If Peter Blake hadn t become a successful artist, he claims he would have tried to make it big as a professional wrestler. Since childhood, the Godfather of Pop Art professed a fascination with the sport, stating; I loved it immediately. I loved the theatre, the fantasy and the idea of good versus evil. Blake…
Scottish painter and printmaker, Barbara Rae, is inspired by her travels around the world. Through abstract depictions demonstrating her exemplary skill as a colourist, Rae expertly captures the spirit of her chosen landscapes. In Lacken Cross, Rae uses intense bursts of colour to evoke a warm and dramatic landscape. The piece is from a series…
Artist and illustrator, Victoria Topping, describes her art as music for the eyes , inspired by all aspects of music, from the style of 70s jazz, to the groove of disco. By blending elements from spirituality, culture, mother earth and the cosmos, Topping creates melodic pieces, each with their own unique soul. Topping created Lady…
Jayson Lilley s love of urban architecture shines through his work, and reminds us of the beauty to be found in the urban environment when we choose to notice it. Using his innovative printmaking practice, which combines silkscreen with painting and collage techniques, the artist recreates iconic views of cities, playing with colour and perspective…
Sarah Arnett s flamboyant artworks are created to celebrate her passion for the exotic, and her formative years spent living and travelling in tropical climes. Lady Sun is Arnett’s homage to Billie Holiday, taking inspiration from the lyrics of her track, Sun Showers, which state: “Sun showers never mind the rainThe sun will shine again…
Haus Of Lucy, AKA Lucy Bryant, is a contemporary artist who appropriates found objects and images, and slips in quirky nods to contemporary culture. Her creations disrupt the ordinary and form new, thought-provoking and highly-amusing works of art. This piece is from Haus of Lucy’s series of tweaked paintings in which she has a little…
Lamp and Lung Kuan Ware is from a series of eight silkscreen prints by Patrick Caulfield. The piece is from the artist’s White Ware series, in which he portrays a single white ceramic pot represented against a dark background, and illuminated with shafts of light. This series is said to have been inspired by the…
Craig Keenan is a London-based multi-disciplinary printmaker who specialises in Cyanotyping. This historic chemical process is what gives Keenan s artworks their distinctive deep blue colour. Inspired by the natural world, Keenan creates haunting fantasy worlds, poetic in their simplicity. In this piece, Keenan perfectly encapsulates a bolt of gold going through a shimmering moon….
Charlotte Rose is a London-based artist known for stylish depictions of cigarette branding. Across her oeuvre, Rose invites us to consider the underhanded tactics used by cigarette companies to manipulate us into buying and consuming dangerous goods.  In this piece, Rose layers her lettering and design, creating a piece that mimics the unsettled mind of…
Last Sex Pistols Concert is an open edition pigment prints on Baryta paper by photographer Michael Ochs. Lead singer Johnny Rotten and drummer Paul Cook of the punk band The Sex Pistols perform their last concert in Winterland on January 14, 1978 in San Francisco, California. The images in the Michael Ochs collection have slightly…
Laurens is a silkscreen print by Sir Peter Blake, a signed, limited edition of 175. Laurens is one of a set of 3 Fag Packet prints, the others in the series are Philip Morris and Nazionali. Increasingly rare, the Laurens print shows the torn and flattened out remains of the golden yellow cigarette box, with…
Marcelina Amelia is an exciting contemporary artist known for her works that contemplate themes of self-acceptance, gender and representations of female sexuality. Amelia s dark-yet-humorous art is rich in juxtapositions. She states: I like to play at the tense borders between lust and innocence, joy and sadness, fun and pain. The inspiration for this portrait…
The creative talents of Brighton-local, Boogaloo Stu, know no bounds. Whether he s designing clothes, hosting cabaret or making visual art, his creations are fun, energetic and pulsating with positive energy. Each of Boogaloo Stu’s artworks begins life a 3D diorama, constructed from hand-drawn and cut-out elements to create their unique sense of depth. In…
The creative talents of Brighton-local, Boogaloo Stu, know no bounds. Whether he s designing clothes, hosting cabaret or making visual art, his creations are fun, energetic and pulsating with positive energy. Each of Boogaloo Stu’s artworks begins life a 3D diorama, constructed from hand-drawn and cut-out elements to create their unique sense of depth. In…
Le Sommeil is part of a series of tribute pieces created by Brighton-based artist, Richard Berner, in homage to the works of the Old Masters. This artwork is an incredible interpretation of part of Salvador Dali s classic painting, Le Sommeil (The Sleep). This is another of Berner s works to be crafted entirely from…
The creative talents of Brighton-local, Boogaloo Stu, know no bounds. Whether he s designing clothes, hosting cabaret or making visual art, his creations are fun, energetic and pulsating with positive energy. Each of Boogaloo Stu’s artworks begins life a 3D diorama, constructed from hand-drawn and cut-out elements to create their unique sense of depth. In…