Kingshurst RAMPAGE!

I travelled to Kingshurst, near Chelmsley Wood in North Solihull last night to work with a group at a youth centre. Inspired by the 80's NES game RAMPAGE, we created a set of monsters to destroy/protect Kingshurst. Was good fun. Here's a detail from the paper mural the kids created.

The birds and the hares...

Here are some photographs from a recent project. Bennetts Well Primary School in Chelmsley Wood are merging with Hatchford Primary School. I've been invited to work with the pupils at both schools on a project that will help ease the transition process. The first part of the project involved installing a set of animals into each schools playground...

Christmas is a coming...

Here's a christmas card design I was asked to do by Medcalf Gallery in Islington, London

Birmingham Arts Fest

I joined Mark and Gareth from Them Lot to decorate the railings at the foot of Broad Street in Birmingham as part of Saturdays Art Fest. The sun was shining pretty hard which made the day a good one. Cheers to Laura Rayner for the photo's and anyone else who popped down to say hello.

Cuddles is DEAD!

Arts Fest Birmingham

I'll be working with Gareth Barnett and Mark Long to create a superhero scene on the railings at the foot of Broad Street in Birmingham as part of Arts Fest. We will be painting from around 12pm - 5pm

Island Bar

Over the summer I was commissioned by the Island Bar to paint a large tiki mural in their bar upstairs. The result is the below. I've since been back to paint a few palm tree's around the rest of the bar.

Summer Arts School

I recently took on the role of a lead artist at Solihull Summer School. This involved working with a group of children to create costumes and a backdrop for a play they were putting together with local drama and dance artists which was an animal interpretation of Romeo and Juliet.

Medcalf Exhibition

Me and Mark Long (www.marklongillustration.co.uk) were invited to put on an exhibition at Madcalf Gallery in Islington, London. We decided that we had enough time to make a new body of work and both created work on the theme of animals. The show is on until September 12th.

Y NOT FESTIVAL

Them Lot got asked to provide some visuals and workshops at the Y NOT Festival at the Peak District in August. The rain poured hard, but we still managed to get people making some masks and also found some shelter to create some paintings on wooden panels. Here's my HAPPY XMAS piece.

ON THIS DAY...

Them Lot will be hosting an evening of drawing, live performance, writing and music at the Island Bar from 8pm tomorrow evening...come along!

Line Steppers

Piece made for the Line Steppers exhibition at the Jibbering gallery on Floodgate Street, Digbeth...show's open for 2 weeks

DIY Bus Stop

Bit of drunken fun on Alcester Street in Digbeth...http://digbeth.org/

Victoria Pub Logo

I was asked to design a logo for the Victoria Pub in Birmingham. Here's the final outcome...

O SUPER

This is a piece for a local magazine that will accompany a poem called 'O SUPER'. The text describes the transition of a human to a mutant hero.

Mouldy Loaf

I've teamed up with the clothing outlet Mouldy Loaf and designed some tshirts and sweatshirts...see here http://www.themlot.co.uk/shop.html or nip down to the custard factory and say hello to Neil who runs his own shop full of cool little bits and pieces to cover your body with

Size? Mural

A while back me and few lads from Them Lot painted a mural at the Size? store in Birmingham

Dear Miss Hubbard exhibition photographs

Here are some photographs taken of the recent Dear Miss Hubbard exhibition in which I collaborated with Solihull Primary School children and other artists...cheers to everyone who got involved...the show runs until May 16th 2009

Dylan

Here is a recent piece of work inspired by the Bob Dylan tune 'Times They Are A-Changin'.

The work is a submission for the magazine AN ENDLESS SUPPLY.

Cops and Robbers

Here is a piece connected to the COPS vs ROBBERS chess poster below...again, for the exhibition in March...when will it all end!?

Miss Hubbard Collaborations

As part of the ongoing project with Solihull Council, I asked Primary School students from across the town to write a letter that they imagined was inside an unopened envelope addressed to a MIss J.E Hubbard...these letters were then sent to different artists across the country...below are interpretations from The Outcrowd Collectives Ben Javens and Si Peplow