A series of large-format photographic portraits made during a week-long residency at the Royal West of England Academy or Art.
… Court Painter Residency
Category: Painting
Bunch of Ruined Brushes
A collection of unwashed brushes rendered unusable, bound together with string on canvas to form a bundle or bouquet (depending on orientation) – after Bunch of Asparagus (1880) by Édouard Manet.
… Bunch of Ruined Brushes
Man on the Telephone
A tattooed man sits naked speaking on the telephone surrounded by various possessions and a pile of empty beer bottles.
… Man on the Telephone
30 Years War
Paint on digital print [from scan]; derived from portraits of leaders in the Thirty Years War found defaced with biro in a copy of The Early Modern World by C.F. Strong (1955).
… 30 Years War
Jim Reeves Shrine Frame
Jim Reeves was an American country and pop music singer-songwriter.
… Jim Reeves Shrine Frame
Blood & Leaves
Emulsion, paint pens, watercolour and glitter on canvas.
… Blood & Leaves
Le Maillot Vert
Sam Bennett’s green jersey from the Tour de France 2020, reimagined.
… Le Maillot Vert
Black Flower
Emulsion and paint pen on pintail skateboard deck.
… Black Flower
Mountain Vigil (Lemon Haze)
Oil, acrylic, spray-painted branch, wood and candles on canvas (40x40cm).
… Mountain Vigil (Lemon Haze)
Levitating Ranunculus
Emulsion and paint pens on canvas (40x30cm) in wood frame
… Levitating Ranunculus
Figure of Love & Hate
Derived from the ‘figure of eight’ or ‘infinity symbol’ but with hearts.
… Figure of Love & Hate
Shield
Medieval style shield featuring a lion, chainring, lemon tree and a fox.
… Shield
King Tino
Reworked King of Hearts playing card.
… King Tino
Dark Cloud Chippewa Imperial Dream Stout
A fictitious drink that embodies the life story of Sixties Scoop survivor, storyteller, Bristol legend and old friend Dark Cloud.
… Dark Cloud Chippewa Imperial Dream Stout
Flowers from the Garden
A vase of flowers handpicked from the Garden Pentaptych.
… Flowers from the Garden
Team Allez Allez Whoosh Tank
First in a series of custom painted clothes.
… Team Allez Allez Whoosh Tank
Fashion Week
An ‘in/out’ list from New York, London and Paris fashion weeks (2014).
… Fashion Week
Water Ain’t Blue, But It Wants To (Tagged)
A painting about migration, ‘tagging’, eyes in portraits that follow you and birds following magnetic fields.
… Water Ain’t Blue, But It Wants To (Tagged)
Explosion in the Mountains
Paper, oil and emulsion on canvas board.
… Explosion in the Mountains
Domino
Emulsion and paint pens on skateboard deck, inspired by the War of the Roses.
… Domino
Saddle-Up Shirt
Primož Roglič’s Jumbo-Visma national champion jersey, reimagined as a hand-painted t-shirt.
… Saddle-Up Shirt
Levade
Mixed media painting comprising of materials salvaged from around Bristol Temple Meads.
… Levade
Skis
Glitter, acrylic and emulsion on recycled canvas.
… Skis
Laugh or Cry
Both a love letter and a “Fuck you!” to painting.
… Laugh or Cry
Coat of Arms
A simplified and reworked Mitchell family coat of arms. Acrylic, oil and eye shadow on potato sack in dipped frame.
… Coat of Arms
Duke Mitchell 