Fridays filth, work in progress Acrylic on board, 80 x 60 Last year went to Florence, yes your Duomo is amazing and your Pontormo fantastic but I liked very much the side streets with your crumbly walls adorned with stickers, tags and graffiti. A
Two studies of boxing and Sheffield royalty, Johnny Nelson MBE. 50x40 and 40x30 both acrylic. When I met Johnny late 2023 he had recently received his MBE and was in the process of setting up a charity to help families/communities in the Sheffield
#pileon Examples of #coloured #mud on #canvas #rainbow #colours (but not necessarily in that order)
Green T, oil on canvas, 152 x 252, 2025 How paintings come about and how they can change midcourse keeps the game forever interesting. Starting point. A T-shirt worn by a friend’s son reminded me of an American style tee and in this instanc
2 more portraits from the NPG and where the photograph has been instrumental. Amy Winehouse by Marlene Dumas Dumas showing us how to make a stunning and poignant (posthumous) portrait using found imagery. (2 details of) Sir David Webster by Davi
Cover versions of some heads and a few failed ones featuring a cake and a woman standing on one leg. All coloured pencil on A4 / A3 #light #bleed #island #david #mick #grace #cd #cdcollection #pencildrawing #cover #coverversion #talkingheads #roll
Sean Williams takes a leap of faith every time he invites artists to submit work for the ‘micro exhibitions’ on the Prosaic wall. He didn’t ask for a specific piece and I didn’t know what the other 2 artists, Kate Whateley and
Tricolour / oil canvas / 25x30 In one episode of the Simpsons, Homer has free rein designing a car. He borrows and takes all his fave bits from automobile history and designs what he believes to be the ultimate car. Theres a German word which comes
happy snaps from the NPG 1 a striking Bronze mask of Francis Bacon by Clive Barker 1969 2 Neil MacGregor by Wolfgang Tillmans and David Beckham by Sam Taylor-Johnson A playful curation of two very different British cultural behemoths. 3 David
Whistlestop big smoke visit, jumped into NPG, these are the ones that grabbed attn in the current portrait award (Hopefully) In correct order: @simonthomasbraiden @joshuawaterhouse @cassandramahoneypainter @moiracameronn @archie.franks @martyn2
I went along to this yesterday ☝️and a big shout out to @mikkmurray and @hedgesheffield for giving up his studio space and allowing a load of folk who sling coloured mud n stuff to take over his walls. Details above and there's a couple of Saturdays/
64kb slice Oil / canvas 30 x 25 2022 I was intrigued to find out the Pac Man avatar came about when a pizza slice shape was removed. This is one for all the negative spaces out there. For every yin there's a yang For every no there's a yes For every
A3 coloured pencil drawing, from 'cover versions'. July 2025 Grew up with vinyl but like the cd scale for these drawings (this is 1:1 in scale). Presents itself as a nice scale object/merch. Compact, even.. Originally bought this in record format m
couple of a3 pencil drawings of some dead dragons in prep for a painting which might be called 'dead neon' and some stuff by Paolo and Piero. in my last post I wanted to touch upon the notion of 2.0 or at least what that meant for me growing up in t
Cortina Suite L to R Granada 2.0 Cortina 1.6 Escort 1.4 All A3 oil on paper #cube #rollthedice #seriousplay #reboot #tricolour #grandluxe #ghia #status #symbol #winner #loser #lucky #fluffer
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