These drawings by George Shaw were displayed at the recent Frieze Art Fair in London and suggest, for those not very familiar with Shaw’s work, a radical departure from his typical depictions of the Tile Hill estate in Coventry where he grew up. But I see them as a continuum, where everything he draws in as an [...]
The Silence
As I approached the end of Project Mogwai, I began to dream of collecting together all the Project Mogwai paintings and offsetting them with photographs, scrawled epigrams and found materials, in much the same way that George Shaw did with his excellent book I.D.S.T. I’d even found the perfect cover – a shredded and scorched [...]
Headpress Fear Mogwai
Breaking news! Headpress, Britain’s and indeed the world’s premier journal of the unterkulture, will be publishing some of my paintings from Project Mogwai in their next issue. Editor and publisher David Kerekes has been a long-standing supporter of my work, and I think something of mine – be it an illo, an article or a [...]
Killing All The Flies
This is the latest painting for Project Mogwai, which took me an entire month to finish, and I hope you can see why. I now need never paint a brick wall ever again as I think I have more than paid my dues.
Mogwai – Killing All The Flies
1% Of Monster
This is the latest painting in the Project Mogwai series, inspired by ‘1% Of Monster’, a song from the Mr Beast sessions that ended up relegated to a B-side status on the Friend Of The Night e.p. when it really should have been on the album.
As for the picture, I’m still not sure whether the [...]
Now You’re Taken
This is my latest painting in the Project Mogwai series. ‘Now You’re Taken’ was on their first e.p. 4Satin that I can remember buying from Rough Trade waaaaay back in 1997, not realising it would be a life-changing experience. There was plenty of hype surrounding the band at the time, but I could see straight [...]
Friend Of The Night
I finished this painting, the latest in the Project Mogwai series, last night. I had the window wide open, allowing in an utter stillness and silence that was eerie. How appropriate, I thought.
Mogwai – Friend Of The Night
I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead
This painting is the latest phase of Project Mogwai, completed last Saturday night as the very song that inspired it was fading out on my headphones. ‘I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead’ is one of Mogwai’s more obtuse song titles, but as far as I’m concerned they could have called it ‘Son of Funky Moped’ or [...]
Superheroes of BMX
The latest painting in the Project Mogwai series was completed last night. ‘Superheroes of BMX’ is one of their earliest songs, that’s only occasionally resurrected as part of their live set. It’s an odd choice for a title, and one that sounds like a piss-take, which is completely at odds with the song itself which [...]
Ex-Cowboy
I long for the days of disorder. I want them back, the days when I was alive on the earth, rippling in the quick of my skin, heedless and real. I was dumb-muscled and angry and real. This is what I long for, the breach of peace, the days of disarray when I walked real [...]
