Talk Is Cheap

As well as my new solo exhibition ‘Harden My Heart’, last month also saw me exhibiting for the first time in Manchester. The retrospective show (titled Talk Is Cheap) featured a little bit of everything from the last 4 years and hopefully made for a nice introduction to my work for the people of Manchester. Big thanks to StarvinArtist for organising the show through his Openhouse Gallery project and to The Black Lion for hosting. The launch night included some amazing gin cocktails (a recipe I’ve now concocted a few times since!), meeting loads of amazing people and generally chatting the night away. 

The show is still on for another week at The Black Lion (map) so be sure to catch it if you’re in the area.

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Harden My Heart

The new exhibition is now up at The Old Sweet Shop in Sheffield and we had a fantastic launch night to kick it all off. The show was an opportunity to show off a new direction I've been working on for a while now and I’m really pleased with how it all turned out. The work featured in the show was created entirely digitally in Photoshop using a tablet, somewhat of a departure from my typical acrylic work. I challenged myself to work not only on portraits but to place these characters (all pieces focus on an iconic female character from cinema) into a scene and thus created detailed backgrounds for each of them to inhabit.

A massive thank you goes out to everyone that helped me along the way and in particular Emma at The Old Sweet Shop for the opportunity to display my work. 

The exhibition will run until June 2nd and all the pieces are for sale so I invite you all to visit not only for my work but for all the other amazing work they have on display. 

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New Solo Exhibition

‘Harden My Heart’

April 12 – June 2

The Old Sweet Shop, Sheffield

I’m into the final week’s prep for my upcoming solo exhibition! The Old Sweet Shop here in Sheffield is somewhat of a legendary art venue and somewhere I’ve wanted to exhibit for some time. The list of past featured artists is a who’s who of amazing artists that I feel honoured to sit alongside (folks like Phlegm, Kid Acne and Nick Deakin to name a few).

This exhibition will feature all new work that I’ve created digitally. Previous shows have typically featured acrylic paintings so I’m excited to share what has been scratching away my Wacom tablet. The launch night is this coming Friday (April 12) and the show runs until June 2 so pop in if you’re in the area.

Event Page HERE

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Instagram

I’ve now joined Instagram! Keep track of all my sketches and random pics (only 0.001% will be food I’m currently eating and/or cats).

http://instagram.com/mute_art

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Live Art Round Up

After a fair amount of time away from the live art scene, I've found myself getting back into the act of drawing and drinking in a pub for all to see! It’s great to be doing it again and always nice to get positive feedback while working on a piece. I've taken to using pencils and chalks to achieve the finished work as its pretty quick to use. Saves me the hassle of washing out my paint brushes in the gents toilets of a busy bar! Win!

Oct 31st 2012 The Forum, Sheffield

 Nov 30th 2012 The Forum, Sheffield

 Dec 17th 2012 SOYO, Sheffield

Feb 4th 2013 SOYO, Sheffield

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Paper Cuts Comes To An End

Another great exhibition at this year’s Celluloid Screams came to a close recently and I have to offer my thanks to everyone involved in helping me put it all together. First off, Rob Nevitt (festival organiser) for sharing my love for horror art and thinking it’s about time we started putting on our own shows to showcase what great local artist we have in the area! And of course all the artist involved in the show, I really couldn’t have been more impressed with the quality of work you guys produced.  The range of styles was certainly something I know went down really well with the festival goers, work ranged from pure graphic inspired takes on classic horror locations, through to paper collage and a bit of everything in-between.

The Showroom Cinema was once again a great host for the festival and exhibition - here’s hoping we’ll see their walls furnished by more horror art next year...

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Happy Halloween

Took it upon myself to give the new Sheffield Steel Rollergirls logo I designed a Halloween twist. I’d worked on a bride of Frankenstein remix of their older logo so I thought a witch theme would work well this time. 

More rollergirl work in the form of an original painting that will be raffled off for charity at the teams Goblin King Masquerade Ball. It was an opportunity to debut a new style I’ve been working away on in my sketchbooks. It was the first time I’ve taken one of these new sketches through to the acrylic stage and I’m pleased with the results. As for the pinball inspired background – a friend pointed out that THIS may have been on my mind...who am I to argue.

36.5cm x 54cm Arcylic on MDF

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