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The Legend of Kaptain Karnival – book, album and art show

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I am very excited to announce my epic musical book The Legend of Kaptain Karnival is out now on the wonderful Velocity Press.

This is exquisitely printed 96-page hardback comes with a CD and streamable soundtrack for you to drift to as you delve into the illustrations on your magical voyage.   

Take yourself on a psychedelic hero’s journey in the quest to find out about this elusive icon: Deity, Confucius or downright cheeky monkey?

THE EXPLOSIVE ART SHOW

Come and see the art in the flesh in the form of diorama, painting and prints at the stunning new West End London art space The Farsight Gallery.  

A special launch night is on 25th July 6-9pm, then daily 12-6pm until 31st. Versions of the show will then travel to Bristol in September, Birmingham in October and Brighton in November. Keep an eye on the Kaptain Karnival website for details. 

And you can also buy limited edition giclée prints, signed and numbered, of your favourite scenes here. 

Panufnik at Pelirocco!

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My art show at Brighton’s notoriously rock n’roll party/crashpad, Hotel Pelirocco is now sadly over, but you can still buy some of the prints and other pieces, see the catalogue here.

There are several lovely big print adaptations of some of my more recognisable sleeves for Finger Lickin’ Records and local label Freshly Squeezed, plus a new range of my subverted scenes dedicated to the saucy seaside city of Brighton.

The Pelirocco, don’t you know, has played host to all manner of celebrities and rock gods, from New York Dolls, Primal Scream, Scissor Sisters to Bez from Happy Mondays – here he is during his visit to Regency Square:

 You can view the full catalogue here.

Many thanks to Hotel Pelirocco – a great place for your next dirty weekend, tell them I sent you!

 

History Indirectly Repeats Itself

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I’m honoured to have been asked to adapt some of my subverted prints of Richmond and Twickenham for the wonderful Stables Café in the grounds of Orleans House, Twickenham. Some of these etchings and engravings are adapted from the collection of my great-grandmother, Nellie Ionides who had a home in the borough from 1928 until her death in 1962, spending her time here committed to protecting its natural beauty and heritage.It’s a beautiful old cobble-stoned venue with original Georgian stable divides, and in a lovely coincidental local twist the café new owners had approached me having seen my work elsewhere and they were not to know from my Polish surname that it was my great-grandmother who had purchased that exact building in 1928, alongside the magnificent Gibbs Octagon Room, rescuing it all last minute from destruction by the gravel merchants who had already quarried tons from the site.Deeply enamoured by the borough having moved here almost a century ago, on her death in 1962 she left it all to the borough with the instructions that it should be used as an art gallery for the people of Twickenham, housing her now-famed collection of local etchings, paintings and prints, which was also all bequeathed to the borough. What she would make of my interpretations is another story – but I am told she had a great sense of humour…

Click here for Stables Café address and website

Business as usual!

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Just to assure you that during this Coronic time my printers and couriers are still fully active, as am I, so I am still very much taking orders for prints and posters as well as taking artwork commissions.  There has never been a better time to stick some new stuff up in your isolation booth at the same time as supporting your supplemental businesses, creative enterprises and needless whims for pointless luxury!

Need help how to order?

I also have a new Spreadshirt store with some lovely mugs, t-shirts, caps and badges – let me know if there is anything of mine you want to see on a garment and I’ll make it happen!

Beyond the Frame at Orleans Gallery

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I was delighted to be part of Orleans House Gallery’s recent exhibition, Beyond the Frame.  When the brief for the show went out it was a world where Brexit and the environment were just about the only hot potatoes on the table – what a world now, eh?!

It was a great honour to once again be commissioned by the gallery to create some new reinterpretations from their amazing archive for their exhibition, and I at once chose a hilarious piece from 1844 celebrating the meeting of King Louis Philippe, Duc d’Orleans and his entourage with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – I couldn’t help feeling there was something deeper going on in the expressions of the subjects than just a jolly diplomatic encounter – to me their faces seem to betray other emotions and the urge to give them all thought bubbles got me thinking… so I made seven other themes of equally absurd, cynical or fantastical diplomatic encounters… some play on the staged aspect, some on the futility, some on hidden and blatant agendas, and a couple of topical comments on dubious diplomatic relations of the day.