Art at Far Rockaway

 The bottles I have been painting are all finished, packaged up and sent off to the Far Rockaway Restaurant in Curtain Road, Shoreditch London which is due to open shortly.

I'm looking forward to seeing them all together as I  did not have a space large enough to display them. I'm also looking forward to seeing the other great art that has been commissioned for the restaurant with artists like David Bray, Mark Powell, Wreckage International, Rugman, Snub, Guy Denning, Barry Bish, Ben Oakley and many more.  Far Rockaway is shaping up to be the art event of the year.

Whizzing Along

We are half way into March and this year is really whizzing along.  There are still some traces left of the Kevin Threesaunds show at the Ben Oakley Gallery.  Dartboard, drinks tables, printed walls and bar were the setting for paintings by Ray Richardson, David Bray and Ben Oakley.

 


New work is planned and on its way while other paintings are now on show including my spray painted Guardian Angel that sits next to a couple of Pam Glew bleached fabric pictures, whose work I really like.  In a couple of weeks time all will change again as we whiz into April.

Urban Barrier (Slight Return)

The Urban Barrier exhibition is up and running with three of my paintings included. One of them is the new piece called Lost and Found in Suburbia.  There will be more in this series of work to follow.

The show is on until the 23rd December 2012 and as you enter through the main entrance you are greeted with my Guardian Angel painting.  There is also a large full Magnum bottle that I have painted and given for the Raffle that you could win for Christmas if you buy a ticket.  I have also found what I want for Christmas; a Rugman or a Guy Denning art work. 

Diamond Jubilee

I had a really good evening celebrating the Diamond Jubilee at the Ben Oakley Gallery.  Food, drink, music, and good company.  The paintings of Ray Richardson were still on show and added to the atmosphere.

Many of the artists were there and partied on to the DJ compilations till the early hours of the morning.

David Bray

David Bray has a one man show on at the Ben Oakley Gallery Greenwich of new work entitled Far Out is Not Far Enough.  I went along to the private view on Thursday night.

  
The gallery was packed with people including the artist himself who was surrounded for most the night with people wanting to chat to him.  And so they should, his work is detailed and beautifully drawn with some unexpected quirks hidden among the doe eyed girls and woodland creatures.

After a while of being there I was  handed a small white paper bag that had a funny little red drawing on it of a character that is in a few of his drawings, inside the bag was a liquorice pipe.  Some of the work is on card, paper, blackboard, metal and ends of old book covers that have been removed from the book.

I loved all the work and will be making a trip back to the gallery for another look and to collect the print I bought.

 

the show is on until the 29th April 2012.

Christmas at the Greenwich B.O.G.

     

It's been a busy time for everyone down at the Ben Oakley Gallery in Greenwich.  There's been much hanging of Holly and Ivy, baking mince pies, running in Santa suits for charity and of course the displaying of a new collection of art work.  The show is on till Christmas eve and includes my painting Black Ivy Angel and works by David Bray, Rowan Newton, Pam Glew, Gonny Van Hulst, Asboluv and Ben Oakley.  All of the Christmas floral displays have been creatively put together by florist Sarah Williams. 

  

Cork Street to Trafalgar Square

A couple of weeks ago I went to the private view of Stuart McAlpine Miller's Cork Street show.  I think this is the most slick and professional one he has ever done.  His work is a mix of cartoons/superheroes and stylish European models that overlap in ghost like layers.

The show runs from 10th October - 5th November 2011 at The Hay Hill Gallery, 23 Cork Street, Mayfair W1S 3NJ.  On my way from Cork Street to Trafalgar Square I spotted this in a window.

It is an advert for eyestorm.com and has the work on show of David Bray (who I have met through the Ben Oakley Gallery in Greenwich).

Talent in the Room

A couple of weeks ago I went to the private view of Ray Richardson's show at the B.O.G in Greenwich.  The show consists of 94 small pictures that have a huge amount of character in them.  All deserve a look so I had to go back as the Private view was packed.  At one point Ray Richardson was being interviewed by the press as I was talking to David Bray while Rowan Newton sat in the corner,Gary Alford was outside the door, Ben Oakley checked the drink supply, Gonny Van Hulst drank the beer and a portrait of Guy Denning starred at me from the wall.

The show is on until the end of October 2011.