Arthur's Joker
Joaquin Phoenix portraying Joker
Date 2020
Medium; Hand Embellished, Limited Edition, Framed Canvas
Size; 41”x36”
Boba Fett
Boba Fett
Date 2022
Medium; Hand Embellished, Limited Edition, Framed Canvas
Size; 41”x36”
Buzz
Buzz Aldrin - created to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the first moon landing, and reflect my story too having studied for aerospace engineering at university
Date 2018
Medium; Hand Embellished, Limited Edition, Framed Canvas
Size; 41”x36”
C3PO
C3PO created for my 2018 80's Kid Show
Date 2018
Medium; Hand Embellished, Limited Edition, Framed Canvas
Size; 41”x36”
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Date 2019
Medium; Hand Embellished, Limited Edition, Framed Canvas
Size; 41”x36”
Craig's Bond
Daniel Craig's Bond
Date 2019
Medium; Hand Embellished, Limited Edition, Framed Canvas
Size; 41”x36”
Mav
Tom Cruise, Maverick
Date 2022
Medium; Hand Embellished, Limited Edition, Framed Canvas
Size; 41”x36”
Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
Date 2020
Medium, Oil on Canvas
Medium; Hand Embellished, Limited Edition, Framed Canvas
Size; 41”x36”
R2D2
R2D2
Date 2015
Medium; Hand Embellished, Limited Edition, Framed Canvas
Size; 41”x36”
Sandtrooper
My own Sandtrooper suit which stands in my TV room
Date 2018
Medium; Hand Embellished, Limited Edition, Framed Canvas
Size; 41”x36”
Slimer
Ghostbusters Slimer
Date 2016
Medium; Hand Embellished, Limited Edition, Framed Canvas
Size; 41”x36”
Spiderman
Spiderman
Date 2017
Medium; Hand Embellished, Limited Edition, Framed Canvas
Size; 41”x36”
Stormtrooper Helmet
Stormtrooper Helmet
Date 2016
Medium; Hand Embellished, Limited Edition, Framed Canvas
Size; 41”x36”
Terminator
Terminator from 80's Kid 2014
Date 2014
Medium, Oil on Canvas
Medium; Hand Embellished, Limited Edition, Framed Canvas
Size; 41”x36”
Yoda 2015
Yoda 2015
Date 2015
Medium; Hand Embellished, Limited Edition, Framed Canvas
Size; 41”x36”
“I could paint an elephant 20% 'wrong', and it's still an elephant…”
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I love painting animals, after the relative restrictions of painting F1's rigid forms and logos, wildlife is a release. I can really relax and just go for it, concentrating far more on the overall effect rather than accuracy. I mean, I could get an elephant 20% wrong and it's still recognisable as an elephant... Unless it's your elephant, I guess. Literally carving three-dimensional fur and scales with my pallet knife, formed from thick oil paint. I grew up in rural England, right on the Welsh border as it happens on a hill farm, surrounded by countryside and wildlife. Pheasants everywhere... which I still maintain are the stupidest animals I've ever met despite their photogenic looks, but a school trip to Bristol Zoo, aged 10, was the inspiration that hit hardest. So, when 30 years later I'm discussing show concepts with my Bristol-based gallery partner, creating a huge wildlife series and partnering with Bristol Zoo on the project, didn't take me long to imagine. We were between studios at the time in 2014, and the whole 19 artwork ROAR! gallery show was painted in our 8ft square kitchen.... even the 8x4ft life-size elephant portrait. Yes, it's still a portrait and, similarly as with human portraits, it's all about the eyes.
