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Afterglow, Style & State of Grace

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Tsugumi Hazawa stimboard in brown with food stims! For anon    -mod moca

Tsugumi Hazawa stimboard in brown with food stims! For anon

    

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And so… to the final piece and maybe my last post about Afterglow/Undertow.

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And it’s an apt one because the ‘Killer Instinct’ full size bronze bust really was the show-stopper.

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It took pride of place in the centre of the gallery and, in spite of the artworks on the walls, was the ‘piece de resistance’ for the whole show in my opinion.

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People’s reaction to it will be forever engrained in my memory. Fingers crossed the many planned future bronze works will have the same impact.

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An edition of 10 (each with a different colour mask), this turquoise version is headed to New Jersey to the home of one of my most avid collectors.

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This 18” full length bronze maquette was an idea borne from the numerous false starts and failed attempts of developing a resin figurine.

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But it was definitely all worth it in the end… even just to see the look on @meglall’s face when she came face to face with it.

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Seeing the finalised piece (as well as the full size bust) made us realise that we definitely had to do a full length, full size one as soon as possible.

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An edition of 10 (each in a different colourway), 2 sold at the show and a third is being discussed… as well as one for my own shelves at home

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Even before I started planning Afterglow/Undertow, I knew that, as I did for my solo show in 2017, I wanted to include another mosaic from my friends at @musivaria_mosaics_italy.

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And what an absolute masterpiece they produced.

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Based on a painting that I produced while on a road trip in the US in 2019, ‘Varennes’ was one of the first ‘Marie Antoinette’ style pieces that I painted. And it was the first time I painted Aisha… a friend’s model daughter.

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The piece was bought by one of my biggest collectors and is heading to his home in Deutschland.

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This stained glass lightbox produced by @annahitahessami was intended to hang in the gallery window as the first thing that attendees would see.

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It was based on a mural I’d painted in 2020 on the front of @jgcontemporary gallery in Acton, which, as I think I’ve mentioned, spawned the idea/concept for the ‘Fleur’ series of works in the show.

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This particular design was meant to be painted as part of the series but I only remembered it after I’d painted 6… which was the full intended number.

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One of the newest muses to be added to my work, I had painted Alessandra back in 2019 while I was staying at a friends studio in California.

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So, technically, I shouldn’t have included her in this series. But, as I was the one who made the rules, I felt I could break them too‍♂️☺️.

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I’m not sure that anyone noticed but, my plan for the show was for each of the 24 original pieces to be a different model/muse.

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Only when I’d finished everything did I realise that I’d mistakenly painted one model twice‍♂️‍♂️.

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This piece is headed to Switzerland.

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Linda was another model who I’d never painted on canvas prior to this show.

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I painted her twice on the exact same wall in the space of 3 years for the @slovakiastreetartfestival but, neither of those designs were ever recreated as a studio piece in spite of me having plans to do so.

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The first of those designs was included in the show ‘sketch’ gallery. But it was pleasing to be able to include her for this series as well.

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This piece is heading to a new home in Canada

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A face I painted for the first time way back in 2014 but for some reason didn’t become a regular in my work.

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I had reconnected with Jade to let her know I was including her in the show as one of the ‘sketch pieces’ but decided very quickly to include her in this series too.

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It was a good decision as this is my favourite from the ‘Fleur’ series.

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This piece is headed just down the road to the garden of England… Kent

Because the focus of this series was simply about the face and the eyes, it enabled me to include a lot of women whose heritages/ethnicities I’d previously found hard to depict respectfully within the context of type of work I had been doing.

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Anna was another model I’d connected with a long time ago but had never found the right design in order to paint her.

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This piece found a new home in Pennsylvania, USA

Early on I decided that this series should only include models/faces that I’d never painted before or had painted very rarely.

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It gave me the opportunity to include faces that I’d wanted in my work for a while but just previously couldn’t make fit.

