Phono
Following on from “No One Came” a more reflective mood, the bottle of wine bearing the “Hypno-chimp” logo.
Read MoreToo Much Monkey Business
Trying to make an ape playing a guitar look natural and real was the mission here, from the emotion in the face to the holding of the Gretsch classic guitar, finished of with a shot of Malt Scotch.
Read MoreNo One Came
A change of mood came with this one, a more reflective and sober scenario, trying to achieve a more subtle tone of Human to ape assimilation.
Read MoreThe Great Troglato
One of a few paintings without a white background, heralding a dramatic landscape, crows circling the skies as a backdrop for “The Great Troglato”. A fictional character born of the old fairground attraction. The “Wall of Death” was one of those sideshows that I remember most vividly from my youth, the noise was outrageous and…
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Scholars
A theme loosely based around the Dark Academia subculture with a smidgen of evolution thrown in.
Read MoreBritannia Revisited
Revisiting the theme of UK manufacturing industry.
Read More368 Horses
A self indulgent work, combining a love of vintage fairground attractions and Hotrods. The title represents the horsepower of the hotrod plus the horses on the ride.
Read MoreBomber and the Beast
This was a commission piece for “Indian Motorcycles, Melbourne, Florida” and was displayed in their shop. Again the theme of mimicking human posture and traits through the framework of a primate was the challenge.
Read MoreHamburghini
Commission piece, a collage of surfaces, reflections based around the collectors Lamborghini in the centre with New York iconography radiating from that. The NY cops, the hotdog van, even the Radio City Music Hall gets a look in. A complex composition that invites the viewer to investigate.
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