Full Sleeve

Matt has been having a full sleeve of my artwork tattooed by Dave at Physical Poetry
I've just finished designing all the background work which is yet to be completed but here's a sneak preview. . .

Fudge Factory

In October 2004 I started the drawing below and posted it to Travis Millard at Fudge Factory Comics to collaborate for a fanzine I was making. He posted it back to me in September 2008 (3 years and 11 months later!) and I finally finished it today.

The drawing missed the deadline for the fanzine by about 38 months but it still looks pretty good I think.

Cheers, Travis!

The Wet Spot Party!

I just received the new flyers and tickets I designed for the next Wet Spot. . .



You can get all the info about the night on their myspace page

Go buy a ticket while they're still hot!

Cry, Cry, Cry.

This is the portrait of Johnny Cash I had tattooed on my arm not long after his death, which was five years ago today.

R.I.P. Buddy

Midwife

New Posters

I have two new screen printed posters for sale on my website. They measure 42 x 29.7cm, are printed on 250 g/m paper, are signed and cost £15 each including postage within the U.K.


Also available is this new T-shirt design which also costs £15 including postage within the U.K.
Available in mens sizes Medium, Large and XL!

The posters and T-shirts are exclusively available through the SHOP section of my website kevgrey.com
To make purchasing items easier I have also finally added a paypal option.

Hot Soup House kindly sent me these photo's of the process involved in printing my posters. They're a new printing/design company and should have their website hotsouphouse.com up and running soon.

CREAMY

Over the bank holiday weekend I was commissioned to be part of Creamfields 10th year anniversary festival where I was asked to paint a wall in front of a crowd. I've generally never enjoyed painting with an audience but I wanted to try and impress my girlfriend by getting us into a festival for free so I agreed to do it. It actually turned out to be a really good day and although the music wasn't to my taste, drinking strongbow and painting skulls is!

Here's a LINK to one of the short and sweet interviews I gave on the day.

Photo's from The Wet Spot!

I'm really pleased to say The Wet Spot was a huge success. All tickets sold out and unfortunately not everybody who wanted to see the show could get in but plans have already started for the next Wet Spot so make sure you get your tickets early this time!

I'm also pleased to say that I'll be doing the artwork for all future Wet Spot events, as well as being one of the resident D.J.'s.

Tattoo from Venezuela!

Carlos Astros from Venezuela sent me this picture of his new tattoo. . .

Cheers, Carlos!

Paulie's Tattoos

New shirt I designed for Paulies Tattoos.

The Wet Spot Is Coming!

This is one of the banners I hand-painted for The Wet Spot taking place this Friday!

Document +1

I was interviewed by Jo Waterhouse for the latest issue of +1 magazine. I'm guessing the best place to get a copy is in your local skateboard shop.

You can also download the magazine here

Website Update

I've updated the Artwork and About sections in my website

Enjoy.

A new drawing is all. . .

The Wet Spot: An Evening of Burlesque & Cabaret

Here's a flyer I designed for a burlesque and cabaret night in Leeds called The Wet Spot.

As you can see on the flyer I'll also be dusting off my Eddie Cochran, Ike & Tina, Dion, and other favourite records to DJ on the night which I'm really looking forward to.

Tickets are exclusively available to buy now at Rose & Co. For more details visit The Wet Spot's myspace page.

The snake-teasing/burlesque beauty on the front of the flyer is a drawing from my Everlasting Arms exhibition called Nikole Swallows.

Bristol

Photographs from my Everlasting Arms show. . .

Cheers to everyone who came to the opening, those who bought my artwork, and Russ Henry for driving my artwork from Liverpool to Bristol and also sorting out the house party after the show. Nice one, la!

Everlasting Arms

My new exhibition Everlasting Arms will be shown at Here Gallery in Bristol from Thursday 1st - Friday 30th of May.

Opening night is Thursday 1st May. 6-9pm.

Everybody is welcome to the opening night so if you live in Bristol it will be good to see you there...

Here Gallery
108 Stokes Croft
Bristol
BS1 3RU

Tel. (0117) 942 2222

www.thingsfromhere.co.uk

Gifts!

Last week I was lucky enough to be given two ace gifts. The first were these antique 1950's Fred (from Homepride) salt & pepper shakers! I've always loved Fred from homepride so I nearly fell off my seat when I was given these. Thanks Vikki!

The second gift is this classic Mora survival knife given to me by Chris from Ireland as a thank you for designing a tattoo for him. Nice one Chris!

Lost Art

This is the Britannia skateboard I designed for Liverpool's long-standing skateboard shop Lost Art. The boards aren't going to be available for at least a couple more months but I thought I'd post it anyway.

Clark Magazine

The new issue of Clark magazine from Paris has just been released and features a nice little review about my Rockin Bones exhibition.





Clark also published a six page interview and feature on my artwork in issue 18 a couple of years ago. I think back issues are available to buy on their website for anybody who would like a copy.

Cheers, Geraldyne!

Leeds

Last weekend I travelled to Leeds to help my mate Matt the Ham make an appointment for a tattoo I'd designed for him.
As soon as we arrived on Friday I painted a wall with Matt and Big Steve - who kindly baked some tasty muffins for the occasion.

Here's a section of my painting. . .

Come on Baby, Let the Good Times Roll!

Bert Grimm

Last week I was surprised to receive an email from Carmen Forquer who's researching the life of her Great Uncle, the American tattooist Bert Grimm. Turns out she had read an interview with me in which I mentioned I was a big fan of his work and she was curious about the influence he'd had on my own artwork.
If you're unfamiliar with Bert's life and long, interesting career in tattooing you should take the time to look him up.

What was strange about receiving the email from Carmen was a few weeks earlier I'd decided to draw my own version of a Bert Grimm flash image.

Here's Bert's original flash that I chose. . .

Here's my drawing. . .

And here's Bert at work!

D.I.Y. OR DIE!

Here are a couple of new zines that I was asked to contribute to.

The first is a collection of artwork of all the artists' who have exhibited at the JaguarShoes venue where I currently have my Rockin Bones exhibition. I think this is available to buy at www.jaguarshoes.com

The second, Taxidermy for the Poor, is a collaboration from Chips for the Poor and Collette with the theme Beauty and the Beast. My favourite feature in this zine is an interview with the creator of girlsandcorpses.com. Weird stuff.

Double-Tops!

I love drawing pin-up's, and I love playing darts. I don't think this drawing needs any more of an explanation than that. . .

Beard-o!

Just before Christmas I was commissioned to make a drawing of some guy called Doog by his friend Sarwah. I'm not always interested in doing this type of work but seeing as Doog had a rad beard I thought it would make a good drawing.

Here's a detail from the finished piece. . .