23 July 2015
Preparations underway for Upfest ’15
Over 500 boards get setup by the volunteers for Upfest each year, ready to be painted. Right now, Bedminster has more battleship grey than the guts of a Ginsters pasty!… Read more »
Tagged: graffiti
14 June 2015
Helped paint the Bedminster sign
The "Make Sunday Special" treatment came to North Street in Bedminster today. As their contribution, Upfest quickly built a BEDMINSTER sign in 7ft high letters and gethered a bunch of artists - me included. I painted the letter D, the general consensus among the local kids was that my piece was "The Kissing Giant".… Read more »
27 May 2013
Painting at Upfest 2013 in Bristol
Bristol's urban paint festival, Upfest, was fantastic this year. On the Friday night I joined a whole bunch of artists in painting the shop shutters on North Street, Southville. I painted the shutter on the side of Rare butchers. Knowing this piece was going to be displayed for at least a year I stuck with […]… Read more »
2 April 2011
Monstercolors Vs Montana 94 Bemused Hmmm Face
Took some time to make the "Bemused Hmmm" face less cartoony and more photo-realistic. It was my first piece since returning to painting and as such was not very good. The patchiness of the fill-ins, the inconsistent colour of the two sides of the background and the annoying off-shape nostril had been bugging me for […]… Read more »