These oversized screwdrivers that have been driven hard into the pavements of Sheffield city centre are rife at the moment. Begs the question - how big must the screws be? #stanley #sculpturepark
(left) graphic equaliser, oil/canvas, 30x25 (right) conversation piece, oil/canvas, 30x25 ‘Simulcast’ a group exhibition curated by Ruth Heaton 👏 @rutheheaton and Sean Williams 👏 @swseanwilliams opens at Fronteer Gallery @fronteer_ar
Up your algorithms they say. Engage with the audience. Pose questions. Okay, he's one - What's your favourite triangle? Equilateral? Acute? Obtuse? Mine is the Bermuda, as represented above. Answers on a postcard please (preferably from Florida, Ber
Marlborough Lite oil canvas 152 x 152 The setting This is from 2022/23. My first big painting since moving to Sheffield and coming out of the covid period. Several attempts at the work in London/Sheffield were binned but I stuck with this one and co
Friday shakedown on ‘Foodhall’ 👆 The trigger for this work came about whilst idly flicking through an art coffee table book and coming across a 17thC painting I’d forgotten about but had seen many years ago. In the Louvre hangs a
As many - ahem - nobody has asked I thought I’d give it a whirl charting the journey of a painting from early doors to becoming resolved. Paint notes thus far. Most of last week was spent trying to get a grey backdrop right on this largish pai
.. Big brother incoming oils on canvas' 80x80 and 152x122 Left one finished - 'mono/teckno' #wip to the right muscling in and joining the arena - 'foodhall' #fiftyshades of #grey and #colour #wefadetogrey #wefadetogrey
Northern Aurora(s) 1 / 2 #emerald #viridian #ether #either #send #refresh #delete #oldtech #newtech #lotech #hitech #temporal #numbertwo
Northern Aurora 40 x 30 #oil #canvas Somewhere there’s a terrain. Terrain that’s not necessarily obvious at first. But this is a liminal somewhere. Somewhere between the natural beauty of the sky seen from the readymade framing device o
Dancing alone in Miami And Graphic equaliser Both 30 x 25 #oil #canvas If Piet Mondrian found himself watching re-runs of Miami Vice then turned to admire the hi res sunsets in GTA whilst listening to Giorgio Moroder there's a slim chance he migh
Last time out at Fondation Louis Vuitton I was helping install paintings by Cezanne, Manet and Seurat etc for the Courtauld Gallery so it raised a smile to see that I’m currently on the wall this time. Here’s a photo of David Hockney and
#wip from the mono / techno series #oil 80 x 80 #grey #mono #colour #degradê #technicolour #dreamcoat
100,000 followers Oil / canvas 2023 100 x 80 Funny business these small screens which have become central to modern living, requiring likes, subscribes, validation, hearts etc. Here's a recent painting of an alternate solar system sky chart with b
Scrap of canvas destined for Monday morning bins but before it says tara it will provide source for ongoing painting: Sin city / Noah's ark #rollthedice #gambler #twobytwo #whenthefunstopsstop
Ripple oil / canvas / 2024 90 x 90 see previous post blah blah but different flavour #prettyinpink #raspberry #ripple #mrpink
waffle oil /canvas /2024 90 x 90 1 part colourfield 1 part painterly pop 1 part Milton Keynes 1 part Manhattan 1 part golden section 1 part perspective 1 part nostalgic British ice cream 1 part talking painting = waffle #colourfield #colourpop #dou
Summer leaves blowing softly Oil / sometime 2006 - 2010 90 x 70 Painted from a Hawaiian t shirt pattern #painted from a #hawaiian #tshirt #pattern #painted from a #hawaiian #tshirt #pattern #painted from a #hawaiian #tshirt #pattern #repeat
Spectral form of Robert Shaw makes an appearance Work in progress / #oil #wip #doomed #alpha #seafarer #mobydick #boat #bigger #kryptonite #emerald #viridian #lime #monochrome #technicolour #apron #bob
Big thanks to @garethkemp for including a couple of my paintings in this👆 show. Live painting and live performances! Paintings by @dominicbeattiestudio @deborahburnstone @nicholascarrick susie9hamilton @hunter_paintr @josiejenkinsartist @garethke