HOLD YOUR OWN

Painted with spray paint and acrylics this latest piece "Hold Your Own" features another of those drippy no faced characters getting to grips with some style.. 

It's important to have your own, and once you've got it you should probably hold on to it before it gets taken by someone else..

Measuring 50 x 19 cm on a chunky 3cm deep stretched canvas..Finished with a coat of clear lacquer, this signed original is now up for grabs in the store.. If you'd like to own this piece or see some other original stuff that's currently available, click this link thingy HERE!! 

THE PROLIFIC ..

Another amount of hours spent making wet colored stuff dry resulted in another painting being completed in the middle of the night...The Prolific....This 16x20 inch piece was painted onto a reclaimed wooden board with spray paint and acrylics..A signed original that's currently up for grabs from my store HERE ..

MASKEDMAN FRAMED ORIGINALS

A small number of these Maskedman originals are now in the store after coming back from the framers looking nice!. All of them are unique, signed and feature that guy I've been putting up for years. Painted onto hard board with spray paint and acrylics before clear coating and finally framing.

All of them are different sizes so prices of these pieces vary from as little as £45 up to £60 plus postage. Head over to my ebay store to check them out in more detail.. HERE..

THINKING CAPS..

Several late nights of smudging white and black paint around with a hairy stick a few weeks ago resulted in this painting being painted..Full of textures and drips, this 1 meter by 80cm canvas was started without any real plan and quickly turned into something that was going to take a long time. After recently painting up some custom spray cans where the characters had drippy paint faces, I decided to explore this idea a little more..This was almost abandoned a few times during it's process, as it took a while for it to take shape and more than once paint dried the wrong shade of grey or a drip didn't run right and annoyed my cat. 

As with every painting, hours were spent in deep concentration and things got learnt!. When focused and "in the zone" it feels like your minds somewhere else for a while, even though it's busy trying to make paint dry in all the right places and remember how it did it.. Once certain things were figured out this piece eventually became more fun to work on and I'll definitely try out this style of painting again.

Below are some close ups to give an idea of the details and textures built up during the making of this controlled mess..

Amazingly (for me) this painting has already sold and it's nice to know it's gone to a good home, in good company where there's already some of my work :) 

GOT PRINTS?..  

 After receiving some interest in this piece after posting pictures on my social media, I promised a few people that there would be a print option.. The first A3 test prints came out well which I picked up yesterday, so... 

If you'd like a signed copy of "Thinking Caps" there are some now available from the store. HERE..  Printed on quality, thick,  heavyweight, archival slightly textured paper ( which looks more like an original piece than a glossy poster print ).. Size A3 , signed and numbered.. limited to 50 pieces worldwide..

THE HEARTIST..

Another new painting recently finished of that guy The Maskedman getting bitten by one of those MaaadCans. It's fine though, his Mickey Mouse gloves are ironically bite proof and as the can and his heart are connected, he must have told the can to bite himself!

Painted across two 20 x 16 inch canvasses with spray paint and acrylics, this piece is now available from the store HERE..

SPEAK LESS BUT SAY MORE

Seems as though a lot of so called art these days has to have a paragraph to explain why it's any good..I've never been a fan of the sort of stuff that needs explaining..If you look at it and like it, that should be enough without having to read a paragraph to decide..So this paragraph is an attempt to explain why I'd rather paint and create stuff without having to explain what I was thinking or why I felt the need to do it. Speak less but say more... I could have waffled on about a bit more about it's context and meaning, the many techniques used to paint this, the years of character development it's taken to freestyle this on canvas, but there's other writing I need to include below so I'll just skip to that..

  Measuring 16x40 inches, this piece was painted across two 16x20 canvasses which can be displayed with or without a small gap in between..Created with spray paint and acrylics, this piece took several late nights to contemplate and complete, and was finally finished, photographed and made available from the store today.. 

Featuring that guy "the Maskedman" silencing a loud mouthed Maaadcan that's plugged into his skull king mask, and my little cat apprentice "Dog" who goes out every night to mark our territory.

As I mentioned above, this piece is now in the store HERE.. Say no more!! Thanks for reading.

Rockin a Sponge Bob mask...new canvas..

 With a head full of ideas and styles sharp enough to kick out a lit candle, this painting of my masked character wearing a Sponge Bob mask with a crown, has recently been finished and made available in the store..

Painted with acrylics and spray paint, this was the free styled result of several late nights which has been signed and finished with a clear coat lacquer..

To take a closer look please head over to the STORE.

HOAKSER RESIN GRAFFITI CHARACTER .. MASKEDMAN 5 INCH

One of the main reasons I started teaching myself how to sculpt years ago was so I could make my graffiti characters into objects.. This character "the maskedman" has been taking up space with my name on for as long as I can remember and has traveled to places I've never been or may never go..

These 5 inch hand painted resins are the latest versions of that character and come presented in hand finished gift boxes with stickers..Each one is unique, painted with acrylics and finished with a coat of satin lacquer and has a detachable magnetic head which can be positioned to face any direction you like.. If you know someone who might deserve one of these this Christmas, they are available from my Bigcartel store, priced at £50 each..

FLURO GLOSSED MASKEDMAN RESIN CUSTOMS

These two resin versions of a character who's been with me for well over a decade are now available in the store... Standing just under 4.5 inches tall, cast from an original sculpt, these neon glossy versions have been spray painted and given several glossy clear coats to leave them with a smooth shiny finish.. Every version of this character satisfies me differently, whether it's a painting on a wall or a scribble in a book.. For some reason I just like to see this guy out there.. No two of this resin figure have ever been the same, and these two are no exception.. You can see more of this guy and my other resin creations in the portfolio section of my site.. If you want to snag one of these, head over to my Bigcartel store to take a closer look..

TAKE MY MIND AWAY..NEW PAINTING..

TAKE MY MIND AWAY

My latest painting to go in the store is this 20x20 inch acrylic piece about the other place my mind goes when it's doing what it likes best..Below is the initial idea for the painting, which developed from this scribble in my sketch book..

Please head over to the store to see this painting along with a few others in more detail..