Fruit and Vegetable Prints for Foodies

Inspired by the petite monochrome watercolours I painted during Lockdown in 2020, these full colour fruit and vegetable digital prints are on sale via my Etsy shop.

Comprising an orange, an apple, a plum, a garlic bulb, a mushroom and a red onion, these are all reproductions of original monochrome paintings of mine, originally done in watercolour on small A6 pieces of card.

Some of the red painted watercolours I did of food. My favourites are now available to buy as prints in glorious technicolour.

I added the colours digitally afterwards specially for the A4 print versions. The digital prints on 310gsm Museum Heritage A4 size paper are available individually but also as in fruity or vegetable bundles of 3, as shown here. They are sold as signed and unframed here.

Crystal Palace Subway T-Shirts

I’ve launched a new clothing offshoot called ‘Brickworks by Matt Bannister’.

The designs are all inspired by the architecture of London, with my first range taking direct inspiration from the Crystal Palace Subway near Crystal Palace Park. Each t-shirt features a bold hand-drawn style pattern based on the archways and columns that formed part of a lost Victorian Crystal Palace railway station. The subway space still exists today, though, and is open to visitors on special days of the year.

The t-shirts come in two main styles - Classic and Crew Neck. The Classic shape is one often, but not exclusively, worn by men. The Crew Neck kind is one often, but not exclusively, worn by women.

Here’s and idea of some of the colours the t-shirts are available in, but visit https://brickworks.teemill.com to see the full range. For fans of Crystal Palace, south London, bold design, the SE20 and SE19 postcodes, the Crystal Palace Subway - or just if you want to look good!

Studio 73 Brixton now stocks Crystal Palace art prints

I am now pleased to announce that the wonderful Studio 73 now sells some of my Crystal Palace-themed giclée prints in their lively gallery in Brixton Village.

© Studio 73

Definitely worth popping into see all the work there (including screen prints and original paintings too). You’ll probably even meet the friendly owner Adrian.

This new variation on the Subway Sphinxes is only available at Studio 73, currently.

Subway Sphinxes

I made a little film/slide show thing too (with some hastily created beats I put together using GarageBand. Channeling some bargain basement Chemical Brothers, I think!). Enjoy.

People of Brixton - you can now buy my prints from @Studio73bv gallery. Celebrate the quirks, corners and creatures of south London. #studio73art #crystalpalace #southlondonart #illustration #brixton pic.twitter.com/Ac0XDl5jzr

— Matt Bannister (@magbanno) March 6, 2020

Crystal Palace gifts on sale at The Paxton Centre

“More t-shirts based on these Crystal Palace Subway designs are now available to buy via my shop https://brickworks.teemill.com. 16th September 2020”

In case you’d not seen this on my social media accounts, you can now buy cushions, t-shirts and tea towels featuring my designs from The Paxton Centre in Crystal Palace. Some of the items you may recognise from the shop Smash Bang Wallop, formerly of the Crystal Palace Triangle. Following their sad closing, Beth at The Paxton Centre has taken on some of their stock (including the items I’ve designed). The Paxton Centre also stocks cards and prints of mine, too, in case you’re looking for a gift with your coffee/live event. The designs take inspiration from the famous Crystal Palace dinosaurs, and the hidden but amazing Crystal Palace Subway.

Flaming Nora - art for sale

South London inspired art for sale in Crystal Palace retro emporium.

Illustrations of Croydon

Crystal Palace's Flaming Nora are now displaying a whole stack of my painting and ink drawings in their lovely shop at 40 Church Road, SE19 2ET. The art is all inspired by various streets, views and people of South London, but mainly focusses on Croydon. All work is for sale, and is decorating many of the walls of their quirky and well-stocked retro and up-cycled furniture shop throughout December. Pop by for a set of 1950s chairs, and you may end up leaving with one of my pictures too.

Flaming Nora interior