Collaboration with Geraldine Swayne

This painting is 90 x 110cm and was painted in Whitstable in Kent. It's of Jesus being taken down from the cross. The area of pure blue is by me and in my memory I started the head but then Geraldine Swayne vastly improved everything. I think Billy Childish felt he'd dominated the other painting we made together.

Collaboration with Billy Childish

In 2009 I had my first lesson in how to paint with oils. Geraldine Swayne drove me to Billy Childish's mum's house. I brought out a book of images of Jesus and selected a painting based on the mocking of Christ (when he was forced to wear a crown of thorns). Billy and Geraldine did much more of this painting than I did!

Above: Jesus Wept (Billy Childish, Harry Pye, Geraldine Swayne) Oil on Board, 2009

Collaboration with Gordon Beswick

This painting from 2012 The Life Drawing Class by Gordon Beswick and myself  is partly a homage to (or rip-off of) Matisse. It's also based on photos Gordon took of me and Billy Childish drawing a beautiful life model.

Below is one of Gordon's photos...

Collaboration with Kes Richardson

Many years ago Kes Richardson and I did a series of paintings together based on the idea of the artist and their muse. I always liked this one we did of Man Ray and Lee Miller. Yesterday a musician friend called Micko Westmoreland asked if this painting could be on the cover of his new album "Yours ETC Abc."

(Above: "Every relationship has a clock attached." 640 x 800cm, acrylic on canvas)

Collaboration with Natasha Mediator

Natasha Xavier (a.k.a Natasha Mediator) took this photo: Ha Ray which is based on Man Ray's self portrait.

Collaboration with Francis Macdonald

Francis Macdonald (a Glasgow based musician best known for being the drummer for Teenage Fanclub) and I have written 11 songs or sound pieces together. We made hundreds of drawings for a video for a song we wrote called Sympathy for Jean Luc Godard. Our video was screened as part of an exhibition called This Is Our Art, This Is Our Music that took place at The David Risley Gallery in Denmark in 2014

As part of our collaboration I recorded myself giving a speech about my art hero Jean Dubuffet which Francis put to music. For the collaborations show we plan to make an animated video that features my Dubuffet inspired work...

Collaboration with Julian Wakeling

Julian Wakeling and I have been friends for 20 years. We are both fans of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys. Our painting, In My Room is named after a Beach Boys song. Patrick Caulfield also named a painting after this track.

(534x800cm)

Welcome to my world

Hello,
My name is Harry Pye. I'm an artist based in London. My paintings have been exhibited in England, Brazil, Australia, Denmark and Estonia and can be found in collections around the world including Rob Whytehead, Thomas Cohn, Ben Moore, Nicolas Ruston, Eduardo Mondolfo, Harriet Chalk, Niven and Ruben Govinden, The Joffe family, Kenny Schachter, Richard Marchant and Sartorial Contemporary Art. I've curated shows for Deptford X and Elefest in London and Glassbox in Paris. And I've organised events at Tate Britain and Tate Modern. My paintings have been sold to raise money for various charities including: Art Against Knives, Break Through (breast cancer charity), Action For Children, Kids & Co, CARA (Charity for academic refugees), Depression Alliance, and Friends of The Earth.
I'm celebrating my 42nd birthday by having an exhibition that features 42 collaborations. I'm also working on a publication with the designer Keith Sargent that will feature images from the show plus forty-two 42 word quotes about the number 42. 
 Thanks for looking at my blog. If you want to get in contact my e-mail is: mrharrypye@yahoo.com