Tag Archives: painting

09 Oct
New Painting

A recent new painting in a series based around traditional stories in contemporary settings.  I wanted to see how few symbols the viewer needed to read the image and relate to stories that are part of the Western culture.  For some reason they seem to be featuring women who are waiting for something to happen…See

01 Sep
New Commission – Auto Body

  This is a commission for the US band Auto Body.  I work in acrylic on card which allows me to contrast flat colours (looking contemporary – eg; screen print revival and digital illustration) with more painterly marks (more traditional watercolour technique.)  It’ll be interesting to see where these take me…  Copyright – Helen Cann

20 Apr
Mab

This is another grafitti pic.  They’re going to be exhibited in an exhibition with a Midsummer Night’s Dream theme so this is Titania  – you can see her old name – Mab in the lettering.  The show takes place during May at the Bungeroosh Gallery, 25 Marine Square, Brighton.

21 Jan
Red Hood

I’m thinking of doing a series of paintings based on traditional fairy tales.  Graffiti still continues my obsession of lettering and communication, verbal and non-verbal.  I love the South American style black and white graffiti.