Hallowed Age print release...

The Kingdom Animalia show was a huge success and resulted in an amazing $25,000 being raised for the Big Life Foundation which will help to pay for (among other things) a years salary and training for a squad of 8 anti-poaching scouts, together with equipment for patrold like radios, uniforms, binoculars, GPS and cameras!

Im more than happy to say that my Hallowed Age piece sold, ive had a lot of interest in this piece and decided that it would be good to do a small run of limited edition prints and again, try and give something to the Big Life Foundation. So here we go, the print is 16x19" including a border for framing, comes numbered, titled and signed. It also has a mini Certificate of Authenticity which is also numbered, signed and embossed. The run is limited to only 25 and will be £60 plus shipping. 50% of the profit from each sale goes to Big Life so with any luck- if the run sells through- i will be able to hand over £500 to the foundation!

It will be going on preorder from my store on 22nd August so keep your eyes on mostlywanted.com/shop and please, reblog, give this a shout on twitter, Instagram, tumblr, facebook or whatever social network you frequent!


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Chrysalis...

Heres a new piece ive just finished, Chrysalis is the first in a series im planning on producing. I cant really say much about the project yet as im still sorting the details- but this piece does give you a good taste of what is to come!

Cuckoo...

As its now only a few weeks away, heres my piece for the upcoming Suggestivism NYC show at Bold Hype Gallery in NYC. I posted some of the details for this show previously (Read it here if you havent already) but have been waiting to show the work till a little closer to show opening!

The show opens on 10th May, if youre in NYC or visiting around then- make sure you pop in to Bold Hype and check out what promises to be an amazing show!

So here she is, 'Cuckoo' is 20x24" (excluding the kick ass frame) and is probably one of my personal favorites that ive done recently. If youre interested in purchasing her- please get in touch with the gallery.




As well as the usual final image and detail shots, i also remembered to get some (rather bad) shots of the piece framed up!

The Tallest Tales...

A little later than i anticipated- as promised, heres a look at the last of the 3 new pieces that went over to LA for the mini show at Corey Helford Gallery. 'The Tallest Tales' 20x28". Some detail shots below.

Euryales Lament...

As i mentioned in an earlier post, heres another of the new pieces for the show at CHG on the 10th March, HiFructose magazine did a nice preview the other day and used a couple of the new pieces for the article (which you can view here)- as theres actually only 3 new works going in this show, that means theres only one that hasnt been shown yet! (leaving that till next week- unless it gets leaked sooner!)

Anyway, here you go, Euryales Lament. In Greek mythology Euryale was one of the 3 gorgon sisters, unfortunately for Medusa- Euryale and the other sister Stheno were both immortal (although im pretty sure that even if youre immortal- having your head cut off would mean your demise, Highlander wouldve been a very different film!). Heres the full image and some detail shots as usual.

Suggestivism NYC...

On May 10th, Bold Hype Gallery in NYC will be hosting Suggestivism NYC, curated by Nathan Spoor, the show follows on from the last Suggestivism show at GCAC last year.

Im really stoked to be a part of this- i was blown away by the work in the first show, this one promises to be even greater with work from some truly amazing artists:

Chris Mars, Skinner, Chet Zar, Dan May, Nathan Ota, Jeff McMillan, Rod Luff, Sas Christian, Colin Christian, Joe Vaux, Bob Schneider, Mia, Naoto Hattori, Bob Dob, Tom Bagshaw, Jason Maloney, David Molesky, Darren LeGallo, Michael Page, Kevin Peterson, Thomas Doyle, Sandow Birk, Heidi Taillefer, Yevgeniya Mikhailik, Brendan Monroe, Annie Owens, Eric Althin, Jason Limon, Joey Remmers, Chandler Wood, Martin Wittfooth, Eric Richardson, Francesco LoCastro, Nathan Spoor, Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters, Scott Scheidly, NC Winters, Christian Van Minnen, Winnie Truong, Julian Callos, Heiko Müller, and Marco Mazzoni.

