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I've included here the different stages that lead up to the final images being published. Enjoy!
Sketches of Croydon
Croydon Architecture
Illustrations of Croydon
Illustrations of Croydon
Illustrations of Croydon
Illustrations of Croydon
Stuck in Traffic
I've finished a new piece, called 'Stuck in Traffic'. It's in a similar vein to the 'Crystal Palace Monsters' image I produced earlier in the year, and carries on my idea of London statues coming to life.
This time, however, poor old Boadicea/Boudica/Boudicca is getting a bit of road rage on the way to work. You've got to love those pedestrians near the Houses of Parliament, haven't you?
Statue of Queen Boudica, Victoria Embankment.
People on Victoria Embankment.
I've added some 'work in progress' shots here, too, to show 'her' evolution.
"Stuck in Traffic" (work in progress) 1
"Stuck in Traffic" (work in progress) 2
To continue the theme of earlier work again, the piece has just been featured by Londonist.com. Their latest appeal for London art is asking for imagery where the capital's past and present clash, in 'Time Travel London'. Fingers crossed I'll be selected for the exhibition at the end, like last time.
I've recently discovered a good blog, based around all things S.E. London, called Transpontine. I had to look up what the word meant (sorry!) but was happy to find it aptly means:
Of, pertaining to, or situated on the far side of a bridge.
Of, or pertaining to the sensational melodramas presented on the south side of the Thames in the 19th century or earlier.
They were kind enough to run a little piece about my work. Which was nice.
http://transpont.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/matt-bannister-crystal-palace-dinosaurs.html
Well, my aforementioned Crystal Palace Monsters piece has been selected for the new Londonist Underground exhibition at the Bishopsgate Institute. http://londonist.com/2013/03/londonist-underground-exhibition-opens-at-the-bishopsgate-institute#gallery-1
It's on until the end of April, and features the work of 9 other artists. I'd never been to the venue before and I'll definitely go back and investigate further. The Institute is a deceptively cavernous Victorian establishment tucked between modern buildings, near Liverpool Street station.
I've decided to move my blog across to WordPress. So, to celebrate, I'm reposting my entry from my bannisterimages.com site. January 28, 2013
Some good news to share. I saw an appeal for subterranean London inspired artwork on londonist.com, and had a brain wave.
Crystal Palace TV mast
Crystal Palace Dinosaur
After a chilly but beautiful walk around Crystal Palace Park gathering visual ammunition (a.k.a. photos) I ducked into the nourishing little Brown and Green Cafe at the train station. My resulting snowy dinosaurs piece Crystal Palace Monsters got picked up by londonist.com and a small flurry of coverage followed. Yay!"
Crystal Palace Monsters