by Kevin G | Dec 22, 2011 | Blog
The hand painted Tommy artwork on the Gibson SG Special was finally completed and dispatched to the Your Music Memory Rock Collection in Toronto at the end of November. The photographs show completed work before controls, pickups, bridge, pegs and strings are...
by Kevin G | Nov 30, 2011 | Blog
Promises could flower To grow purpose Possibly blossom Flourish and sow In ground more fertile For a following year More blooming promises ← Previous Next...
by Kevin G | Jul 7, 2011 | Blog
I have been commissioned by a Toronto based company yourmusicmemory.com to adapt the Tommy album cover artwork for painting onto the front and back of a Gibson SG Special (the guitar Pete Townshend used for the 1969 American tour of Tommy). These are the design...
by Kevin G | Jul 7, 2011 | Blog
I have an interview with Guy Sangster Adams in the current issue of Plectrum magazine (issue 9 June/July 2011) in which we discuss early work, recent commissions and current work on tree portraits. The interview is accompanied by a centrefold image drawn from the...
by Kevin G | Jul 6, 2011 | Blog
A recent move to a house in Putney creates opportunities for tree portraits in new locations including Barnes Common and Barnes Elms river path in SW13 and Bishops Park Fulham SW6. ← Previous Next...
by Kevin G | Jul 6, 2011 | Blog
I spent some weeks last summer painting daily portraits of trees by Frenchman’s Creek as artist in residence at the Kestle Barton Rural Centre for Contemporary Art. The daily portraits where then hung on the gallery walls to form part of a developing ‘live’...
by Kevin G | Jun 15, 2010 | Blog
On Saturday May 22 I held a three hour workshop with Dinah Lone in the British Music Experience at the 02 Arena. The workshop explored drawing and doodling as a visual shorthand to communicate ideas. The workshop began by drawing visual hints to popular song titles as...
by Kevin G | Jun 8, 2010 | Blog
Another visit to the nature reserve just by Barnes Bridge. A hot day, 28 degrees centigrade. Blue Sky with occasional cloud. Floating seeds falling like snow over the three hours I spent on site. High pollen count. First signs of mosquitoes, bitten twice before...
by Kevin G | Jun 1, 2010 | Blog
Painting on Wednesday May 26 in a secret little Nature reserve called Duke’s Landing adjacent to Barnes Bridge. The ground was like a switchback ride with trees clinging for dear life. The day was overcast with temperatures around 16 degrees centigrade. ←...
by Kevin G | Mar 23, 2010 | Blog
This is my first blog to accompany my new website. The blog will carry casual comment and opinion on events and issues to do with work in progress. Nobrow I have just completed a biro drawing for the next issue of Nobrow. The theme was topsyturvy. The black biro...
