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Flight

Commission by Full Colour Maindee. Brief was to create an inspirational image as a gateway to Maindee. I chose swooping swallows on a watercolour sky in an illustration style.

Gateway Garden Maindee

Commissioned by Maindee Unlimited. I had the privilege of working with RHS award winner April House Gardens and Greening Maindee to design a mural to compliment the planting scheme at this incredible garden.

Llanwern School Wayfinding Murals

One of a pair of murals that mark the entrance to the art department and 'Cedar' areas in the school. The second mural shows the tree large and the Kingfisher small to reflect your change of location.

Big Blue

A dreamy, contemporary fantasy, vision inspired by art nouveau. The design flows along the shape of the vehicle and the subtle shadows and patches of light were painted in direct response to the dappled light that danced across the surfaces as I painted.

Greening Maindee

Commissioned by Greening Maindee. I worked with the team to develop a design that would reflect many of the local species of flora and fauna. The mural accompanies the gardening scheme along the route and the design was inspired by workshops with pupils from Maindee Primary School

Riverside Park, Newbridge

The image shows work in progress on 4 of 6 pillars that I painted in a trompe l'oeil nature theme. The pillars were painted as part of a regeneration scheme to develop a park on waste-ground beneath the A472

Action for Children triptych

A small commission to create an artwork to decorate the meeting rooms at Beechwood Park, Newport. I've included this piece to show a more illustrative approach to creating my designs. It also shows a less vibrant colour scheme which was much more suited to the calming space.

Milton Primary School

This is a small section of a 120 metre series of murals in Milton Primary school. This section shows a selection of mushrooms that an be found growing locally

Garden Mural

This garden mural was painted as a private commission in multiple layers of muted tones combined with rich earthy colours for the foreground.

Antenatal Artworks

Details of the 4 artworks I created for the antenatal ward in Cardiff. These images highlight my use of colour gradients and graphical elements in creating a harmonious design.

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A lovely job decorating the walls with grasses and A lovely job decorating the walls with grasses and wildflowers
#muralist #naturelovers
Here are the results of one of the amazing Lightpa Here are the results of one of the amazing Lightpainting workshops at King Henry VIII school Abergavenny. 

Amazing pupils who were super switched on. 

Don't forget I'll be doing this at Upfest on May 30th at the Beer Factory 
#lightpainting #upfest #abergavenny
My second experiment making a #needlecap I still My second experiment making a #needlecap 
I still haven't stabbed myself and squirted paint directly into a vein. Result!
#spraypaint #fafo
I'll be doing my light painting at #upfest this ye I'll be doing my light painting at #upfest this year on May 30th 
Come and have a go, it's bloody marvellous. 
#lightpainting #upfest #streetart
Wandering through Leake Street tunnels. Being a to Wandering through Leake Street tunnels. Being a tourist.
#graffiti #leakestreet #streetarteverywhere
Having a crack at making my own #needlecap #junkie Having a crack at making my own #needlecap #junkiecap 
Let's see how long it is before I accidentally impale myself. It's only a matter of time.
Making content, because that's what you're suppose Making content, because that's what you're supposed to do apparently! 
But yes, I actually do love this job. 
Big brushes, lots of paint. Spreading it around all the walls, loose and quick, experimenting with washes and painterly techniques. 
It just feels like play every day. 🙂
#muralartist #streetart #theartistsway #muralist #naturelovers
I went to see a great gig at Llyfrgell Maindee Lib I went to see a great gig at Llyfrgell Maindee Library on Saturday night (Ida Wenøe and Samantha Whates) and caught a quick glimpse of my swallows in the evening sunshine. 
I still love them 😍
Sometimes my job involves polishing turds. It's a Sometimes my job involves polishing turds.
It's a real pleasure to turn this grubby corner of Pill Park into a work of art.
As always in Pill, loads of people stopped to chat and thank me for brightening up the place. 
During Easter I had some lovely young people come and stop and watch. One girl in particular was a very keen budding artist and was soaking it all up. A lovely thing to see. 
In this mural I painted cala lilies, because it's the Pill Harriers emblem. 
The Chaffinch, and hawthorn blossom are just because I love them.
The Rowan berries and leaves were a last minute addition and they symbolise protection and ward off evil. I've also used and anti graffiti glaze which might also ward off evil 😉 #pillgwenlly #muralartist #streetart
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