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David Heulun

'What ho!'

About Me

I know when to go out. I know when to stay in. Get things done. David Heulun at your disposal (that's pronounced 'hey-lun') - painter, illustrator, bedroom tinkerer, and modern day flâneur about town. I'm originally from North Wales but I currently reside between Camberwell, London and my own little dream world.I like to make lovingly rendered paintings, portraits and strange objets d'art made from ornaments and objects I find on my travels. My biggest influences are the surrealist spirit, the natural world, comics and religious art.Boogaloo!

My Interests

Art - makin' and appreciatin'. Adventures big and small. Shakin' my ass. Musique. Cinema. Reading.. Designing stuff. Event assisting. Hula Hooping. Strumming my uke. Heavy petting. Mooching. Eating. Drinking tea. Wanderin'. Sleeping. Floating.

I'd like to meet:

Droogies, boozers, strumpets and losers! - and anyone interested in buying or commissioning some lovely artwork.

Music:

Top ten albums 2007:1. GRINDERMAN 'Grinderman'- 2. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 'Magic'- 3. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS 'Hey Venus!'- 4. RILO KILEY 'Under The Blacklight'- 5. DEVENDRA BANHART 'Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Mountain'- 6. WHITE STRIPES 'Icky Thump'- 7. SIOUXIE SIOUX 'Mantaray'-8. QUEENS OF THE STONEAGE 'Era Vulgaris'- 9. SOULSAVERS 'It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land' - 10. RTX 'Western Xterminator'

Movies:

Ed Wood, Beyond The Valley of the Dolls, Desperate Living, Polyester, Hairspray, Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks, Withnail and I, Cabaret, The Big Lebowski, The Man Who Wasn't There, Night On Earth, Coffee and Cigarettes, The Princess Bride, Abigail's Party, Braindead, Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Royal Tenenbaums, Delicatessen, Boogie Nights, Indiana Jones, Stand by Me, Rock n' Roll Highschool, Batman, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Wild Zero, From Dusk Til Dawn, Tears of the Black Tiger, The Girl On the Bridge, Carrie, The Wizard of Oz.............Recent favourite: Shortbus

Television:

Dad's Army

Books:

'The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Oscar Wilde, 'A Confederacy of Dunces' by John Kennedy Toole, PG Wodehouse esp. Jeeves and Wooster, The Idler,'Shock Value' and 'Crackpot' by John Waters, Comics like Love and Rockets (los bros Hernandez), Eightball, Hate!, Chris Ware and Charles Burns stuff, The Idler, Alain de Botton's philosophical guides and the Easy Learning Spanish Dictionary.

Heroes:

We can be heroes.

My Blog

Singing Monkey of the Sea & The Horniman Museum

Earlier this year I took a most enjoyable excursion south of the river to visit London's Horniman Museum. This curious old natural history museum houses an amazing collection of taxidermal treasures, ...
Posted by David Heulun on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:49:00 PST

Tiki art lovers lookee here

Back in June I showed some artworks in the London Luau art show at the old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane. It was great to be involved in the Luau- and the art show was even better than last year. All t...
Posted by David Heulun on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:03:00 PST