn quality, but painted with a brush...If you feel you'd like to see this on your wall, it's currently hanging in the store (here) with a make an offer option and worldwide shipping available..

WHAT THE ?... another drippy faced canvas....

What The? is the latest drippy faced study from a scribble in the book and it's of a startled looking writer who was busy in the yard..Like most of my recent canvas experiments this piece has neon orange tones which in this case don't really show up too well in photographs and appear differently in certain lights.. Measuring 70cm x 50cm , this original one of a kind is now available from the store here...

LATE NIGHTER - character study on canvas

More paint sprays and brush strokes that have just dried recently due to some late night painting....This little alley way scene on canvas measures 35cm x 36cm an has a mixture of metallic and fluorescent paints used in the background.. Different lights change how these mixtures look as the gold reflects the light and the neon orange appears more vibrant against it (something that has been experimented with in recent paintings)..Developed from a rough scribble in the sketch book (pictured below), this study has a bit more detail than the original pen drawing but has retained some of it's looseness which is a look that increasingly pleases me.. Therefore plans to paint more of these smaller scale paintings that are born from scribbles are already being thought about, which doesn't usually happen...

As usual... this one is for sale and if you'd like this one up on your wall, it's currently available from the ebay store (here)..

BLACK BOOK SESSIONS - DRIPPY FACE CANVAS

More brush strokes and paint sprays were made to dry in the shape of another one of those drippy faced characters recently...This one was painted on a 51cm x 40cm canvas with lots of layers / built up textures and like many of my most recent works on canvas, has shiny chrome and fluorescent paint that reflect light and hopefully burn retinas..

Featured in this piece is that masked character I've been dropping for the last two decades which started life from a scribble in a book all those years ago.. The concept for this painting was also born from a sketch in one of my many black books, and similar versions have been painted on walls in spray paint (at Upfest 2018) so it was nice to develop the idea further in more detail, on a smaller scale..

If this one takes your fancy and if you think it belongs on one of your walls, you can find it here ( in my Ebay store) 

HAPPY FAMILY - BATTISTA vs HOAKSER PRE GRAFFALITE PAINTING

The ongoing series of PreGraffalites just got added to with this latest piece called " A Happy Family - The Thread of Life, originally painted by Italian artist Giovanni Battista Torriglia (1858 - 1937). 

BEFORE...

AFTER...

This old reproduction print on hard board has been carefully doctored with acrylics and remixed with a commissioned looking Family mural in the living quarters of this hard working family.. I wanted the mural to look faded and blend in with the rest of the painting,which required lots of weathering and washes as it looked far too fresh without..

The aim of these paintings is to include graffiti style artwork into them as if it always belonged there.. It sounds easy, but adding artwork around or behind already existing shapes, shades and tones of colour requires lots of paint mixing and careful choices which can't be erased if it looks wrong.. It's quite a slow process that needs quite a lot of thought and careful application mostly with small brushes.. 

Also featured in this piece is that masked man character proudly hanging on their wall, along with a few other bits of artwork they seem to like.. The chunky wooden frame got re sprayed in black, which compliments the piece and looks much nicer (in my opinion) than the original old wood and has been finished with a coat of lacquer. 

As usual, if you'd like this piece to be hanging on one of your walls, head over to the store (here) where its currently listed with worldwide shipping available..

Thanks for looking!!

THE DISCARDED

Painted with acrylics on top of a spray painted background, this 61cm x 46cm painting is the latest study of one of those drippy faced characters on a chunky stretched canvas.. Developed from a scribble in the sketchbook (pictured below) this piece has a silvery chrome /multi colored background which reflects differently depending on the lighting..

If you'd like to own this or another one of my original paintings please check out my ebay store to see whats currently available..

PEASHHH - DRIPPY FACED STUDY

The latest drippy faced study on canvas recently happened on a 60x20cm stretched canvas and this is it....With a similar use of chrome and neon paint in the backgrounds to some of my most recent canvases, the flat white and grey scale contrast well against the shiny bright colors behind the figure.In certain lights the chrome parts look white and set against the fluorescent orange and yellow the whole thing pings..

 As usual, it was painted with spray paint and acrylics and has been signed lots of times throughout the piece. 

If you'd be like to be the one who has this hanging on their wall, this has recently been added to my ebay store here... PEASHHH!!!

ALPHABET SOUP PRINT

25 letters and a recognizable O...Ask any graffiti writer and they'd tell you that having your own lettering style is important, and over the years I'd like to think I've developed mine into something of my own.This Alphabet soup design was digitally created from an A3 drawing on paper in pencil and ink.. A limited amount of them are currently available from my stores in A3 and A4 sizes with free UK postage...

GRAFFIC TRAFFIC - TRANSIT VAN BLACKBOOK PRINTS

Over the past year or so I've sometimes found some time to draw a quick outline on a van and have gathered a pile big enough to do a few different editions of this sort of idea. Originally drawn onto a4 van templates, each one has recently been scanned into a computer and compiled into this print..Head over to the store if you want to pick one up..They are available in A3 and A4 sizes and come with free stickers..

LIVE AND BREATHE

More paint in the shape of that character I often do has recently been applied onto this 2 piece painting on canvas.. Each one measures 40x40xm, making this a at least 80cm in length and it could be displayed with a small gap between the two?
The background consists of my recently discovered fascination for chrome and shiny vs neon fluorescent, with lots of textures going on in between...
This one features one of those Wall Lickers I make - controlled by a firm grip!

If you'd like to make this painting appear on your wall, keep your eye on my stores ( here ) as I'll be making it available soon...Thanks for looking!!

UNTITLED..DRIPPY CHARACTER CANVAS

More late night experiments with fluorescent and shiny metallic paint have resulted in this painting on a 70x50cm canvas..Taken from a drippy faced scribble in the sketch book and developed in detail with layers of techniques and

textures, painted with sprays and acrylics.. Due to the mix of shiny and neon, some of the tones and contrasts are hard to capture on camera..Chrome sometimes appears as white depending on how the lighting is which then makes the neon orange look fairly normal..Trust me - it pops!! 

As usual, this piece is up for grabs in my store if you'd like to own it.. (available here)..

More of these drippy faced experiments are already in progress and prints of this piece are also in the pipeline..Keep your eye on my stores or social media links to stay in the know! Thanks for looking!!

CAMERA SHY

More of that late night painting has been happening quite a lot lately, mostly well into the early mornings..This couple of "Camera Shy"characters are full of drippy effects and have an eye catching mix of fluorescent and chrome paints... 

Measuring 70 x 50 cm, this signed one of a kind can be found hanging in the store (here) at the moment with worldwide shipping available..

DRIPPY FACED CANVAS EXPERIMENTS

More drippy faced experiments have just finished drying and this is what they look like.. Painted with layers of spray paint and acrylics, these 2 paintings were worked on simultaneously and built up until I thought they both looked as finished as the other..Each canvas measures 60cm x 20cm and both are currently available from my etsy store..