Heres the show flyer and i will do a post with my piece when its a little closer to the show start!

New work...

A month to the day and im getting around to a quick post to show a little of what ive been up to! On the 10th March at Corey Helford Gallery in LA, i will be showing a few new works- together with a couple of older pieces- in the upstairs loft while the amazingly talented Amy Sol has her solo show 'Numina' in the main exhibition space below.

Heres a look at 'A moment of Clarity' which has already leaked online, i will post up a look at the other new pieces closer to the show start. If youre interested, the older pieces that will also be on display are- Lucille and Evil Intent, along with my Exodus piece and 2 small Yokai prints!

Prisma Artist Collective...

If you havent seen it yet, the PRISMA Artist Collective (which im a part of) now has a great new website! The collective features an international line-up of 25 amazing artists, some of whom you may or may not know of already, make sure you check out the site for information about the artists, latest news on shows, interviews and works in progress!



Follow PRISMA on:
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Twitter / twitter.com/PRRRISMA
Facebook / www.facebook.com/prismacollective
Tumblr / prismacollective.tumblr.com
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Falls Grace...

A new piece that will be going to the Scope Miami art show with Corey Helford Gallery at the end of November. 'Fall's Grace' is about 17 x 23" (minus the frame), and (as ever) painted in Painter IX.5, printed on heavy cotton rag, mounted on board, varnished and framed. Please contact the gallery for pricing.

Inspiration blogging...

A while ago i created a blooger called Carbon Cradle which i wanted to use as a place where i could share images that i found to be interesting, inspirational etc and i was able to keep it going for a reasonable time. Unfortunately as many will know, blogger probably isnt the best platform to share images like this, uploading, tagging, linking each picture can be a little tedious, especially when my custom css blogger template never seemed to want to conform to the right size- so every image needed alterations to the html so it would display properly!

So i have been looking to move this stuff over to Tumblr which is pretty much built with this type of blogging in mind. The problem i had was that Tumblrs coding was completely new to me and trying to find a custom theme i liked was a bit tricky. Ive found one which is ok- for now, its a bit buggy on the infinite scroll so im likely to change it when i find something that works a little better. (if you know of any themes that may suit- feel free to let me know!)

Anyway- as of now, my Carbon Cradle blog is now running on Tumblr at: carboncradle.tumblr.com and the old blog will just sit around feeling sorry for itself.

New work for London AAF...

Coming up at the end of October is the London Affordable Art Fair (AAF). Fine Grime will be at stand 7 at the Battersea show which runs October 20th-23rd. They will be showing a variety of great artists including: Carles Gomila, Nom Kinnear King, Jessica Stewart, Bethany Marchman, Charmaine Olivia, Paul Barnes, Archer Dougherty, Lindsey Carr, Adam Oehlers, Joshua Burbank, Bradley MacMath.

I will have a few pieces available there including these 2 new ones. Evil Intent and Lucille. Each is 355x498mm (approx 14x20"), giclee printed on cotton rag, dry mounted on board, varnished and framed.

Instagram pics...

As you may be aware, i use an iphone app called Instagram to take a lot of quick photos. At the moment (as far as im aware) there is no native website that allows people who dont have the app to view someones pictures. Of course you can see them if it gets posted through to Facebook, Twitter etc but not have a way to view everything that someone has taken. Fortuntely theres a site called Instagrid that allows you to view publish all you images under your profile and allow non Instagram users to see what youve been posting. Heres the link to my profile if you ever fancy a look:

http://instagrid.me/tombagshaw

3Cs Project Launched...

On the 1st of September i will start a project to create 100 portrait studies in 100 hours over 100 days! The idea is quite simple, take some reference photographs of 100 volunteers at noon on the 1st of September, then start creating a digital portrait study from the reference but only allow myself one hour to do it- one a day, for 100 days! Im hoping that this will allow me to further develop my portrait painting skills and will certainly make me do portraits that i would not normally undertake in my normal work!

