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This series of Geisha paintings began by chance
I've returned to the subject to channel my inner street-cool kid from the Upper East Side (Lochee)…
so the urge to borrow Basquiat’s freedoms and reintroduce these iconic figures into my own painting was too strong to resist and I found that I revelled in the expressive licence he allowed himself
In this painting I’ve tried to capture that slight sense of theatre and fairytale
The A-King Small (20 cm or less) This series of Geisha paintings20 x 20 cm When Basquiat's 'Untitled (skull)' painting sold for a record breaking sum in 2017, it prompted me to look again at the language of his work: the crowns; fractured heads; text fragments; boxing references; and the raw urgency of his mark making. One painting in particular resonated it featured the comic book heroes Superman, Batman & Robin, and the Lone Ranger. As a boy, I was obsessed with Superman comics and constantly copied drawings of
