Change my pitch up 2022 – 30 x 40cm, oil on canvas
All posts by “David_Powell”
MES (Stormier, stormier) 2022
MES (Stormier, stormier) 2022 – 40 x 30cm, oil on canvas
The summer of malcontent 2022
The summer of malcontent 2022 – 30 x 30cm, oil on canvas
Live at the Witch Trials 2022
Live at the Witch Trials 2022 – 55 x 55cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
I want the one I can’t have 2022
I want the one I can’t have 2022 – 120 x 145cm, oil on canvas
Behind the hatred there lies 2022
Behind the hatred there lies 2022 – 21 x 29,7cm, watercolour, pencil on paper
A plundering desire 2022
A plundering desire 2022 – 29,7 x 21cm, watercolour, pen on paper
A tattooed boy from Birmingham 2022
A tattooed boy from Birmingham 2022 – 50 x 60cm, oil on canvas
What she said 2022
What she said 2022 – 50 x 65cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Prints available for this painting here
A dreaded sunny day 2022
A dreaded sunny day 2022 – 21 x 29,7cm, watercolour on paper
Looking for some friends of mine 2022
Looking for some friends of mine 2022 – photograph
Secrets of her past 2022
Secrets of her past 2022 – 26 x 16 x 10cm, firm plasticine for casting
P.S Bring me home and have me 2022
P.S Bring me home and have me 2022 – photograph
Two lovers entwined passed me by 2022
Two lovers entwined passed me by 2022 – 26 x 12 x 10cm, plasticine
Tin-can rattle on the path 2021
Tin-can rattle on the path 2021 – colour photograph
Facing up to the sea is a very hard thing 2021
Facing up to the sea is a very hard thing 2021 – colour photograph
The cat black runs round the tree 2021
The cat black runs round the tree 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, pencil on paper
The sky in me’s reached the shore 2021
The sky in me’s reached the shore 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, pencil on paper
When will the price of Scotch come down? 2021
When will the price of Scotch come down? 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, pencil on paper
And This Day
Riso zine, 24 pages, 21 x 29,7 cm, edition of 150, loose leaf, Risograph, ISBN 9789492486042 – collaboration with David Powell and Andrew Renton. Essay: ‘“Who are the translators?”: Continuity and the resistance to interpretation in ‘And This Day’’, by Andrew Renton. Available […]
A new way of recording 2021
A new way of recording 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, collage, acrylic on paper
One hundred and twenty five years 2021
One hundred and twenty five years 2021 – colour photograph
Sat in the dust of some cheap magazines 2021
Sat in the dust of some cheap magazines 2021 – 22,5 x 8,5 x 10cm, plasticine
Our words return in patterns 2020
Our words return in patterns 2020 – colour photograph
That his profession was SHH 2021
That his profession was SHH 2021 – 30 x 42cm, felt tip pen, letraset on paper
As we travel through hill and valley 2021
As we travel through hill and valley 2021 – 29,7 x 29,9cm, felt tip pen, letraset on paper
Feel Vox Crisp Valvetronix 2021
Feel Vox Crisp Valvetronix 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, felt pen, laser print on paper
MES (double mic) 2021
MES (double mic) 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, collage, acrylic, on paper
I could frolic around all night 2021
I could frolic around all night 2021 – 12 x 8 x 10cm, plasticine
MES (Mind moving) 2021
MES (Mind moving) 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, coloured pencil on paper
MES (amp) 2020
MES (amp) 2020 – 21 x 29,7cm, charcoal on paper. Private collection, Germany
I was only on one leg 2020
I was only on one leg 2020 – 20 x 14,5cm, watercolour on paper
Desires travel 2021
Desires travel 2021 – 21 x 14.8cm, watercolour, pen on paper Credit to original photographer Natasha Bright
Take it down easy 2020
Take it down easy 2020 – 30 x 29cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
Always someone around me 2021
Always someone around me 2021 – 30 x 42cm, pen, acrylic, pencil on paper
I’m immune 2021
I’m immune 2021 – 155 x 125cm, acrylic on canvas Talk treacherous would beatBut still my heart it is rock Finally going through old parasite gateBut there’s a 24-hour clock watchAnd I’m living too lateThink I’m living too late
Was the day Disne 2021