I have set up a blogspot address, 100portraits.blogspot.com where you can find more information about the project if you would like to take part. Im also going to be promoting the project through Facebook and Twitter, if you can, please help in getting the word around, link to the blog, tell your friends etc. Obviously this is only going to be something you can volunteer for if youre in the Bath area on the 1st of September but i really need as much publicity as i can get in order for this to work!

Mostlywanted updated...

Ive just updated my main portfolio website mostlywanted.com with all the latest works including the full body of work for the Beautiful Imperfections show at Corey Helford Gallery. If you cant get to the gallery to see them, you can now see all the finished pieces in Portfolio One! I will try and get some detail shots up on the blog at some point but it may take awhile, ive also got a new project starting soon which i should be announcing tomorrow!

Beautiful Imperfections...

Beautiful Imperfections is the title ive chosen for my new body of work which will be on show at the Corey Helford Gallery in LA starting on the 6th August. The show runs till the 27th, as you will see from previous posts the main show on the ground floor will be David Stoupakis who has produced 7 new pieces (weirdly coincidental that i produced 7 new ones as well...). I really cant wait to see all his new work- from the couple ive seen so far he looks like hes produced a killer show.

Anyway, heres a little showcard ive put together using my 'Regrets' piece with some of the details. More info can be found on the CHG main site.

CHG flyers...

Heres the Corey Helford Gallery show eflyer for the upcoming show with David Stoupakis and myself, below that is a small postcard theyre also having made up. Going by the full upcoming shows flyer that came over, CHG is going to be having some amazing shows over the next couple of months!

CHG Teaser collection...

After 2 months, ive now come to the end of producing my work for the upcoming joint show with David Stoupakis at Corey Helford Gallery next month.

If you follow me on Instagram you will have seen these already- in fact you may have seen them on Facebook and Twitter as well (i upload to IG and sometimes send the feed to FB / Twitter too). These are the small teasers for the new show works, small closeups, sketches and works in progress, all taken with the Instagram app on Iphone4. I just wanted to collect them all in one place, hopefully it will show my progress over the last 8 weeks! Im now in the middle of printing, mounting, varnishing and framing.. then everything will be shipped over for the show!

Guilty pleasures...

The Guilty Pleasures and Modern Vices show will be running at the London Miles popup gallery location tonight. The Vices show will be displayed on the first floor while the 'Coming to Town' joint show by Nom Kinnear King and Xue Wang, will be on show on the ground floor (i think). If youre in London (or if you are going to be visting in the next few days) make sure you stop by and see the work.

Opening reception: Thusday, June 23rd 2011. From 6pm to 11pm.
On show: June 23rd to June 27th 2011
Location: 65 Hanbury Street. East London.



Heres my 'Mans Ruin' piece for the Vices show which i posted about previously here.

Coming to Town...

Coming to Town is the title for a new joint show of works by Nom Kinnear King and Xue Wang. They are putting on the show at the London Miles pop up location of 65 Hanbury Street in London. This looks like a really good pairing of two great artists from the UK. The show only runs from the 23rd to the 27th June so make sure you have a look before its gone!

Working away...

In case anyone was wondering, im busy working away on a few new pieces for a joint show that ive got coming up with the incredible David Stoupakis at Corey Helford Gallery at the begining of August. Im slightly nervous about it to be honest and i really hope i can pull something 'out of the bag' that will be worthy of such a show! Ive got a couple of months of long hours ahead so things may be a little quiet on the blog (more so than usual) but i will try and add updates when i can- i will also be sending the occasional mobile upload through my twitter and facebook feeds just so you know ive not dropped off the face of the earth!

Remember that London Miles have their Literal Eyes show this week- Thursday, May 12th 2011. 6pm to 11pm. Exhibition on show: May 13th to May 16th 2011 at 65 Hanbury Street, East London.

Strychnin gallery also start their 'Enchanted Forest' show on the 13th in Berlin, looks like it will be a great show and a percentage of sales goes to help the WWF with their forestry projects.