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!

Memories Project...

Awhile back i was asked to contribute to a charity art project that would go to help rasie money and awareness for the Maggies Cancer Caring centres. The Memories project was put together by Rishi Sodha, Stuart Boyd, Antony Kitson and freelance journalist and copywriter Garrick Webster.

Memories looks at the thoughts and experiences of individuals who have survived cancer, as well as those of people who have lost loved ones. There are ten stories inside, each looking at one person’s recollection of a particular day in the struggle against cancer. For each of these ‘memories’ a dozen leading artists, illustrators and designers have created their own visual response. Two further stories were ‘open brief’ and invited creatives worldwide to make their own images to accompany the text. The best submissions went into the book.

2 years later, the book was launched in Dec of 2011 and is available to buy direct from the Memories website. Below is a little look at my contribution to Patrick Woodcocks poem about the loss of his mother in 2006. Its a great book, with illustrations from a wide variety of artists and goes to help a worthwhile cause, order a copy while there are still some left!

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.

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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Catching up...

Cant quite believe its almost been a month since my last post! Ive been pretty bad at keeping up with stuff online for awhile- moving house and settling in took more of my time than i anticipated and its meant ive fallen behind on my work for a mini show with Corey Helford in March! As a little taster, heres a couple of wip IG shots of what to expect in March, when things get a little closer to the show i will be able to post up the full pieces!

Happy New Year!...

Another year seems to have flown past, this one certainly had its ups and downs though! As some of you may know, im now back in Bath, its been a couple of weeks since moving in and already it feels more like home than living for nearly 11 months in the other place- we really wont be missing it in the slightest! Lots of new stuff planned for the year ahead, a few shows lined up already- the first couple of months in particular are going to be a bit hectic but im really looking forward to it!

Just in case you missed it on the 3Cs Blog, my 100 portraits project is completed and as of the 1st January, the portraits will be available to order. Check out the blog for all the details.

I just wanted to say Happy New year to everyone, thanks for following! See you in 2012!

Just a quick update...

sorry about the lack of updates here, everythings been a bit hectic over the last couple of weeks- we are finally moving again next week- back into Bath after having to move further out between Bath and Bristol, it quickly became apparent it wasnt somewhere we wanted to be and its taken most of this year trying to find anything suitable back in Bath!

Anyway, hopefully after christmas things should settle down a bit and i can get on with some new work, a few shows lined up next year so lots to do! In other news, the 3Cs project is nearly done, after the weekend i will be posting up the final 20 portraits and then the whole collection of 100! The initial concept of trying to do 100 portraits in 100 hours over 100 days soon became a bit redundant- after the first couple i realised that 1 hour just wasnt enough to produce a good enough portrait (at least to my eyes) so i resigned myself to allowing a bit more time if needed- the majority ended up being 1.5hrs while a couple i got a bit carried away with and did a couple of hours- hopefully it shows though as they had good little details that i really wanted to capture! Look out for the completed works some time on the 12th Dec on the project blog.

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.

Best Small Shops...

Another illustration for the Daily Telegraph Magazine, this time a feature about the best small shops in Britain of 2011. The feature was not only about fashion but also categories such as best shop for wine, mens fashion, bookshop, interiors etc.. the brief was pretty open but the general idea was to have a sexy fashionista and incorporate the categories in there as well.

The idea to have her carry bags and have the categories on there seemed like a good one so i quickly sketched it up for approval. Even though her head is really the only part thats fully painted and its actually pretty small- it gave me a complete nightmare and took a couple of days to get 'right' (right to me that is) but everything else went pretty smoothly.

Popshot magazine...

Awhile ago i was asked by the nice guys at Popshot Magazine to do an accompanying illustration for a poem in their Love Issue. Black Oil imagines love as a physical thing that percolates through the body. They very nicely sent a copy through for me, so heres a couple of quick Instagram shots of the cover and my page. I will add the original image onto my portfolio site soon if you want to see it without the filter.

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.

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.

ST Fashion AW/11...

Heres a bit of new work recently commissioned for ST Fashion, a bi-annual published with the Daily Telegraph. They are for a 'Guide to coats' feature in the Autumn / Winter issue. A really nice job with a lot of supplied ref images and a pretty much free hand in what to produce. The first illustration is on a right hand page so the image leads your eye over the turn to the next page where the second image is boxed within a couple of columns. Really enjoyable job- thanks Ciara!