Was the day Disne 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, acrylic on paper (Brix Smith quoted in Jamming, November 1984) ‘Everyone was pretending nothing had happened, they were all going ‘Disneyland is wonderful land’. Mark was saying, ‘Whaaat??? There’s a woman up there with no head […]
The last Briton on t 2021
The last Briton on t 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, acrylic and watercolour on paper
Dollars and deutsc 2021
Dollars and deutsc 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, acrylic, pen on paper
Decadence and Anar 2021
Decadence and Anar 2021 – 28,7 x 19,3cm, lino ink and laser print on paper
This Nation’s Saving Grace 2021
This Nation’s Saving Grace 2021 – 29,7 x 21cm, pencil, pen and laser print on paper
The lunatics have taken over the asylum 2020
The lunatics have taken over the asylum 2020 – 21 x 29,7cm, watercolour on paper
Do you work hard? 2020
Do you work hard? 2020 – 30 x 40cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
MUCH DISCUSSION IN THIS INSTITUTION 2020
MUCH DISCUSSION IN THIS INSTITUTION 2020 – A4, Letraset on paper
Room CH10CH2011 2020
Room CH10CH2011 2020 – A4, Letraset on paper ‘I did not understand why I could not accept the fact that I’d accepted the contract Much discussion in this institution’
I don’t make waves 2020
I don’t make waves 2020 – 87 x 36cm, Letraset on carrier bag
Still need armchairs 2020
Still need armchairs 2020 – 78 x 36cm, Letraset on carrier bag
A prickly line of sweat 2020
A prickly line of sweat 2020 – 30 x 40cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
You’re gonna end up here 2020
You’re gonna end up here 2020 – 50 x 50cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
Our hero, still deeply loved 2020
Our hero, still deeply loved 2020 – 50 x 40cm, oil on canvas
Sleaford Mods/Billy Nomates 2020
Sleaford Mods and Billy Nomates 2020 – 50 x 65cm, oil on canvas
Firestarter 2020
Firestarter 2020 – 40 x 50cm, oil on canvas Prints of this painting available here
Mudslinger 2020
Mudslinger 2020 – 40 x 50cm, oil on canvas Since seeing Billy Nomates fantastic 100 Club online gig a month or so ago I started a painting of her taken from that concert. I was listening to her debut LP while I worked on the […]
I got bills 2020
I got bills 2020 – 40 x 35cm, oil on canvas Prints of this painting available here
Kevin Shields 2020
Kevin Shields 2020 – 21 x 15cm, watercolour on paper https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ This a watercolour painting after a photograph of Kevin Shields, singer and guitarist with My Bloody Valentine Credit to the original photographer Graham Racher
Kicker Conspiracy 2020
Kicker Conspiracy 2020 – 30 x 40cm, oil on canvas ‘Football fan at the bus stop Stretched on the balls of his feet In the christmas rush Had in his hands, two lager cans Talks to himself At the back At the top’ Prints of […]
Just Like Heaven 2020
Just Like Heaven 2020 – 30 x 40cm, oil on canvas The Cure recorded the sublime track Just Like Heaven in 1987, this painting is based on the video to this song. Prints of this painting available here
My Little Underground 2020
My Little Underground 2020 – 40 x 50cm, oil on canvas
Never Understand 2020
Never Understand 2020 – 30 x 40cm, oil on canvas Prints of this painting available here
A figure walks 2020
A figure walks 2020 – 44 x 49cm, oil on canvas Prints of this painting available here
The Cutter 2020
The Cutter 2020 – 40 x 30cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Prints of this painting available here
Spare us the cutter 2020
Spare us the cutter 2020 – 24 x 18cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Prints of this painting available here
Am I the happy loss 2020
Am I the happy loss 2020 – 30 x 40cm, oil on canvas Prints of this painting available here
And psychic 2020
And psychic 2020 – 14 x 13 x 14,5cm, plasticine “2013 Vicksburg Confederate graves Are uncovered, throwing new light on This 19th century conflict, sparking off a repeat These southern spectres were disease ridden, dusty, organic And psychic”
And psychic 2020
And psychic 2020 – colour photograph Sitting in Subterranea Ancient reference To Mesopotamia
Tied up in Nottz 2020
Tied up in Nottz 2020 – 30 x 40cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Prints for this painting available here
