Barnacles and leeches

2009-07-10T00:42:00.000-07:00

Here's some stuff I painted.

I do still get out there.

2008-12-01T09:21:00.000-08:00

I actually did some painting today. Well inking.

It turned out pretty good. Loads of new stuff available on the Click site soon, including throw pillows. They look good too.

2008-10-20T07:08:00.000-07:00

Hello.

If you read my blog, and you figure you actually like me art, then maybe you can swing by here and buy some stuff for your home. Some original ink work up on there as well and some really nice print options for the other pieces.

Get involved.

2008-10-17T09:47:00.000-07:00

"Tweaker Freaker" show opened last night at the Slam basement galley. I had like 4 little prints in it, as my local Wilko's didn't bother restocking with the cheap frames!

I am working on doing some little solo photography thing though soon, nothing big maybe even one evening only, who knows and who cares right?

Thanks to the masters Gorm and Paul Gonella.

If you look closely in Gorm's shot you can see my boy, Veran's face in a Balaclava looking sinister.

How original am I?

2008-09-23T01:55:00.000-07:00

My Dad and I went to London for the Freewheel day. We cycled an 8 mile circuit with 45,000 others to raise awareness about cycling in the city of London and of course, to have a fun day out. We went round twice, and stopped for a lovely spot a lunch in St. James' park.

See you there next year. I'll see the Queen next time, Dad.

2008-09-07T07:51:00.000-07:00

Here is picture my big hairy friend Richard sent me from 'Dot the Eyes' in Copenhagen. I have shown these before in LA, but Americans don't care about art unless your "cool", and featured with the other drones in Giant Robot.

2008-08-15T02:16:00.000-07:00

2008-08-06T09:54:00.000-07:00

Will Barras, Paris and myself painted some murals with some students from Belfast. We ate stew, dodged pukers and listened to the Dead Kennedy's. Good times.

Thanks to Kev Largey and Adam at the Waterfront.

Apparently I was on BBC Belfast too.

2008-07-02T00:00:00.000-07:00

Been busy skating and teaching recently, so little on the artwork front, although I did go to Sweden to build this for the launch of the Nike shoe I did, in conjunction with my holmes, Danijel ( Pictured ) and my friend Sam. Check the Nike SB site for more on this project.

Also got an email from this girl this morning who is down for life. Good work Caitlin, if you ever want me to design something for you for free it's on, shit like this deserves some dues.

Peace.

2008-05-12T00:11:00.000-07:00

Despite seeming quiet of late, I have actually been doing plenty of stuff, from taking photographes and making little films, to drawing and painting all manner of things.

Here's an excerpt from an article in Modart on our ( Scrawl Collective ) show in Los Angeles.

Thanks Mum.

2008-05-07T08:31:00.000-07:00

It's pretty much summer and I have been busy doing lots of work with peoples and reality. If you have lots of money and appreciate goodness in your wall hangings, you could do no wrong if you went here.You could buy some of them, and get them delivered in really nice frames. They look cool. I even have one up in my house, and for me, thats saying something.

Brainwashing over.

2008-04-14T00:57:00.001-07:00

2008-03-21T02:49:00.000-07:00

Last pic of this, I promise. looks better shot in b/w anyway.

Happy Easter.

2008-03-11T02:06:00.000-07:00

Click the pic, some work still available from my UpperSpace show.

2008-03-06T00:26:00.000-08:00

I Rarely show the more 'graphic' aspects of my outgoings, heres a couple of pieces of late, a board graphic for Note, which involves a lino cut/hecox rip of a photo I shot years back, and T-shirt with a Misfits inspired skull on it, for The Harmony.

Feeding the kid ain't easy.

2008-03-04T23:55:00.000-08:00

Just got sent a link by my friend Brian, it takes a while to load but is worth if only to hear me sound like an monotone idiot and play football in a very camp style, I also swear really well and a little bit of cage rage comes out on camera. Funny shit.

Also Will Barras shows us all how its done.

2008-03-03T07:51:00.000-08:00

"DRAW is a must-see exhibition featuring original drawings by 300 artists in the tattoo, literature, design, illustration, animation, skateboard, music, urban and contemporary art worlds. The show is a tribute to the often-underrated but fundamental building-block of visual and graphic art: the drawing.

