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?
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My Insatiable One 2020
My Insatiable One 2020 – 30,5 x 18cm, oil and acrylic on canvas In the high life I’ve got this feeling now I’ve got this horrible feeling
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
Wings 2019
Wings 2019 – 200 x 160cm, acrylic on canvas The stuffing loss made me hit a time lock I ended up in the eighteen sixties I’ve been there for one hundred andtwenty five years
The Fall 2018
The Fall 2018 – 24 x 30cm, acrylic on canvas. Private collection, London This series of portraits refer to archival images of mostly British indie bands from the 80s and 90s that I discovered from listening to John Peel late at night. The Fall were […]
Pleasure-licious 2018
Pleasure-licious 2018 – 30 x 30cm, acrylic on canvas Doctor Faustus Horseshoes splackin’ Swallows hay cart, cart horse Of the peasants blocking his path
Mr. Mark Smith 2018
Mr. Mark Smith 2018 – 30 x 30cm, oil and acrylic on canvas I phoned you up from Dallas But your heart was still in marble And your head Was reckoning
Marquis Cha-Cha 2018
Marquis Cha-Cha 2018 – 24 x 20cm, acrylic on canvas He can never go home
Hip Priest 2018
Hip Priest 2018 – 20 x 20cm, acrylic on canvas Drink the long draught, Dan
Bury Pts 1 + 3 2018
Bury Pts 1 + 3 2018 – 24 x 20cm, acrylic on canvas I’m Wolverine I’m from Bury A French Prince, I said This song means something Every song means something
Smile 2018
Smile 2018 – 30 x 30cm, acrylic on canvas Tight faded male arse Decadence and Anarchy He said, he smiled Something to dance to A certain style Smile!
Link Wray 2020
Link Wray 2020 – 24 x 35cm, oil and acrylic on canvas I used to have this thing about Link Wray I used to play him every Saturday God bless Saturday God bless Saturday
The Fall Paris (2011) 2020
The Fall (Paris 2011) 2020 – 40 x 50cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
The Fall Munich 1988 2019
The Fall (Munich 1988) 2018 – 40 x50cm, acrylic on canvas
Bremen Nacht 2019
The Fall (Bremen Nacht) 2019 – 200 x 160cm, acrylic on canvas Apparently Mark E.Smith’s German language skills are not up to par, but I think that misses the point of what a song like ‘Bremen Nacht’ is really about: conflations of history, the past […]
Behind the counter 2019
Behind the counter 2019 – 150 x 125cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
I’m tapped 2019
I’m tapped 2019 – 200x160cm, acrylic on canvas How dare you assume I wanna parlez-vous with you! Gretchen Franklin, nosey matron thing
I’m searching for the now 2019
I’m searching for the now 2019 – 120 x 120cm, acrylic on canvas
How I Wrote Elastic Man 2019
How I Wrote Elastic Man 2019 – 185 x 145cm, acrylic on canvas I’m eternally grateful To my past influences But they will not free me I am not diseased All the people ask me How I wrote “Plastic Man”
Slates 2019
Slates 2019 – The Fall (Slates) 2019 – 200 x 140cm, acrylic on canvas And I feel like Alan Minter I just ate eight sheets of blotting paper And I chucked out the Alka Seltzer
Bushes are in disagreement with the heat 2019
Bushes are in disagreement with the heat 2019 – 200 x 140cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
MES (Voxish) 2019
MES (Voxish) 2019 – 200 x 200cm, oil and acrylic on canvas A pillbox crisp, that French git The spikes he left in the bathroom And I never heard from him again
The Neighbourhood of Infinity 2019
The Neighbourhood of Infinity 2019 – 200 x 160cm, acrylic on canvas Who wore a red scarf to remind him of his fiancee
The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall 2019
The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall 2019 – 150 x 93cm, acrylic on canvas
Stephen Song 2019
Stephen Song 2019 – 50 x 40cm, acrylic on canvas I always have to state to myself It has nothing to do with me He has nothing He is not me
Before the Moon Falls 2019
Before the Moon Falls 2019 – 175 x 120cm, oil, acrylic on canvas
Dktr Faustus 2019
Dktr Faustus 2019 – 140 x 200cm, acrylic on canvas Spits out hay cart, cart horse, hay and box, Outside the gates of the town of Anholt
Elves 2019
Elves 2019 – 200 x 160cm, acrylic on canvas When will the good Scotch return In all its scarred splendor When will the price of Scotch come down?
