Me
I studied Graphic Design after school - I thought all the cool kids did that. Turns out I was rubbish. I failed the course, fell out of love with art and in love with music, and subsequently forgot I could ever draw. Roughly twenty years later I started sketching (pop stars) and realised two things: 1) That somehow I was a much better artist than before; and 2) I had at least two decades of time to make up.My paintings are mostly of pop stars. They aren’t a comment on pop culture or society’s relationship with celebrities - I just love pop music - but if I am doing something with my art, I think I’m probably working out what I can do with paint and how I can represent the human form with it. I’ve little idea how my paintings will turn out and am constantly surprised and amused with what I end up with.
Oh, and I like drawing too, it’s not just paint. It’s all art though.
Features
Creative BoomExhibitions
Selected for the inaugral Manchester Open at HOME - 2020a darren riley painting - Bury Art Musuem, Dec 2018 - Feb 2019
a darren riley record stall - The Keep, Clitheroe, 2018
Secret 7” - Somerset House 2015
Commissions
Andy Bush Two podcast logos for Absolute Radio DJ, Andy Bush. These were the logos for his two A-Z podcasts, A-Z of Growing Up in the Eighties, and The A-Z of the Nineties.Knots & Xs Crafty Kits A collection of line drawings to illustrate the different stages of knot-making for this company’s macrame kits.
I am also available for personal portrait commissions, pop start drawings etc, as well as editorial work.