Artists whose works are in the show include: Moby, Barry McGee, HR Giger, Clive Barker, EINE, Gibby Haynes, Ron English, D* Face, Kat Von D, Tim Biskup, Ben Cho, Mark Gonzales, SickBoy, Derek Hess, Rich Jacobs, KAWS, Neck Face, Rick Griffin, Hank Williams III, Kerry King, WK Interact, Aurel Schmidt, Louis Molloy and Phil Kyle of London Ink, Doze Green, Chris Johanson and Dalek. 25 artists from the UK are debuting works. Their pieces will continue as part of the Draw exhibit as it continues from London, on a six-country world tour that includes showings in Tokyo, Berlin, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

DRAW is the largest contemporary drawing exhibition to emerge out of New York City. The exhibit debuted in October of 2006 at Fuse Gallery to phenomenal response from audience and press alike. It had an equally impressive showing during the SXSW 2007 Music and Interactive-Film Festival in Austin,Texas."

I sent a piece for this today, last minute thing, as I dropped the ball on this one for a bit. Check it out and all these amazing peoples at the Stolenspace gallery on Brick Lane.

If anyone goes, can someone please take a photo for me, I didn't get a mniute to scan my piece, so gods knows what it'll look like.

2008-03-02T09:51:00.000-08:00

Before I tightened the belt on this one, Jim shot off a quick one with the lumix.

2008-02-29T09:17:00.000-08:00

My finished wall monolith, not me in the picture however, but the two of the dudes responsible for this new space. Its a hot location for sure, and these guys are hyped so thats the main thing.

Stoked they put me in as an honourary manc too, love that place, but sadly I am dirty southerner.

2008-02-29T00:43:00.000-08:00

Forgot to take any pictures of the finished stuff, heres me starting to create nonsense and an ink drawing from the exhibited pieces.

If your in Manchester, please go to the opening and support these guys. Its going to be hot show.

Cheers Jim for the photo, got anymore?

2008-02-19T09:00:00.000-08:00

When I was about 14, I got NWA's 'Straight outta Compton' bootlegged from a friend. Ever since that day and the subsequent purchase of my first flannel shirt and a Raiders trucker, I have always had a soft spot for this logo, and well to get to the point always wanted to mess about with it.

Heres my rendition for the 08. May do it as limited print. Black and silver.

Working on a 'haters' one too.

2008-02-19T04:00:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I leave the house. Most times I don't.

2008-02-13T11:14:00.000-08:00

I will be showing yet more drawings/paintings of miserable decapitated floating heads at the Upper Space gallery in Manchester from the 29th with fellow neaderthal, Jon Burgerman.

Please come and point dismissively. You know you need to.

2008-01-30T07:11:00.001-08:00

I am dick.

Not really much of my stuff, just here and there, but a few embarassing hamming moments.

Enjoy.

2008-01-28T02:46:00.000-08:00

Sometimes things work out, I didn't really have a clue where to start on this wall. In truth I just layed out my crap, and just got a step ladder out and fucking went at it.

Like I said somestimes things work out. Good or bad, they work out.

2008-01-24T12:29:00.000-08:00

2008-01-22T21:04:00.000-08:00

As with all big deals like a show in LA, there are always problems. Basically to cut a long and winding story short some of the work didn't make it from FEDEX, they fucked us big style.

I managed however to produce a shows amount of work in a week, instead of the 3 months worth of work sitting in a warehouse in Memphis. It all worked out good. I only shot a few photos on my digital of this big wall piece, better photos and that to follow.

You can check out movies, interviews and other stuff here at the Scion Gallery website. The opening reception was attended by around 1000 people so it worked out good. Check some people having fun at this guys site.I ate loads of ridiculous food and managed to skate venice beach, dance my lanky ass of to Danzig and hang out with some lovely peoples.

More soon.

2008-01-06T10:02:00.000-08:00

I fly out a week monday. I am going to make art and try and skate venice beach.

2007-12-20T23:10:00.000-08:00

2007-12-17T07:17:00.000-08:00

It's pretty hard to show the scale of this, being as its a subway and fenced off right now, but its slowly coming together despite the cold. We start work on wall 2 tommorow. I just hope the kids and residents like it. So far feedback has been good.