Hexen Definitive/Strife Knot 2020
Hexen Definitive/Strife Knot 2020 – 18 x 24cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
The Fall (Hammersmith Palais 1982) 2020
The Fall (Hammersmith Palais 1982) 2020 – 21 x 14,8cm, watercolour, pencil on paper
Lost in Music 2020
Lost in Music 2020 – 200 x 290cm, oil on canvas Prints available for this painting here
Who are the translators? 2020
Who are the translators? 2020 – pen, laser print on paper Prints of this drawing available here
Feel Vox Crisp
Riso zine, 24 pages, 21 x 29,7 cm, edition of 145, loose leaf, Risograph, ISBN 9789492486059 – collaboration with Inge Marleen and Andrew Renton. Essay: ‘On not hearing yourself speak: Mark E Smith at the controls’, by Andrew Renton. MES had the curious and wonderful […]
The Smiths 2020
The Smiths 2020 – 35 x 41cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Prints available for this painting here
Man at C&A 2020
Man at C&A 2020 – 50 x 65cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Prints available for this painting here
Pittsburgh to Lebanon 2020
Pittsburgh to Lebanon 2020 – 25 x 25cm, oil on canvas Prints available for this painting here
Sweat Loaf 2020
Sweat Loaf 2020 – 60 x 40cm, oil on canvas. Made with the help of Satan’s Locust Abortion Technicians
The Elves of Dunsimore 2020
The Elves of Dunsimore 2020 – 140 x 175cm, oil and acrylic on canvas When will the good Scotch return In all its scarred splendor When will the price of Scotch come down?
Bobby 2020
Bobby 2020 – 50 x 40cm, oil on canvas I was immediately hooked when I first heard The Jesus and Mary Chain on John Peel’s radio show back in the mid 80’s. The Mary Chain’s sound of cavernous and surf like melodies with twisted dark […]
You trip me up 2020
You trip me up 2020 – 40 x 60cm, oil and acrylic on canvas I first heard The Jesus and Mary Chain on John Peels radio show back in the early 1980’s, they were getting a lot of press about their concerts lasting only 20 […]
Found 2011
Found 2011 – 50 x 50cm, oil and acrylic on canvas. Private collection, Belgium
Sent 2011
Sent 2011 – 40 x 50cm, oil and acrylic on canvas. Private collection, Belgium
Near 2011
Near 2011 – 190 x 125cm, oil and acrylic on canvas. Private collection, Belgium
My 2011
My 2011 – 200 x 175cm, oil and acrylic on canvas. Private collection, Belgium
Done 2011
Done 2011 – 180 x 180cm, oil and acrylic on canvas. Private collection, Belgium
Delights of Life (after Watteau) 2007
Delights of Life (after Watteau) 2007 – video, duration 5 minutes 8 seconds, sound. With Anne Marie van Rees, Inge Koerselman, Adrienne Wennekes and Sybren Renema Delights of Life (II) 2007 – Super 8 film, duration approx 3 minutes, silent In 2007 I made a […]
Garlands 2020
Garlands 2020 – 65 x 50cm, oil on canvas Prints of this painting available here
Do Nothing 2020
Do Nothing 2020 – 200 x 200cm, oil on canvas ‘Policeman comes and smacks me in the teeth, I don’t complain, it’s not my function, Nothing ever change, oh no’ Thirty nine years ago in 1980, The Specials released ‘Do Nothing’ a very richly layered […]
My Bloody Valentine 2020
My Bloody Valentine 2020 – 200 x 270cm, oil on canvas I saw this band play many times in London during the nineties, they were incredibly loud, but what I enjoyed was trying to decipher which song they were playing while all the strange sounds […]
A French Prince 2020
A French Prince 2020 – 40 x 50cm, oil on canvas Prints available for this painting here
My Insatiable One 2020
My Insatiable One 2020 – 21 x 29,7cm, watercolour on paper. Private collection, London
Multifoiled 2020
Multifoiled 2020 – 40 x 30cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Prints of this painting available here
The Fall (Hamburg 1984) 2020
The Fall (Hamburg 1984) 2020 – 65 x 70cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
Feel Vox Crisp (Totale) 2020
Feel Vox Crisp (Totale) 2020 – 21 x 29,7cm, pen, laser print on paper. Original drawing for issue No.3 of our Fall-zine ‘Feel Vox Crisp’
Feel Vox Crisp (Elastic) 2020
Feel Vox Crisp (Elastic) 2020 – 29,7 x 21cm, pen, laser print on paper. Original drawing for issue No.3 of our Fall-zine ‘Feel Vox Crisp’
Feel Vox Crisp (Choir-Ette) 2020
Feel Vox Crisp (Choir-Ette) 2020 – 29,7 x 21cm, pen, laser print on paper. Original drawing for issue No.3 of our Fall-zine ‘Feel Vox Crisp’