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This piece was of a young Dutch model who had worked with @itspaulaalmeida and whose mum I’d spoken to about potentially painting.

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The original photo was taken by Dutch portrait photographer @annewfotografie

The ‘Fleur’ series of works was derived from a shop front painted in Acton, West London for @jgcontemporary last summer.

- I created a whole load of canvas designs based around these ‘landscape style’ proportions.

- This first one was a new model/face (which became a thing for the series) but someone I’d been speaking to about including in my work for years.

The last piece painted for the Neon Flux series… and quite possibly my own personal favourite.- Ev

The last piece painted for the Neon Flux series… and quite possibly my own personal favourite.
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Everything about this one just felt right. I wasn’t intending an homage to Jackie Brown or a throwback to the imagery of the late 60s/early 70s. But that’s what I felt I got ‍♂️
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Plus, I have to admit it: I really really love painting Paula’s hair ‍♂️
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This piece is heading to its new home in upstate New York
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#findac #urbanaesthetics #afterglow #undertow #urbancontemporaryart #urbancontemporaryartist #urbancontemporary #soloshow #soloexhibition #artexhibition #urbanart #westcontemporaryart #westcontemporary #afro #afrohair
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The second half of the second ‘neon flux’ twinset…- This piece was hands down the most troublesome

The second half of the second ‘neon flux’ twinset…
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This piece was hands down the most troublesome piece of the whole show… and not because of the colours.
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To anyone who accuses me of ‘sexualising women in my work’? Go speak to Sol about the uncomfortable discussion we had about how to make her look less sexy.
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The first and last time I’ll ever talk with any of my models about ‘how big their boobs look’ .
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This piece is heading to Paris
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#findac #urbanaesthetics #afterglow #undertow #urbancontemporaryart #urbancontemporaryartist #urbancontemporary #soloshow #soloexhibition #artexhibition #urbanart #westcontemporaryart #westcontemporary
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWVBpCvIL9U/?utm_medium=tumblr


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The first piece of the second neon twinset that I started back in Feb of this year.- As I mentione

The first piece of the second neon twinset that I started back in Feb of this year.
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As I mentioned previously, the framing on these pieces was almost as important as the colour schemes and the finished pieces themselves.
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And as it turned out, lighting them in the gallery for the undertow part of the show became equally as important too.
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This piece is heading off to the heat and humidity of Malaysia
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#findac #urbanaesthetics #afterglow #undertow #urbancontemporaryart #urbancontemporaryartist #urbancontemporary #soloshow #soloexhibition #artexhibition #urbanart #westcontemporaryart #westcontemporary
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The second half of the first neon twinset for Undertow.- Because I knew I was going to be utilisin

The second half of the first neon twinset for Undertow.
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Because I knew I was going to be utilising almost the same colour scheme on both pieces, I made a decision to work on them at the same time.
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I’d never done that before because, in all honesty, my studio isn’t big enough and can generally only accommodate one of my wooden pieces at a time.
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But these pieces were slightly smaller so it was just about doable.
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I didn’t know it then but, this would be the way I’d work for most of the remainder of my solo show production.
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#findac #urbanaesthetics #afterglow #undertow #urbancontemporaryart #urbancontemporaryartist #urbancontemporary #soloshow #soloexhibition #artexhibition #urbanart #westcontemporaryart #westcontemporary
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWQTLC5ouTs/?utm_medium=tumblr


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The second neon-flux piece was when I really started enjoying this new angle to my work. It was also

The second neon-flux piece was when I really started enjoying this new angle to my work. It was also one half of the first (but not the last) twinset for the show.
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Mixing colours that on their own looked like absolute filth but together took on a whole new lease of life was a really interesting discovery.
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It helped that IMO I also got the attitude spot on for this particular one and doing so helped define the series even more.
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This one is heading to New York and to the home of by far my biggest collector.
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#findac #urbanaesthetics #afterglow #undertow #urbancontemporaryart #urbancontemporaryartist #urbancontemporary #soloshow #soloexhibition #artexhibition #urbanart #westcontemporaryart #westcontemporary
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Annnnnd so… we come to the first entirely new series for the solo show… the neons.- As soon as I p