2007-12-14T08:39:00.000-08:00

This shit ain't getting any warmer. Minus temperatures, numb fingers, and another side to go.

2007-12-11T08:33:00.000-08:00

It was minus two in here today. My body is numb.

2007-12-08T07:40:00.000-08:00

This my piece from the ongoing final exhibit at Analogue books. This is the best book shop ever. Which has sold apparently.

Go visit them now. Russell and Julie, I love you guys.

2007-12-08T07:28:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the lack of interesting updates,as I am preparing for a show in LA.

Here is a little movie made by two beautiful gentlemen.

I don't even remember a camera being there, but it looks pretty slick, Mckinley and Jago having it.

2007-11-16T00:32:00.000-08:00

The book signing went well. I can't really remember the other shit I wrote, but thought I would capture the moment where I thought I was in Slayer circa 1986.

2007-11-03T03:51:00.000-07:00

Come be our friends.

2007-11-02T01:35:00.000-07:00

2007-10-02T08:23:00.000-07:00

Collaboration shoe with Nike SB and The Harmony, to celebrate Euro rider Danijel Todorovic.

The dude is supposed to represent, Alfred Noble, he invented dynamite and they made some "peace" prize or something too.

I don't know anything, I think Doctors win it alot.

2007-09-19T05:15:00.000-07:00

Thanks to David, Dan K and Paul for this spread in the newest Manual Magazine. I did some shirts for them too. Check them out here.

Word down fuckers.

2007-09-05T03:36:00.000-07:00

I haven't really been producing that much recently, because well, to be honest I am sick and tired of all the shit thats out there right now, nothing seems to be inspiring me, its all the same, and to be frank I am sick and tired of my own shit, which I also think looks the same and even when you change it up an play about it with ideas, for me theres always something missing, something I need to get from it, which right now, I'm not.

However this is my issue and not wanting to misery anyone who actually reads this crap, I thought I would run a little insight into my creative process, whatever the fuck that is.

1). Basically I start by getting out a blank pad, I put all my sketchbooks aside, and just look at the page for a while, maybe listen to some music, and just try and relax, but not too much so as not to take the edge off. Then I just start drawing and see what happens. I sketch out a bunch of dudes, ideas and try and link them all together with some kind of narrative, however vague.

With this in place I break out the liner and get tight with that shit.

2). I start rocking a fill, I got this pen in Japan its like a refillable indian ink brush pen. It's really nice to use, with a valve and everything. It's pretty dope.

3). I am usually getting into it by now and maybe Eddie Cochran gets going on Itunes.

4.) Cup of tea. I need some kind of stimulation. I have been inking for a good three or so hours by now. I am pretty slow.

5.) Fills are fucking boring, but theres something about the tranquility of it. As a person, especially when I work I have to try and keep at bay an over active anxiety problem, my hands sweat, my mind races, and sometimes using a nice brush and some ink really helps to appease the demons.

6). I learnt a lot of technique from my Dad, who used to be practicing signwriter in the Royal Air Force. Those guys were fucking amazing, he used to paint the insignias on forces aircraft, such precision and the scale was awesome. Puts most people to shame, that level of skill and precision. All free hand too, not this digital bullshit.

Anyway, if anything I pride myself on getting down freehand, its a dying 'art'.

7). Right thats it. 7 Hours work, give or take. This part will form a piece of print I am doing for the guys over at Manual Magazine. Hope they like it, and thanks for reading.

2007-08-20T04:44:00.000-07:00

Mind busy. Mind numbed. Mind idle.

2007-08-07T05:17:00.001-07:00

2007-08-02T03:26:00.000-07:00

Been working a bit, last few days, mainly graphic design stuff, layouts of the new 'The Harmony' DVD "Wolfstadt". Also breaking out a few print designs for Click for art. These witches are full of hemlock and lava.

I also made a zine 'Are we friends yet?' It features all my friends and there skateboards. Photography is the funnest outlet I have, so thought I would zine it up, in a zeitgeist sort of way.

Right back to listening to the Dead Kennedy's and Little Richard. Get gnarly, and if you can't get fucked.

