WestBank LiveArt-Aug.

LIVE ART with Inkfetish, Dep, &; Tizer

 

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Well fun playing with cans, wish I could remember to change those caps every now and then. Forgot until the end to use skinnys etc, bah, could have made my job easier huh. Painted next to Tizer, and Inkfetish on the far right.

Found photo from these guys, great work>photographer Nikki Denholm: (Child in a city orphanage)
http://www.exposure.org/ph​otography/orphans-and-vuln​erable-children Check her work out!

 

The Rising Son

"The Rising Son"

Acrylic and gouache on metal cabinet door.

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I found some inspirational photos from the streets of New York; "Harlem on the Verge", by photographer Alice Attie. Here's some details for you;

 I call him the BlueKing tho, it is easier to remember, he is morphed with a lion;

"The symbolic meaning of lions, as one might imagine, primarily deals with strength.

The fact that it is a nocturnal creature means that the lion is a symbol of authority and command over subconscious thought (as night is an ancient symbol of the subconscious - or dream states).

It’s interesting that the lion is considered by many ancient cultures to be a solar animal symbol, however it is primarily a nocturnal creature, conducting its hunting activity mostly at night. 

This serves as a symbolic message of balance and sound judgment. In that the lion shares the world of both night and day, the lion bears a message of prudence to us. In other words, the lion asks us to not overdo in certain areas of our lives. Rather, keep an even mind and an overall balance in our life activities. Other than a symbol for strength, other symbolic attributes of the lion include: Courage, Power, Royalty, Dignity, Authority, Dominion, Justice, Wisdom,Ferocity

Some pics for you to see some of the progress,

 he looked like a ghost in the beginning, and too big eyes, so I guess it ended well.

 

@ West Bank London Gallery

"InsideOut and Vice Versa" Exhibition 11th July - 25th August.

Curated by Louis Michel & Simon Watt

133-137 Westbourne Grove, London W11 2RS

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Hanging next to Lee Ellis, Snub, Inkfetish.

Before it goes on the walls, next to Jaybo Monk, Danieljaemo, Inkfetish and Erik Michel

Other Artists include;

Belin, Data, Jaybo Monk, Silje Kristiansen, Monstieur, Inkfetish, Erik Michel, Charlie Penrose, Leeks, Tizer, Vera Edwards, Snub 23, Jim Mcelvaney, The Krah, Louis Masai Michel,

Jack Finnigan, Lee Ellis, DanielJaemo, Otto Schade, Simon Fuek, Dep, Lee Nutland, Julian Kimmings, Daniel Sequeria, EC Woddard, Ben Slow.

Mark Ryden Design Comp

Voting Ends 20th August, so please help give my design a Thumb Up here

It is a Mark Ryden and Laminates comp:  Most Wanted Competition

Check out the other artist work too, some great stuff.

Just played around with the decorative texture/pattern while I was on it.

Time For Thoth

Thoth:

Inspiration from the Egyptian god of wisdom, writing,
numbers, astronomy, art and magic.

Gouache on Wood and Handmade frame.

@ West Bank London Gallery

Bank Job Exhibition 7th July - 9th August.

133-137 Westbourne Grove, London W11 2RS

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Gil Scott-Brixton Mural

@Duke Of Edinburgh Pub, 
Brixton, South London.

Commission Mural with Zina, Masai and False

I guess I can explain the blue"fetish", it's just easier and cheaper to keep buying the same range of colours as I already have some left, than getting hold of totally new set of tones. I will mix it up later on when I can afford some. Anyways, please check out this pub in Brixton for some closer look, it's going to be up for a while!

    

R.I.P Gil Scott Heron

Louis Masai Michel;

Cally Festival:11

@Caledonian Road, North London

Zina & Masai

 Cally Festival 3rd July,

Live Painting with Louis Masai Michel @ Caledonian Road

Louis Masai Michel and his animal skills;

  

I guess we missed the party..

Louis also painted on the RSPCA wall, a picture of our boxer Lola.

Cosmic Egg @ Upfest

Eros (‘Love’) is the Universal Being, the creator of all individual expressions of life.

"The Cosmic Egg- Eros Phanes"
Med: Gouache on canvas

Size: 35,5 cm x 45cm
Exhibited @Upfest 2011 Bristol

http://www.upfest.co.uk/

Some research if you´re interested:

Eros shines as a great Light—the Light of the Universe. As such he was known as Phanes (‘Brilliant’), the golden-winged god of light. He was also known as Ericapaeus (‘Power’), Logos ('Word' or ‘Wisdom’) and Metis (‘Intelligence’). The Romans called him Cupid.

Eros was the name given by the Orphic and Greek philosophers to the ‘First-born’ (Protogonus)—the first complete manifestation of Divinity. He was described mythologically as the son of Nyx (‘Night’- also known as Aether, the Holy Spirit, the divine Potential—the still, silent potential of all movement, sound, law and creativity.) and Boreas (‘North Wind’), who themselves were derived from Aether (‘Spirit’) and Erebus (‘Darkness’). Eros was born from the Cosmic Egg laid by Nyx and fertilised by Boreas.

Although referred to as ‘He’, Eros/Phanes is both male and female.  As he burst asunder the Cosmic Egg, the two halves formed Heaven (Uranus) and Earth (Gaea/ Gaia). All the elements, gods, goddesses, nature, everything, was contained within and emerged from his being. More on: The Story of the Cosmic Egg.

www.upfest.co.uk