Sickboy is Slick

I’ve just had a friendly chat with Tom @ 100ArtWorks.com about their new release for 2009, a series of limited edition works by the infamous Sickboy and I just had to give them some props, even if it’s my birthday …

Old School’s Out, Forever

I was having a poke around Google, as you do, perusing the current world’s favourites for the search term "graffiti" and was rather miffed to see that for one, I’m nowhere to be seen, and secondly, and far …

Life Before Banksy – Blek Le Rat

Let’s start at the beginning, when Banksy was hardly out of primary school, a guy called Blek Le Rat was already busy creating stencil art, so please, if you do have a copy of Banksy’s book "Wall and Piece" and …

Obey in the U.K

Ever heard of Stamford? A sleepy little town, well hardly even that, around 100 miles north of London, Stamford, as their website exclaims is ‘The Finest Stone Town in England’. You get the picture, cobbled streets and babbling brooks, …

Warholes by Paul Baines

Warholes

Celebrity is more than a flight of fancy, an escape from the mundanity of 'normality', a commodity to be bought and sold on the open market to the highest bidder, a gateway product for corporate merchandising. Celebrity is …

UK Government Turns Art Critic

Oh dear, oh dear, are the minions of the British government quaking in their boots? According to the local council of Westminster (yes that’s where the British Parliament are in case you don’t know your UK geography), ‘It’s vandalism not …

No Rest For The Wicked

Where am I now, what am I doing, and what happens next.

A vote of confidence in the virtual world of design and arts.

Firstly I'd like to thank Noel from Designer's Depot who has given my …

Close ups that won’t flatter

If you're in two minds about buying a "Bainsey" print, remember that a Banksy will set you back at least a few grand, so taking into account I'm a UK (Indoor) Street Artist on a mission and that most of …

A Teaser

It’s 1AM – my eyes are blurring – I am a slave to the conspiracy that is Google – I am a user – a content generating biological machine that must obey its will.

Here is a preview of my …