2007-07-31T12:29:00.000-07:00

My life right now is a haze. I haven't really been drawing all that much, I have been doing some but you know life has a way of needing to be lived as opposed to the self contained world of scribbling on scraps of paper, infact its the scraps of paper that I end up cherishing right now, the little squiggles whilst working or the unfinished doodles on the phone, these are the best bits of work I produce, not the over thought work that homes in on my brain....

Life has a way of showing whats right and whats not. Sometimes its best to say whats up and fuck you to all the hooplah.

2007-07-25T03:52:00.000-07:00

New shirts up on Speks site....limited Japanese stuff, its all hot so check the rest out, and buy it.

2007-07-22T10:07:00.000-07:00

Went to see Brian and Helen in Edinburgh recently. It was fun especially at Dynamic Earth. Albert Earl experienced lots of new adventures as did both his parents for that matter.

2007-07-20T01:27:00.000-07:00

One day this dude will guest on The Simpsons.

2007-07-02T06:17:00.000-07:00

Indians cry and slightest sound.

2007-06-30T04:03:00.000-07:00

Super new deluxe shit.

2007-06-21T08:52:00.000-07:00

I am occasionally working, honest.

2007-06-18T11:34:00.000-07:00

No new things to report apart from my sons likeness to Igor.

2007-06-04T23:49:00.000-07:00

The nice folk at Clickforart.com Have decided to make some nice prints of my work. You should check the link and see for yourselves, they also produce some other nice pieces from other arty types. All the stuff comes framed to your spec, they look real nice so invest.

What else is going to keep me in second hand plaid shirts.

2007-05-29T02:19:00.002-07:00

In between jobs, I have been polishing my photography.

(Anti-smile camera copyright of David Dixon)

2007-05-21T04:11:00.000-07:00

Albert, Charlie and Myself went to see some goats, horses and owls. Got to teach the kid the basics. We were naming them if your wondering about the exaggerated pointing.

2007-05-21T04:02:00.001-07:00

Find a wave, and catch it.

2007-05-16T04:12:00.000-07:00

Just in case you didn't know already. The fucking man.

2007-05-10T11:03:00.000-07:00

Me, talking, Sidewalk Magazine, buy it.

2007-05-08T03:31:00.000-07:00

Shit sunglasses, Ginger beer and Rum, ollieng dead pidgeons, hanging out with the emperor.

Good company, good times.

2007-05-02T03:51:00.001-07:00

Manchester. Me. Others. Weekend.

2007-04-26T01:48:00.000-07:00

The guys over at RVCA U.K, have decided they like what I doing, and therefore my endeavours will be now supported by them. Well I am going to be wearing threads by them at least.

Keep you posted on more stuff with them soon.

2007-04-20T10:18:00.000-07:00

'The trouble with knowing is not' by David Earl Dixon /Dist.

New 40 page book available today for only £6.00. Buy it here.

2007-04-18T04:23:00.000-07:00

My studio is a mess that for some reason, refuses to be tidy. doesn't it realise I need to find stuff occasionally. I probably should attempt to exhume it, there may be some treasure in the tomb.

2007-04-15T09:45:00.000-07:00

The banshees will ride horses. I'm telling you.

2007-04-13T02:12:00.000-07:00

Cleaning out the hard drive, you find stuff, you forgot in the pile of your life.

2007-04-08T02:14:00.000-07:00

Heres some self indulgence for Easter sunday.....Crail block by me. Photo by Rob.

Go skate.

2007-03-29T07:04:00.000-07:00

New shirt out at Note in Manchester.....free 'Make a Note' Zine. Buy one today.

2007-03-26T05:46:00.000-07:00

Skulls are cool. So is illusion.

2007-03-20T13:12:00.000-07:00

Smile on your brother.

2007-03-16T04:04:00.000-07:00

Whilst sketching away for various projects some strange folks come out to say hello.

2007-03-14T07:10:00.001-07:00

Virgin Media/Scrawl Collective produced some mini films, from our last show.

I wish there was some thundering music to this. Also it's nice to see myself really stressed making mistake after mistake and it kind of looking okay in the end?

2007-03-12T04:57:00.000-07:00

Lost my mind trying to outbid someone on Ebay for a rare Quentin Blake signed first edition of an old Jackanory book......so much so I thought it would be funny to make my son look like Harry Hill.

Sorry Albert. Your Dad's a mong.

