Between 1992 & 1997, I used to write a newspaper column for the North West music and arts paper REVERB. It was and irreverent look at the art world and…
“I’m ALWAYS ANGRY, that’s my secret weapon” THE HULK. Artists are funny creatures; on the one hand they are a rag-a-muffin group of emotional cripples, outcasts from society, being chased…
It’s a question I’ve been pondering for some time, ever since being told many years ago that “Art isn’t for the likes of us” and “you’ve got to know your…
Here’s a funky little tune from US rap star KANYE WEST- Pavement Artist vs Get ‘Em High [DJ Matheos’ Smokin’ Chimney Mix] And who said pavement art wasn’t cool in…
Here we go again: following on from my last blog regarding 3D anamorphic pavement art. Here’s another clipping from my favourite newspaper THE DAILY STAR. Yep….and yet again the photographer…
Friday 16thMarch 2012 Yesterday I was heckled by da yooth, while producing this work at The Fool’s Paradise Street-Arts Showcase in Birmingham, England. The 16 year old shouted over “Hey…
It’s often been said that pavement artists live in a different world from the rest of society. Those rare, strange creatures who inhibit street corners, hunched over in the most…
An essay on creativity by Philip Battle. “I’m a creative person“ is usually a statement made by a person who once drew a realistic portrait or wrote a couple of…
I wrote this last month in response to some questions from Anthony Cappetto from Street Painting TV. • We have seen that the festival is getting a large deal of…
I wrote this in 2008 as part of a press release for our first Liverpool competition of pavement art…..it seems fitting then to dig it out and remember exactly why…
