So here we are again, it’s the start of my summer break, which means that i’ve got around 2 months to try and fill!
Been a few weeks since the “I Art Southport” degree show, and i must say that it went pretty great, if i do say so. It was all very last minute, for me at least, rushing around trying to get everything perfect, looking like more of an art show than a room full of random objects. I think i pulled it off, just about… The Installation went up (and more importantly stayed up) with time to spare before everyone arrived, and once people were encouraged to actually step inside, i think it was a generally positive reaction. Most of the prints for my “Y So Azureus” piece, which i’d left for the taking, were snapped up. Still got 4 or 5 left that i could probably bundle in with anything i sell this summer, perhaps.
Anyway, the installation is since no more, tore it down in under 3 hours, which was satisfying after the months of labor that went into it! Managed to salvage a few scraps of wood, some of the better paintings, and more importantly, The Piano. Which is currently cluttering up my studio as we speak.
Tracking back, yes, it is summer now, officially for me. Gotta stave off the boredom / creative cobwebs, so i’ve been making my way through the stockpile of wood, panels, old paint and junk in the hopes of finding some beacons of inspiration. As yet, i’m still in a semi-lazy mood, but have some ideas which i think will turn out really great, if not at least be fodder for when i head back to Uni in September.
Recently i’ve been dabbling a fair bit in some ideas for actual street art, and while i’m not, and do not really care to be, a part of any graffiti scene, i am partial to some well executed wheat-paste pieces, and signage. So with that in mind i’ve been sketching up a selection of images for the streets, so keep a look out! I’ll post the odd image, but not any that i think will get me in trouble, gotta stay sensible. There’s plenty of wheat-pasters / fly poster-pasters around that manage to get stuff out without too much of an issue, so it can’t be too bad really.
But yeah, keep your eyes peeled for new wheat-paste characters / pieces around Southport, chances are you’ll know which ones are mine if you peek at my Flickr occasionally.
I’m gonna go back to working on some larger scale full-paintings, of which you can see an image of at the top.
As usual, check the Flickr, it gets updated a lot more frequently than my WordPress!!!