Lay of the Land 2019
Lay of the Land 2019 – 200 x 175cm, acrylic on canvas The last Briton on the street He said the radio fuzz Is dead and beat No longer reflects our daft fate We’ll leave this city Hit a quick coach, pick the town in Surrey There’s no-one […]
The Fall (servants) 2019
The Fall (servants) 2019 – 80 x 100cm, acrylic on canvas
The Shend 2018
The Shend 2018 – 25 x 30cm, acrylic on canvas The Very Things were a Dadaist post punk band from Redditch, Worcestershire, England, formed in 1983 and active until 1988.
Cocteau Twins 2018
Cocteau Twins 2018 – 25 x 32cm, oil and acrylic on canvas One of my all time favourite bands, Liz Fraser’s singing experimented with dismantling and reforming language, she developed a unique approach to the use of the voice that challenged preconceptions about how singers […]
The Spangle Maker 2018
The Spangle Maker 2018 – 40 x 40cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
Shop Assistants
Laura MacPhail 2018 – 24 x 18cm, acrylic on canvas Laura MacPhail was the drummer for the Scottish indie pop band The Shop Assistants. Formed in 1984 The Shop Assistants recorded several singles and one album titled ‘Will Anything Happen’..
Flame of Desire 2018
Flame of Desire 2018 – 18 x 24cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Daddy? Yes, son? Wh-wh-wh-wh-what does regret mean? Well son, the funny thing about regret is that It’s better to regret something you have done, than to regret something that you haven’t done […]
Trash 2018
Trash 2018 – 24 x 30cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Brett Anderson (born 1967) is an English singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the band Suede. Anderson is known for his distinctive wide-ranging voice and during Suede’s early days, an androgynous appearance. […]
Teenage Kicks 2018
Teenage Kicks 2018 – 18x24cm, oil and acrylic on canvas The Undertones are a punk rock band formed in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1974. The DJ John Peel once famously played their single ‘Teenage kicks’ twice in a row on his radio show.
Buzzcocks 2018
Buzzcocks, 2018 – 40 x 50cm, oil and acrylic on canvas You spurn my natural emotions You make me feel I’m dirt And I’m hurt And if I start a commotion I run the risk of losing you And that’s worse Ever fallen in love […]
I wanna see some history 2018
I wanna see some history 2018 – 24 x 18cm, acrylic on canvas
Her name was Pauline 2018
Her name was Pauline 2018 – 29x 35cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
Keith 2018
Keith 2018 – 24 x 24cm, acrylic on canvas Keith Levene is an English musician who was a founding member of The Clash, The Flowers of Romance and Public Image Ltd (PiL) I sent you flowers You wanted chocolates instead
Terry 2 2018
Terry 2 2018 – 18 x 24cm, acrylic on canvas. Private collection, Mr and Mrs Robert and Claire Beasley, Aberdare, United Kingdom Terence Edward Hall (1959) is an English musician and the lead singer of The Specials, and formerly of Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, […]
Shop Assistants 2018
Shop Assistants 2018 – 20 x 25cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Shop Assistants were an indie pop band from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 1984, initially as Buba & The Shop Assistants. After achieving success with independent releases they signed to Chrysalis Records sublabel Blue […]
The Slits 2018
The Slits 2018 – 40 x 40cm, acrylic on canvas The Slits were a British post-punk band formed in London in 1976 by members of the groups The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators. The group’s early line-up consisted of Ari Up (Ariane Forster) and […]
Bilinda 2018
Bilinda 2018 – 37 x 30cm, oil and acrylic on canvas My Bloody Valentine are a rock band formed in Dublin in 1983. Since 1987, the lineup has consisted of founding members Kevin Shields (vocals, guitar, sampler) and Colm O’ Ciosoig (drums, sampler), with Bilinda […]
Black Francis 2018
Black Francis 2018 – 20 x 24cm, acrylic on canvas Charles Thompson IV (1965) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as the frontmanof the influential alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. This […]
The Cramps
Cramps 2018 – 25 x 35cm, oil and acrylic on canvas The Cramps were an American punk/psychobilly rock band formed in 1976 by Erick Lee Purkhiser aka Lux Interior (1946 – 2009) and Kristy Marlana Wallace aka Posion Ivy. Lux Interior was the lead singer. […]
Nick 2 2018
Nick 2 2018 – 18 x 24cm, acrylic on canvas Nick Cave (1957) is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional film actor, best known as the front man of the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Along crags and sunless […]
Poison Ivy 2018
Poison Ivy 2018 – 20 x 24cm, acrylic on canvas Poison Ivy (1953) is a guitarist, songwriter, arranger, producer, and occasional vocalist who co-founded the American rockabilly band The Cramps.
