Secret Walls Falmouth x Bournmouth

I'm judging at the Secret Walls event tomorrow at the Stannary, Tremough campus Penryn.
Get there! It's going to be huge!

In case you've never seen one, this is what a Secret Walls event looks like: http://youtu.be/t6pLrbig6CQ

Tickets here... http://www.undergroundtickets.net/event/395/factory-settings-presents-secret-walls-&-running-numbers-at-the-stannary

The Cosmic Art Show

The Source FM is a community radio station in Falmouth, Cornwall. It is live online at www.thesourcefm.co.uk/listen

I'm Cosmic, a contemporary "street" artist based in St Agnes Cornwall, I do loads of artwork in Falmouth and all over Cornwall and the UK.www.drawingonthings.com

This is the first ever Cosmic Art Show! In fact this was my first radio show ever, hijacking The Funkin' Art Radio show that normally airs on this station at this time. I took on of it's DJ's, Lizzie along with me!

I had some very brief training the day before this show aired and then I was thrown in at the deep end.

This show's guests were:

Dilk is one of the best oldskool graffiti artists in the country. He calls in from his graffiti supplies shop in Nottingham. montanashopnottingham.com/talking tips and a Saatchi gallery show he's been working on.

Mr Penfold is a leading contemporary artist, known worldwide for his colourful characters and unique images. He calls in from London where he has been drawing live for a project for the Saatchi gallery, along with Dilk.www.facebook.com/pages/Mr-Penfold/32281712075

The Aggie Boys Choir from St Agnes (of which I just happen to be a member!), sang two songs live on air before we sing at a sea shanty festival the next day in Perranporth. This is a relatively new sea shanty band and we are all (relatively) young sea dogs. Our songs are all original and written and directed by Samuel Stephens from St Agnes, who leads the band. 

www.facebook.com/aggieboyschoir?fref=ts

Kevin Murphy from The Cads and Bounders, who are raising money for charity by driving the Mongol Rally, rings in as they are searching for a free car in Cheshire. They are going to be our news reporters on the show however, this week I ran out of time and didn't manage to call them back. Sorry boys! If you have a car, which is less than 2500cc, that you can give them drop me a line.

www.facebook.com/TheCadsAndBounders?fref=ts

Art needs people that make things happen. One of these rare creatures, Meena Rajput, who single-handedly revolutionized the international surf industry by sponsoring artists when they were completely unheard of (singer Ben Howard, the band I Am Giant and me! to name just a few) calls in about following her own dream cycling across the USA.

uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-w…megabiketrip

and listener Sharon Trudgeon of Truro (a friend of mine) brought her car in for me to paint on, live on the radio! 

See a pic here: po.st/QDfv8k and insta/twitter #cosmicartshow

Enjoy x

Cosmic

Bodmini

I did a Drawingonthings 3D art workshop last week in Bodmin for the Chestnuts Young People's Centre.

The model is a mini Bodmin, with scalextric roads, and members of the public can call into council offices on the high street and race it.

Where there's a wall there's a way.

Last week I painted a wall in the NCP Hoghcross multi-story carpark in Truro, Cornwall to cheer up the dreary grey interior as part of the city's annual art festival.

I was 'free-styling' on the wall which means I have no design to work from and I ask passers by for stories and ideas.

Where? Clue: Go out the back entrances of TKm or NL.

Mon 8th, Tues 9th and Thurs 11th April.

Spring!!

Here comes spring. At last!! and with it lots of new projects, some of which have already begun.
London was ace! I was drawing live at the launch of #loadingsoho, a new games bar and venue for the gaming industry to hold their events and parties. The launch was unbelievably busy and successful! Good work @drinkrelaxplay!
I met up with new and old friends and did some artwork. Had my birthday there, a "shared" party with my mate Sam in Shoreditch (his party! We share a birthday and have hijacked each others birthdays in Cornwall for years).

I also got to spend the last few days of my dear Nan's life with her. Thankyou for everything Nan xx


More news coming soon...!

Drawing on Ice

Earlier this month I got up very early and, using giant paint brushes, rollers and car wash sponges added some art to Truro Ice Skate rink...

Keep a Christmas eye out in Cornwall!

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without these, would it? Okay, Yes it would. But it would have boring windows.

Banging my head against a brick wall?

The writing on the Whale

Recently I completed a large wall at Falmouth Marine School for Cornwall College Student Union...

Besides the marine biology, there is also sailing, boat engines, boat building, kayaking, diving and marine science (weather etc) in the painting. All these subjects and activities are taught at the college.

All ideas were generated with students during an open day in the famous Cornish maritime college's fresher week in September, by sketching ideas on the wall that was going to be painted.

There were some great ideas, but when someone mentioned that the humpback whale was their favourite it sparked a whole round of unanimous approval that this was in fact everyone's favourite whale! The same thing happened when someone mentioned Hokusai's "Great Wave off Kanagawa" print, the most famous Japanese image of all time. So those two images where high on the list!

The college was open as I was working on the mural and all staff and students were encouraged to stop and get involved with more ideas and even some painting!

The turtle in the picture is based on the caretaker, Pete, who is seen as the 'backbone' of the college and the Puffer fish on the wall is based on his namesake, Pete Jnr, who lives in a tank in the Marine Biology department.

Sketches

Someone mentioned the 'wild' rubber ducks that float around the oceans of the world.

Treliske Lowen Ward Murals

Recently I created some artwork on the walls of some new rooms which are for teenage cancer patients to use while they receive treatment at Royal Cornwall Hospital Treliske.

They are part of the Lowen Ward's  £400,000 refurbishment and were funded by Young people's cancer charities Tanya's Courage Trust and LARF.

The wards were mainly brown before and very dull which, as you can imagine, is not the ideal kind of environment a young person undergoing treatments such as chemotherapy wants to be in for long periods of time.

I tried to produce artwork that would generate a natural feeling mixed with some imagination stimuli.

Singer and songwriter James Morrison (right) rocked up to open the new rooms.