2007-03-07T05:27:00.000-08:00

More stuff inspired by Robert Heitman, this time with a lashing of Modest Mouse too.

Beware the Teeth.

2007-03-02T06:11:00.000-08:00

Inspired by illustrator/writer Robert Heitman.

2007-02-27T09:25:00.000-08:00

Been painting some pyschedelic stuff in a local Student union, in attempt to drive the students crazy and stop playing computer games and watching MTV?

It will never work.

Heres a pencil that chooses to detract from a popular sentiment.

2007-02-22T10:16:00.000-08:00

What a rant eh? I am a bit tired I think, a month without sleep will kind of do that to you.

You wouldn't think something so little, would cause such fuss. The 'Wanderlust' Show opens in Philly, Tommorow, or Saturday? Anyway good luck to all who are out there....cheers to Concetta and Rue, I hope my work has bothered to get there?

2007-02-19T08:51:00.000-08:00

I have had enough this month really of people saying hey your stuff changes all the time, your biting this person, your stuff is kind of like this, the truth is yes, it probably is, because I consider myself to be an informed and impressionable mind, one that is constantly transient in order to avoid stagnation and slumber. To say your not as an artist/illustrator/creative is a lie.

When I was a kid, I just sort of looked at how the artists who worked for 2000AD or DC made there ideas come to life, I borrowed from my peers, just as they had borrowed from theres. The more stuff I was interested the more it fueled different directions in my art. I never studied art, all the semantics, all the semiology, its all bullshit, I just loved looking at things and see how they were made, how it was done, how did Bisley get the shading like that, or how Don Bluth and Disney got everything so flat. In later life I vaguely discovererd the great echelon of artists but throughout my life its been the people and work around me that has informed what I do, and I feel proud and honest that I choose to acknowledge it in my stuff as opposed to those who hide behind thinly veiled masks and shields, of inability and lack lustre.

Now I'm not a man of heavy public opinion and I rarely pine on about the sort of social aspects of art and the public forum it exists, but sometimes I wish people would just shut up the fuck and just get on with life, theres too much time spent hating on shit. I do what I do, if you don't want to look at it, then don't. Its as simple as that.

2007-02-18T06:09:00.000-08:00

I put new stuff up again in my portfolio for Scrawl, Also I have almost finished a new website for me and my crapola.

2007-01-29T06:08:00.000-08:00

Albert Earl Dixon was born Friday 26th at 10:30 in the morning.

He can already use photoshop and illustrator and is getting better at Flash!

2007-01-25T02:00:00.001-08:00

Click below to see whether your there....

New print available soon from my shop, just got to iron out a few glitches.

2007-01-23T08:23:00.001-08:00

'Wander Lust'

Opens soon in philly, featuring a whole bunch of super talented individuals, oh and me.....I won't be attending as I will changing nappies and feeding my procreation.

Ahoy sleepless nights. I am sure Concetta will adorn me with photographic evidence, probably of my pal Jules lavished in gold and booze.

If the Elph and I were there it would be an altogether different picture....blood, sinue....tea.

X

www.telltalecollaborative.com

2007-01-17T05:27:00.000-08:00

Always pushing, getting nowhere.

2007-01-11T03:36:00.000-08:00

Updated my Scrawl portfolio a bit today....still loads to add.

Check this new piece by Will Barras and I. Click in the links for Scrawl.

2007-01-03T03:33:00.000-08:00

Heres a little illustration I did for a pal who takes nice photos.

Check out Jimmy, he likes them wooden toys.

2007-01-01T09:36:00.000-08:00

Web shop up and running if anyone wants to lay there hands on my stuff.

Click the pic for a happier new year.

2006-12-28T07:07:00.000-08:00

Post Christmas I recieved a copy of a dutch magazine 'Reload' which I appear in along with luminaries Nick Walker and D*Face.

Good Company, nice spread, can't read a fucking word mind.

2006-12-22T02:31:00.000-08:00

Well thats almost it for 2006, its been pretty hectic....got a few things on the boil for the 07, mainly becoming a Dad.

So merry christmas to all and the happiest of new years.....it will be for me.

( Peace and good will, is a straw drunkenly shoved up your nose. )

2006-12-21T09:11:00.000-08:00

Down for life.

