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Arty

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About Me

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My Interests

In this case ART! Making it, looking at it and teaching it, music, films, reading...blah blah blah...a wise person once said...Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it. How true.

I'd like to meet:

Friends and fellow artists, like-minded people, people that want me to paint for them. People that want to talk about rubbish or discuss the finer points of life. Thanks xIf you only do one thing while you are here...check out what the moon has to say below...

Music:

Indie schmindie stuff, very loud shouty rock noisy stuff and a lot of things in between. On my iPod I have quite a mix of styles and types of music... most bands are in my friends list but they include Kasabian, The Killers, Charlatans, Oasis, Lo Fi Allstars, Mint Royale and many of the new THE bands. I have an iTrip so I can play my favourites through my car stereo now...which is the best thing ever because I love to sing along in the car.

Movies:

Kevin Smith films (Mallrats is my favourite), John Hughes movies, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Michael Caine films, British Gangster movies, American Gangster Movies, Monty Python, Films with big monsters or big explosions or something that ends in an apocalypse or aliens taking over, thought provoking movies like Cider house Rules, Garden State, Dead Poets and films about artists or musicians like Pollock, Basquiat and New Order...the list goes on. Basically if you sat me down in front of The Great Escape I would be a very happy bunny.

Television:

Anything well acted or appalingly acted but funny is fine by me...also all science fiction like Stargate SG1 & Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica, A Town called Eureka, Lost, West Wing, Surface, Adult Swim and drama like Life on Mars, The Lakes (anything with John Simm in really- it's a bonus he is a brilliant actor lol!)and of course Doctor Who, Torchwood...comedy like Eddie Izzard, Black Books, Spaced, The Mighty Boosh...Lurrrvvvvveeee Simon Pegg and John Barrowman...oh and er Stuart Townsend..the list could go on. If I wasn't already married...and at least one of those wasn't gay...

Books:

Beat writers, stuff like 'Girlfriend in a Coma' by Douglas Coupland, William Gibson 'All Torrows Parties', Danny Wallace, Terry Pratchett, Matthew Reilly '7 Ancient Wonders'...if the first page bores me, forget it.

Heroes:

John Lennon. My Grandad who was a total legend-daft to the end.

My Blog

Musings and more photos...

Giant Freak-Antony Micallef   Melanie Russell Stacks, 2007 Alex Brattell Limehouse Link, 2002   Rose Blue lamp     Canal Cogs     Black and white swan   &nb...
Posted by Arty on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:23:00 PST

Emma Hunter...

http://emmahunter.turnpiece.net/gallery/287  Plot (detail) Aperture Ink, acrylic, graphite and marker pen on paper. 2005 I went to uni with Emma and I really like her work. Go visit her site......
Posted by Arty on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:09:00 PST

Great polaroid type work...follow the link.

I found this today but didn't want to look like I was stealing their work without permission...check it out here: http://pheebsyeahbaby.deviantart.com/gallery/ Great eh?    ...
Posted by Arty on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:35:00 PST

Banksy

I love Banksy and when I spoke to someone about him at the weekend I decided to add him to my blog... Fantastic stuff.  ...
Posted by Arty on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:08:00 PST

Some photos from the depths of my hard drive...

These are a few of the photos off my relatively new camera... A fish based piece of public art-shame the fish didn't move with the wind. A bridge in Southport A swan swimming on the marina in South...
Posted by Arty on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:11:00 PST

Tube maps...

  There are loads of tube map things. I don't know why nor do I care. It isnt even accurate as a map so if people want to make art out of it or argue about it then they can. I like it for its ...
Posted by Arty on Sun, 13 May 2007 03:05:00 PST

Spaced...self indulgent ace tv show reference...

Just cos I can, I am posting cartoons of the characters from Spaced. Cos I love it... If you don't know Spaced it's the guy from Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz and Jessica Stephenson who is also in ...
Posted by Arty on Sun, 13 May 2007 02:45:00 PST

Shoes and socks...

  ..> There is just something I like about these despite the simplicity of the subject matter... Have I featured Ron Davey before? I forget, but here he is anyway as I have just foun...
Posted by Arty on Thu, 10 May 2007 02:05:00 PST

Some other things to keep you ging til next time...

David Jarvis Salix Matsudana I, 1998   David Rayner For Christ's Sake, 2004   Gary Malcolm Johnson Phone, 2006   Gary Malcolm Johnson Stiletto Composition 2, 2005   Ian Wil...
Posted by Arty on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:04:00 PST

Back by popular demand....

Ok, this ones for Bob. She needed her art fix and who am I to argue and not come thorough?... These are pieces from the new brit art/eyestorm website- two great art sites have joined together to make ...
Posted by Arty on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:30:00 PST