Bernard 2018
Bernard 2018 – 20 x 24cm, acrylic on canvas Bernard Sumner (1956) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. He is a founding member of both Joy Division and New Order, and is widely credited with the latter band’s move towards electronica and […]
Peter 2018
Peter 2018 – 18 x 24cm, acrylic on canvas, signed by Peter Hook on the reverse side of the painting. Peter Hook is an English musician who is best known as the bassist and co-founder of Joy Division and New Order.
Ian 2018
Ian 2018 – 30 x 24cm, oil and acrylic on canvas To the centre of the city where all roads meet waiting for you
Disorder 2018
Ian 2 2018 – 30 x 30cm, acrylic on canvas I’ve been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand
She’s lost control 2018
She’s lost control 2018 – 35 x 30cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
The Power of Independent Trucking 2018
The Power of Independent Trucking 2018 – 24 x 24cm, acrylic on canvas Move you move like an animal Making a noise like an animal Fornicate and fornicate Sing a song about fucking
Precious Thing (Big Black) 2018
Precious Thing (Big Black) 2018 – 24 x 24cm, acrylic on canvas Big Black were an American punk rock band from Evanston, Illinois. They were founded by singer and guitarist Steve Albini and were active between 1981 and 1987. I would like to wrap your […]
Kevin 2018
Kevin 2018 – 23 x 23cm, acrylic on canvas Kevin Patrick Shields (born 21 May 1963) is an Irish musician, singer-songwriter, composer, and producer, best known as the vocalist and guitarist of the band My Bloody Valentine. My Bloody Valentine would become extremely influential on […]
I wanna be your dog 2018
I wanna be your dog 2018 – 18 x 24cm, acrylic on canvas James Newell Osterberg Jr. aka Iggy Pop (1947) is considered by many to be the “Godfather of Punk”. He was the vocalist of influential proto-punk band The Stooges, who reunited in 2003, […]
Jobseeker 2018
Jobseeker 2018 – 30 x 30cm, acrylic on canvas Jason Williamson is the vocalist and songwriter of the band Sleaford Mods.
Sleaford Mods 2018
Sleaford Mods – 20 x 24cm, acrylic on canvas Sleaford Mods are an English electronic punk music duo formed in 2007 in Nottingham. The band features vocalist Jason Williamson and, since 2012, musician Andrew Fearn. So Mr. Williamson, what have you done to find gainful […]
This Charming Man 2020
This Charming Man 2020 – 18 x 24cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Punctured bicycle On a hillside desolate Will nature make a man of me yet?
The Smiths
The Smiths 2018 – 40 x 50cm, acrylic on canvas The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. The band consisted of vocalist Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce.
The boy with the thorn in his side 2018
The boy with the thorn in his side 2018 – 30 x 35cm, oil and acrylic on canvas The boy with the thorn in his side Behind the hatred there lies A murderous desire for love
Dirk wears white sox 2018
Dirk wears white sox 2018 – 24 x 20cm, acrylic on canvas
Jim and Bobby 2018
Jim and Bobby 2018 – 46 x 35cm, oil and acrylic on canvas In 2018 this was the very first painting I made from the now full blown band series. I began with JAMC because they’ve had such a lasting impact on me and because […]
Cut Dead 2020
Cut Dead 2020 – 24 x 24cm, oil and acrylic on canvas The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride in 1983. The band revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid.
World Shut Your Mouth 2018
World Shut Your Mouth 2018 – 18 x 24cm, acrylic on canvas Julian David Cope (1957) is an English musician who originally came to prominence in 1978 as the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band the Teardrop Explodes, from 1983 he has continued working […]
Jake 2018
Jake 2018 – 18 x 24cm, acrylic on canvas John Jake Burns (born 1958, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a singer and guitarist, and is best known as the front man of the punk rock band Stiff Little Fingers.
Gorkys Zygotic Mynci 2018
Gorkys Zygotic Mynci 2018 – 20 x 24cm, oil and acrylic on canvas Zygotic Mynci were a psychedelic folk rock band formed in Carmarthen, Wales in 1991, they were active until 2006. I saw Gorkys playing live many times and it was always a real […]
June 2018
June 2018 – 24 x 18cm, acrylic on canvas June Miles-Kingston is a singer and drummer. She was a founding member of the post-punk group The Mo-dettes.
The Velvet Underground 2018
The Velvet Underground 2018 – 24 x 20cm, oil and acrylic on canvas The Velvet Underground were an American rock band formed in 1964 in New York City by singer/guitarist Lou Reed, multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise (replaced by Moe […]