During the eighties I briefly worked as an artist in an advertising agency; the experience formed a lasting impression of this business and I soon left – I’ve been clean now for decades. This set of work, a critique of advertising and its media, was started in 2008 and the paintings were exhibited at Signal Gallery in London in March 2009.
“be the best”, oil on canvas, 30 x 30cm, 2008
“back in the day”, oil on canvas, 76 x 76cm, 2008
“don’t leave home without it”, conte and chalk on paper, 80 x 60 cm, 2009
“the best a man can get”, oil on canvas, 40 x 20cm, 2008
“it’s the real thing”, oil on canvas, 51 x 61cm, 2008
“I’m lovin’ it”, oil on canvas, 80 x 20cm, 2008
“the appliance of science”, oil on canvas, 30 x 30cm, 2008
“last year’s colour”, conte and chalk on paper, 80 x 70cm, 2009
“you can be sure of Shell”, oil on canvas, 51 x 76cm, 2008
“maybe she’s born with it”, oil on canvas, 30 x 30cm, 2008
“does she or doesn’t she”, oil on canvas, 30 x 30cm, 2008
“the latest in a line”, oil on canvas, 30 x 30cm, 2009
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