The Watermans event on Hounslow high street was a joy. The official turnout was over 8,000. Thank you for the dropped jaws. I’m gratified to have hoisted you from your daily routines, and distracted you from your shopping. Here are a couple of the clippings/links. Photographs and films soon… 8,000 see Elizabeth Hepworth paint Live [...]
This coming Saturday 24th July I will be painting the public on Hounslow High Street in London across two giant surfaces for four hours from 12-4pm. There will be, of course, be loud sweet music (punk, ska, reggae, electro, trash, rock n roll – the good stuff). I want to push together action painting and figurative drawing for [...]
Here is the full length documentary on the Tate Britain event I painted at last year, by the very cool cats at Chocolate Films. Highlights from my piece and interview are roughly 3 minutes in. The original tracks from the work (Beethoven and The Ramones) could not be used here for copyright reasons, but I’ll [...]
In my resent subscribers newsletter I advertised my appearance for the ‘oro de ojo’ event at corsica studios, as previewed by the Gaurdian. There has been a major unforeseen error by the organisers of tonight’s event and because of the extremely short notice of the inevitable compromises, I’ve decided it’s impossible to deliver the pre-planned [...]
I am installing a growing, evolving painting in the main exhibition space which will change and leak over the canvas on to the walls over a 5 day period. Private view Wednesday 30th September 7.30pm + Live Action Painting and slam poetry in the basement, then a party yes. Live music from Kite Season. All [...]
The Loud Tate event has been launched on bookface; the line up is superbbb. I’ve actually now been asked to perform twice, because I am a limitless jet engine of energy-magic. TAKE NOTE THOUGH YOUNG’UNS, both will be very different…I have some top secret surprises in store for your culture starved eyeballs. I am gonna [...]
Been extremely busy working in collaboration with outdoor play company ‘Hide & seek’ at Latitude festival in Suffolk. Thank you to every inspiring artist I absorbed there (Peter Blake, Laura Dockrill, Peggy Sue, Chrissie Hynde – take a bow). In other news, I’ve been booked to perform my Live Action Painting at the Tate Britain’s ‘Loud [...]