There’s a Ghost in my House 2020
There’s a Ghost in my House 2020 – 150 x 125cm, oil on canvas
MES (Double mic) 2020
MES (Double mic) 2020 – 60 x 40cm, oil on canvas Prints available for this painting here
Can’t dance, can’t sing 2020
Can’t dance, can’t sing 2020 – 29,7 x 21cm, watercolour, pastel pencil on paper
My New House 2019
My New House 2019 – 200 x 140cm, oil and acrylic on canvas. I bought it off the Baptists I get their bills And I get miffed At the damn polyester fills The interior is a prison unconscious Interior is a prison unconscious
Crows feet 2020
Crows feet 2020 – 21 x 29,7cm, watercolour on paper. Private collection, UK
Delights of Life (after Watteau) 2008
Delights of Life (after Watteau) 2008 – 95 x 136cm, acrylic on paper. Private collection, Belgium In 2007 I made a series of paintings, photographs and videos based on Watteau’s painting ‘Les Charmes de la vie’ (The Delights of Life) from 1718. In many ways these works […]
Delights of Life (after Watteau) 2007
Delights of Life (after Watteau) 2007 – 100 x 75cm, photograph In 2007 I made a series of paintings, photographs and videos based on Watteau’s painting ‘Les Charmes de la vie’ (The Delights of Life) from 1718. In many ways these works were precursors to the band […]
Delights of Life (Madrid) 2008
Delights of Life (Madrid) 2008 – 200 x 135cm, oil on canvas. Private collection, Belgium In 2007 I made a series of paintings, photographs and videos based on Watteau’s painting ‘Les Charmes de la vie’ (The Delights of Life) from 1718. In many ways these works were […]
Edinburgh Man
Riso zine, 24 pages, 21 x 29,7 cm, edition 160, ISBN 9789492486035 – collaboration with David Powell and Andrew Renton. Essay: “They say you project yourself…”: “Edinburgh Man” and desire, by Andrew Renton. Order here.
Edinburgh man 2020
Edinburgh man 2020 – 29,7 x 42cm, watercolour, pen, riso on paper
I’m not from Bury 2019
I’m not from Bury 2019 – 13 x 21cm, watercolour, pencil on paper
The Fall Hammersmith Palais 2007 2019
The Fall (Hammersmith Palais London 2007) 2019 – 13 x 21cm, watercolour, pencil on paper
Disney’s dream debased 2019
Disney’s dream debased 2019 – 32 x 24cm, watercolour on paper Blood on the sand Blood all around
Taxi for Mr. Nelson 2019
Taxi for Mr. Nelson 2019 – 32 x 24cm, watercolour, pencil on paper
The Peppermint Lounge 2019
The Peppermint Lounge 2019 – 35 x 27cm, acrylic on paper
Sing Harpy 2019
Sing Harpy! 2019 – 29,7 x 21cm, watercolour, pen, laser print on paper
A Cheap Man 2019
A Cheap Man 2019 – 21 x 13cm, watercolour, pen on paper Slang King Words from a cheap man Part-paid type who got his style From a press treatise 2 pound 50 Bottle of Brut and nausea
Converging 2008
Converging 2008 – 112 x 170cm, acrylic on paper Private collection, Belgium
Two Brothers 2008
Two Brothers 2008 – 125 x 190cm, oil on canvas. Private collection, Wales
Side One Side Two 2004
Side One Side Two 2004 – 155 x 140cm, oil on canvas. Private collection, Belgium
JAMC 2004
JAMC 2004 – 55 x 45cm, oil on canvas, whereabouts unknown I’m going down to the place tonight To see if I can get a taste tonight A taste of something warm and sweet That shivers your bones and rises to your heat I’m going […]
Come Together 1999
Come together (performance/event) 1999 – Dimensions variable, matte paint, x3 guitars, wire, screws, brackets, printed T- shirts, photographs. Come Together was a performance event where ‘roadies’ carefully assembled a guitar sculpture, they wore printed promotional merchandise (T-shirts and white gloves). The performance lasted about 15 […]
How to form your own Band 1998
How to form your own Band 1998 – approx 180 x 250cm, colour photographs, foamcore
Nice Insertion 1998
Nice Insertion 1998 – approx 145 x 85 x 120cm, guitar, wood, paint, plaster Nice Insertion (mini) 1998 – 32 x 16 x 18cm, miniature replica guitar, plaster, paint, wood, wire. Installation: Racket 1998/Sadie Coles HQ, London
Club Screw 1998
Club Screw 1998 – handbags, shoes, screws, wood. installation view: Buro Friedrich, Berlin
Easy Slider 1997
Easy Slider 1997 – video, wood, board, paint, foamcore, pen, carjack. Installation view, Buro Friedrich, Berlin
Handbag 1997
Handbag 1997 – photograph from 35mm negative. A series of self portraits holding women’s handbags.
