The weather men

Recently on The Stockwell Park Estate I had the good fortune to work with artists Smug, Eskum and Bonzai on a collaboration mural. Our timing in terms of the weather could not have been worse as the heavens threw down what they could on us.
The suggestions of water proof paint, inventions to keep water off the wall and general bemoaning all came up during our many breaks at the Madeira Cafe over the road. In fact had it not been for their great coffee and amazing custard tarts I think I would have gone home defeated.
The wall took a battering but at least guest artists Smug and Eskum went home with some decent photos and a good story...
The weather hasn't got me beaten, its all about waking up that extra hour early and getting out there to achieve. Enjoy!

Here comes the rain again, run to the cafe!

Artist Smug gets into his Gothic Girl portrait

Artist Bonzai builds up the layers

Artist Eskum works the letters

The walls are wet, we get nervous..

Detail of my letter piece.

Close up Detail..What is it?

The centre of the piece..with Planet Doughnut

Reflections in water, some kind of starfish

Bonzai's letter detail

Eskums fine letter detail

1 finished wet wall...voila!

Smug's gothic girl

Eskum's complicated and intricate letter style

Bonzai goes intergalactic

2010. A Mango odyssey

To see in the New Year I decided to give the Mango Landin' a bit of interior elegance for the New Years Eve party. The legendary Soothsayers were playing not to mention DJ Magoo & Claw so this was an opportunity not to be missed.
The theme was Golden Nights. Hmmm, sounds very James Bond to me. Enjoy and if you are in Brixton come and check out Mango Landin's great food menu!

Its on!

Oh yes, its Golden Night

Rogiere demonstrates STYLE!

DJ Magoo plays the beats.

Outside is quiet, time to reflect..

The party is here, in the middle!

Happy New Year 2010

War is over, if you want it.

Return to Brixton Village

I couldn't resist going back to Brixton village and giving the walls another seeing too.
The idea was to take a real grimy wall space and see what could be achieved in a couple of days. I kept the colours green to give a natural feel to the space.
Enjoy the transformation and if you are in the area drop by and sample Brixton Village's amazing foods.

Watch this space..

Should just take a couple of days.

Base of the wall is in, just need the sun..

Here comes the sun!

One day, a few tins of paint and plenty of Hot chocolate.

Close up detail. The S..

the eyes they watch everything..

this is part of the L

What does this do?

Today is pepper day!

The eyes, they follow me everywhere.

2d cartoon meat joints for sale

Fresh fish surprise

Deep fried octopus with fries?

Great fish at the market

The eyes, they still follow me

Words in Nature...Glaciers of ice.

Its now officially sub-zero in the UK! Which can only mean kicking off the winter outdoor season of painting with a beauty. The theme of this is "Glaciers of ice", a classic rap track by Raekwon the chef from Wu-Tang Clan, this was the only thing going through my head as I rushed to finish before the wind picked up.
Hopefully it will snow soon as I really want to get out and beat last years painting record of -5 when the can actually stuck to my hand.

Hooray for winter!

Something is looking at you

more winter blues

I love Brixton Market!

Brixton Village is an indoor market located in the heart of Brixton.
I was approached to paint out an empty store as part of a project to inject new ideas and energy into the market.

What makes Brixton stand out from a lot of indoor markets is its diversity of food stores and some great eateries. I have recently learnt that there are 3 Colombian restaurants in there which means that I may as well not have a kitchen at home!

For the store painting I pulled in Tizer and Bonzai to add to the flavour. We were painting what used to be a Rastafari restaurant.
The project was organised by Spacemakers agency and thanks to Katrina for hooking it up. It was short notice, 2 days, but that's how I roll.
Hope you enjoy the results:

Also check out www.friendsofbrixtonmarket.org and www.spacemakers.org.uk

The beginning....

We go all out LIME

Tizer and Bonzai work the magic

Outside looking in

Love the trees

Inside the mince pies flow

Detail of the piece

The suns out for once

Previously painted fruit I had to leave in, just had too.

Half Solo, Half Bonzai

Classic Tizer

Paradise in the market

Once upon a time...a toolshop

Haircut Sir?

Flesh coloured Polo necks were the rage....in the 80's

Brixton Market is the place, come and support!