Some lad in the US of A, had some of my older tree ramblings tattooed on his person. I hope they treat him well and bring him luck, the originals were drawn in a miserable point in my life, so are imbued with alot of hate and bitterness, I hope they don't bear similar tidings for you.

He has more on the other side, and wishes me to finish the design of for him, I'll be honest it does freak me right out that someone would want my shit tattooed on their body, i just hope as an old and perhaps wiser man, he can still look upon these and be reminded of a good time in his life.

2006-12-19T12:08:00.000-08:00

This really bummed me out, but the dude had a long creative life.

Joesph Barbera RIP

2006-12-18T15:25:00.000-08:00

Never smoked crack in my life.....not about too now, not even if this guy is asking.

2006-12-18T08:52:00.000-08:00

Is the bad shit always bad....click above to see my ponderings.

2006-12-13T04:31:00.000-08:00

This is all part of a mini exhibit as part of a bigger show, local to me. A nice lad shylocked me into showing some work, so here it is. Schomberg Gallery, Colchester.

I am really into to these drawings, one colour, free reign, sometimes I get bummed out at how colour sometimes ruins what your going for. I prefer how clean it is, how its so binary, and allows your eyes little choice.

This board is a tribute to Marc Mckee's Jovontae Turner Board from back in 1992, I don't know why I made this and the other guy at the top, I just really liked how Mckee was tackling racial issues so directly, almost side stepping the social commentary, I just like the fact that both Jovontae and Marc obviously were poking fun at political correctness, its kind of great, just like how Richard Pryor / Eddie Murphy / Dave Chappelle would and still do.

Of late I have been really into exploring the often forgotten racial stereotypes perpetuated by 1930's/40's/50's animation, especially through Warner Brothers canon of work and other smaller independents like Felix the Cat.

Hey, I am not trying to read polictial and social attrocities into my work, I just think its amazing, how extreme all these examples were, from the house maid in Tom and Jerry or even how Disney was drafted into demonise all sorts of characters during Americas war efforts in late 30's.

It's just funny how propaganda hasn't really moved on. I don't really take politcal stand points, not because I don't have any, only because I don't feel I am in any position to be voicing them, and don't really believe it should take a place in "art", or more to the point, the kind of stuff myself and others like me do, but you can't deny its presence, in everything we look at from the flags we follow, to the religions we worship, to our peers in power, Art and politics remain synonomous, no matter how much you shy way from it, sometimes, and even for a dullard like me theres no where left to hide.

If you get a moment, I found this interesting. Go back from that link and check out the entire site.

Anyway if you about check out the work, its on St. Johns Street, Colchester. There are loads of other bits in there that might take your fancy too, not just my junk.

2006-12-12T03:02:00.000-08:00

You know what they say?

Photo by Jim Walker, a show opens locally tommorow night with some new bits in. Photos soon.

2006-12-06T07:49:00.000-08:00

D.

Morning Bike ride turned into a paint session.

2006-12-05T12:52:00.000-08:00

The process of winning black hearts and troubled minds.

2006-12-04T14:56:00.000-08:00

More magzines out with my crap in...check 'Whitelines' this month, its a snowboard magazine. It's a neat write up and pics, but I ain't ever seen no snow.

Concrete slopes only for me, cheers Ed for letting me schralp my schtick in the mag, Boss!

2006-11-29T11:45:00.000-08:00

Finished painting a wall today.....better photos soon, as its kind of a shit light. It kind of hard in this photo to see the scale. Three heads in a row basically all 8' x 8'.

Looked pretty crazy and was super fun to paint.

2006-11-27T05:54:00.000-08:00

'Lost and found'

Some old reworkings....using the Black Sabbath colourway. Click on it to make it all look nice and that.

2006-11-23T11:00:00.000-08:00

Secret project.....show you all soon.

2006-11-21T03:54:00.000-08:00

Re-worked an old print for my brother today, I hope he likes it, I haven't really drawn animals and creatures of late, been too busy exploring the shit in my brain, its fun, but it looks different to all these Miyazaki rips, anyway I am kind of stoked on this...it looks better than the original, which appeared in my 'Running Amok'.

2006-11-19T04:07:00.000-08:00

Here's the photo's from my show in Scotland, the last for 2006. Go to Focus because they are cool, and played Minor Threat at my opening!