Charcoal on Rag Cotton Paper, A2. There is an abandoned shopping precinct in Salford (Mocha Parade, Lower Broughton, Salford) which has been overtaken with graffiti. I liked how it looked, and thought I would see how well graffiti transfers to charcoal. Quite well, in my own humble opinion…
“Tasty Scotland 2: Irn Bru 1901”
If you’re going to have Irn Bru, it’s got to be “1901”. The “standard” Irn Bru isn’t Irn Bru. It’s really Diet Irn Bru. They replaced a large portion of the sugar with artificial sweeteners due to the “sugar tax”. Irn Bru 1901 was released as a “limtied edition” but has now been brought into …
“Tasty Scotland 1: Tunnocks Tea Cake”
Acrylic on Canvas, 300×300. This isn’t the completed version, as it’s missing the text on the wrapper in the background. I can confirm that it tasted far better than it may look in this painting!
“Survivors Duckies”
UV Reactive Screenprint on Rag Cotton Paper, A3. A veritable army of yellow and blue “Duckies”. I created 19 of these during a 1 hour art group with my fellow Survivors.
“Coos and Duckies”
Acrylic on Canvas, and Silk Screen Print on Canvas, 1200×1200 (16x 300×300 panels). Coos and Duckies started off as a Charcoal Experiment of a rubber duck. I then created a series of 4 “pop-art” style Duckies. A short while later, I made a charcoal of some Highland Cattle (coos) which were grazing nearby. I then …
“Modern Rorschach”
Acrylic on Canvas, 900×900 (enneaptych – 9 300×300 panels) The “Rorschach Test”, aka “Ink Blot Test” was (is) a tool used in Psychology, where the patient is asked to interpret some blots of ink on paper. the responses are then used to determine a persons state of mind. The ink blots used are random, and …
