Collaboration with Adrian R. Shaw

Adrian R. Shaw and I have worked together quite a few times but not for a while. In the photo above I gave him photos from weddings I went to which he then turned into paintings. We made a publication called: "That's Andy" (A guide to Warhol). And below is a birthday card he made me for my 30th birthday which recently got exhibited at The Sluice Art Fair.

 Ade and I are both fans of Bryan Ferry. I collect copies of "These Foolish Things" which is an album of cover versions that Bryan released in the late 70s. We're planning to work on the sleeves and present them as a homage.

Collaboration with Stuart Cumberland

I known Stuart for about 20 years and always admired his paintings.

Last week I saw a table that a neighbor had thrown away. The table's surface had been scratched, stained and damaged. I sent an afternoon sanding it down and gave it several coats of primer till it looked nice again.

 I contacted Stuart and suggested that if I brought it round to his studio he could paint on it. He replied "That sounds like a plan."

Stuart examined the table as though he was a vet looking at a sheep. Let's wait and see what happens next!

Collaboration with The Spammed

The Spammed are a supergroup. Each member of the band was hand picked by Harry Pye. So far The Spammed have recorded 2 wild cover versions ("Tommy Gun" originally by The Clash. And "Revolution" by The Beatles.) The line-up is Rat Scabies on drums, Kevin Eldon singing, Neil Innes on Keyboards, Horace Panter on bass, Micko Westmoreland on guitar.

Collaboration with Ruth Binfor

Ruth Binfor is a London based artist working with books to create collage and photographic montages. We've begun work on an A1 piece that is inspired by a famous record label logo. 

Here's a detail...

Collaboration with Barry Thompson

Artist Barry Thompson and I are both fans of this National Gallery painting of Saint Veronica from 1420. Legend relates that when Christ fell as he was carrying the cross Saint Veronica wiped his face with her handkerchief (sudarium). The image of Christ's face was then miraculously imprinted on it.

The saint's name is inscribed on her halo in Latin (Sancta Veronica); Christ's halo has an abbreviated Greek form of his name (ihs.xp.ih.x). Barry and I are currently working on a drawing based on the painting. I'm drawing Jesus and Barry is doing all the tricky bits.

Collaboration with Hugh Mendes

Hugh Mendes has made a name for himself making paintings based on newspaper obituaries.

In Jan 2015 two Police officers Ahmed Merabet, 42, and Franck Brinsolaro, 47, were shot dead by Siad and Cherif Kouachi, during their attack on the offices of French satirical magazineCharlie Hebdo. I asked Hugh to help me make a painting of Ahmed whose death moved me.

Collaboration with Emma Coleman

Emma Coleman and I have known each other a long, long time. She contributed to two shows I curated ("Four By Four" and "100 Mothers"). I found a cartoon of Richard Nixon by Philip Guston. I had an idea we could somehow turn the small b&w cartoon into a large full colour painting. Emma talked about the Frost/Nixon film and suggested we also painted David Frost. I said we could have 2 seperate paintings and then she came up with the idea of the Frost and Nixon both being on a TV screen. Below is a work in progress of the Frost painting...

Here's Emma with the end result...