Annnnnd so… we come to the first entirely new series for the solo show… the neons.
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As soon as I posted the first glimpses of this piece (way back in December last year) it was obvious that this series was not what was expected of me.
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An idea that I’d been toying with for a while and a model/muse that I’d been trying to integrate into my work but couldn’t find the right concept… the solo show was the perfect excuse to do both
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I’d never painted in these tones before and (as is my usual way) I did no tests/experiments before trying.
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I was happy enough with the result but knew I could (and should) push the idea further… which I did
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#findac #urbanaesthetics #afterglow #undertow #urbancontemporaryart #urbancontemporaryartist #urbancontemporary #soloshow #soloexhibition #artexhibition #urbanart #westcontemporaryart #westcontemporary
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The last of the really big pieces ‘Hoechun’ was another ‘odd one out’ for Afterglow/Undertow.- It

The last of the really big pieces ‘Hoechun’ was another ‘odd one out’ for Afterglow/Undertow.
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It was the only full wood panel piece… the type of pieces I’d been painting predominately over the last 5 years.
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My intention from the start was to not just repeat ‘the same old thing’ for this show but, to start pushing the work in different directions… for my own sanity and creativity if nothing else.
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So, this piece became ‘the nail in the coffin’ for this particular style ’period’. That’s not to say I’ll never paint pieces like this again… I expect I will from time to time.
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But the production of this show proved to me that there’s way too many other avenues and styles I want to explore to allow myself to get stuck on any one thing ever again.
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#findac #urbanaesthetics #afterglow #undertow #urbancontemporaryart #urbancontemporaryartist #urbancontemporary #soloshow #soloexhibition #artexhibition #urbanart #westcontemporaryart #westcontemporary
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWLshaJI3lp/?utm_medium=tumblr


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This Maori piece from the solo show was initially planned way back in summer 2020.- It was a recre

This Maori piece from the solo show was initially planned way back in summer 2020.
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It was a recreation of a mural entitled ‘Taiohi’ painted in Tauranga, NZ at the start of that year and featured the daughter of the organisers of a street art festival that I’d sponsored for a number of years.
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It was also intended as a future screenprint release in NZ but that plan sadly won’t bear fruition now.
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#findac #urbanaesthetics #afterglow #undertow #urbancontemporaryart #urbancontemporaryartist #urbancontemporary #soloshow #soloexhibition #artexhibition #urbanart #westcontemporaryart #westcontemporary
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWJaJWBITcx/?utm_medium=tumblr


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‘Tuileries’ formed the second half of the Rococo/Marie Antoinette twinset… my own personal favourite

‘Tuileries’ formed the second half of the Rococo/Marie Antoinette twinset… my own personal favourites from the show.
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As the style of these pieces was meant to be an indirect link back to certain types of historical portraiture, I thought it would be fun to include a visual reference to a particular favourite of mine: ‘Woman with Ermine’ by Leonardo Da Vinci.
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Both Rococo pieces were purchased by the same buyer and are heading to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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This Rococo/Marie Antoinette concept/theme was something I’d been working on in bits and pieces for

This Rococo/Marie Antoinette concept/theme was something I’d been working on in bits and pieces for at least a couple of years before I started the production of Afterglow/Undertow.
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It was a conversation with model Connie in Portland in late 2017, about her cat with ‘Bowie eyes’, that sparked the whole concept.
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The design for this piece (Indochine) had been created as far back as 2018 but I was waiting for the right time to paint it.
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Afterglow/Undertow seemed like the ‘right time’
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#findac #urbanaesthetics #afterglow #undertow #urbancontemporaryart #urbancontemporaryartist #urbancontemporary #soloshow #soloexhibition #artexhibition #urbanart #westcontemporaryart #westcontemporary
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