THE THIRD VERSION.. NEW RESIN MASKEDMAN FIGURE

Over the last few months in the background of the desk of makings, I've been slowly doing stuff to create the third version of my character in resin,this guy.... the Maskedman.. 

Standing 7.5 inches tall this third version has 5 points of magnetic articulation allowing their feets, arms and heads to be turned and positioned. Each one has been hand finished with additional sculpting and given one of those mini Maaadcans to control..Painted with acrylics and finished with several coats of clear lacquer, the first finished four come with a matching color scheme mini canvas to hang behind the piece or stand on the easel supplied.

If you'd like to own one of these four figures they'll be available from my Big Cartel store this Thursday 11th May at 7:00pm (UK time.)

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..

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.

MAAAD CANS .. SPRAY CAN GRAFFITI SCULPTURES

Not sure if anyone would have noticed but it's been a few months since I last posted anything up on the blog.The main reason being is that my new little apprentice (Dog the cat) wasn't computer trained when I took him in and would make it his mission to chase the onscreen mouse whenever I tried to do any kind of computer work. Or he would just want to sit on the keyboard and press combinations of buttons that would make my computer do weird things? Anyway, he's grown up a little bit now and understands how important it is for me to be able to use a computer to show you my work. I'll try and catch up with a few posts about what I got up to over the summer but for now I just wanted to share these new custom can sculpts I've been working on lately..

Each one is unique and sculpted onto empty depressurized spray cans before painting with spray paint and acrylics. These one of a kind customs have been taking over the studio over the last few weeks and some of these are currently available from my store at varying prices, depending on how long each one took to complete..Prices usually range from £25 to £40 per can.

If you'd like to own a MaaadCan for your own amusement you should head over to the STORE to see what's available at the moment. (other pieces and store links can be found on my website HERE) 

COMING SOON! There are more sculpts in progress on the work bench as well as a much smaller resin version of this concept that's almost ready for release.. so if you'd like a smaller hand painted resin MaaadCan the first 2 versions will be made available over the next week..Here's a little preview of those..

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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..

HOAKSER EXHIBITION - OCTOBER 24th AT THE BENCH 504

Birmingham's graffiti shop The Bench 504 hosts their first ever exhibition with a solo show from yours truly.
   October 24th is the open night and you are all invited to attend.. The exhibition runs for 5 weeks, until the end of November, and will be full of all aspects of my work which means you can definitely expect to see new paintings, custom toys, sculptures, prints and lots of other stuff made with salvaged /recycled materials.

   Join the event page on Facebook if you can make it down, I'll be posting teasers leading up to the night and will try to replace any work that sells, with new work during the 5 weeks..