The sun and the moon 1997
The sun and the moon 1997 – photograph from 35mm negative
Melted mics 1997
Melted mics 1997 – approx 7 x 7 x 11cm, wax, dye. Private collections, London
Grimace 1995/1997
Grimace 1995/1997 – 65 x 50cm, charcoal, white pencil, marker pen on Ingres paper Private collection, London
Enough 1995/1997
Enough 1995/1997 – 65 x 50cm, charcoal, white pencil, marker pen on Ingres paper Private collection, London
Bosnian blow job 1995/1997
Bosnian blow job 1995/1997 – 65 x 50cm, charcoal, white pencil, marker pen on Ingres paper Private collection Judy Adam, London
Milky 1996/97
Milky 1995/97 – 65 x 50cm, charcoal, white pencil, marker pen on Ingres paper
Clockwork 1995/1997
Clockwork 1995/1997 – 65 x 50cm, charcoal, white pencil, marker pen on Ingres paper Private collection, London
Market time day walk scenario 1995/1997
Market time day walk scenario 1995/1997 – 65 x 50cm, charcoal, white pencil, marker pen on Ingres paper Private collection, London
Propping Up the Bar 1996-1997
Propping up the bar 1996-1997 – dimensions variable, crutches, paint cans, bar stool, liquor, clothing, photographs, patch paintings, Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Paint Cans 1996 – 1997
Paint cans 1996 -1997 – various sizes, paint cans, printed labels Collection Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Private collections, Netherlands
The Squares 1997
The Squares 1997 – 194 x 194cm, coloured fabrics, glue Installation view – ‘Riddled with it’ – Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam 1998
Bedding 1996
Bedding 1996 – 150 x150cm, acrylic on unprimed canvas Collection – Georg Herold, Cologne
Wall of Death 1996
Wall of Death 1996 – video, 7 minutes 30 seconds, colour, sound
Charles and Diana 1996
Charles and Diana 1996 – 50 x 50cm, acrylic, patches on canvas Private collection, Amsterdam
Oralgangrenousnecrosession 1995
Oralgangrenousnecrosession 1995 – colour photograph
One furry friend 1993
One furry friend 1993 – 70 x 80cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
Four furry friends 1993
Four furry friends 1993 – 175 x 175cm, oil and house paint on canvas. Private collection, London
Portrait of Mally 1988
Portrait of Mally 1988 – 23 x 18cm, oil on canvas. Private collection, Belgium
Mother Sister 2019
Mother Sister 2019 – 32 x 24cm, watercolour, pencil on paper Martin Brahmah tells a story that would explain much about the lyrics: The story of Mother-Sister! “Mother-Sister!” That’s a funny one. That’s one I just arranged, I suppose, because Una’s credit was writing the […]
England’s Sores 2019
England’s Sores 2019 – 21 x 29,7cm, pen on paper “That’s why I moved to Scotland. It’s true. I’d rather drink whisky, thank you very much. I don’t relate to other groups. I never have. I don’t relate to a lot of musicians to be […]
Escape Route 2019
Escape Route 2019 – 21 x 29,7cm, watercolour, pen, laser print on paper
The Fall (Entreat) 2019
The Fall (Entreat) 2019 – 21 x 29,7cm, watercolour, pen and laser print on paper
Totally wired 2019
Totally wired 2019 – 21 x 29,7cm, pen, laser print on paper Prints of this drawing available here