Started in March as an individual painting,
Robin Van Persie
Raphael da Silva, Nemanja Vidic, David de Gea, Rio Ferdinand and Patrice Evra.
It was this painting that began a collection, I found myself painting in any spare time that I had, the next lots came in batches. the back line, then the forwards were painted after,.
(apologies for the poor cropping)
Paul Scholes, Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs
Even though I was pleased with the outcome of each peice, I was more pleased with the evolution I could see happening, they were getting slightly better with each one that was completed with the Scholes and Giggs paintings backed onto red to highlight their personal 'legend' status within Manchester United folklore.
As a sports fan it was a nice project to undertake, by the end I was happy to see the back of Manchester united in my work for a while as proud as seeing a full series of paintings together actually made me.
I also jumped on the 'Breaking Bad' band wagon, became an obsessive, gorged on 5 series as quickly as I possibly could then felt like it was only right to go on and paint something related, so taking on the Gaudi inspiration I felt a need for colour and just went for it. the result...
Aaron Paul & Bryan Cranston as Jesse & Walter from Breaking Bad
Trying new things is fun and exciting when they pay off, and colour is still a fairly new aspect to my work, though striving to find meaning to put into my work is now an important factor, just doing something I like doing is still satisfying.
One last piece to show, is a reproduction of a painting I did during the summer before I became a student, a Clint Eastwood from the film Dirty Harry, the second time around I wanted to go bigger and use colours I felt represented the era the film was set in, the seventies, to me.
The browns and creams suited the era I was attempting capture perfectly I felt, and nicely in balance with such a bold back ground colour that does not take away from the actual image, works nicely sat on the purple 'work wall' in my kitchen too.
This was a commission with a difference, it was in trade for another kind of art that also set up the opportunity for a collaboration of a different kind. Tattooing.
The painting was an anniversary gift for the Husband of a friend of mine who happens to be tattooist.
Between the two of us we came up with a design I was happy with and then Jenny Bottomley (of The Tattooed Teapot in Manchester) did all the hard work I was left with this.
I love it, collaborative artistic design that I will have forever.
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