Featuring a weapons-grade cupid (sorry Michelangelo!) a vintage fairground sign, romantic sandy doodles and a mountainous tramp stamp, these are my new Valentine’s card designs available over at Mark Wallis Design, my new online art store. Each pack features 4 different hand made cards, 144 x 144mm, blank inside with square envelopes.
The Vibes has been a little quiet lately, as I went off into the world of E-Commerce to forge an empire. Or set up an online store, depending on how you look at it and how much coffee you’ve had. I’m selling my artwork in the form of colour prints and greetings cards on my new site which features the best of my photography, graphic design and painting. It’s very exciting to see the orders finally coming in after months of hard work, so I declare this shop well and truly OPEN! Step this way http://www.markwallisdesign.com
2012/13 were disasterous for me. But this year has been the charm. I saw Kate Bush live: the musical sorceress put on a show in London that blew us away in September – ‘There are no words’ said Panos. We travelled to Mount Olympus in sunny Greece and saw the most beautiful village in the world, Colmar in France. I exhibited my artwork in Manchester and London, set up my own online store and got a record 3,800 likes for my Tales of the City artwork via Armistead Maupin on Facebook. When I put it all together, I feel like Tigger.
Launching Mark Wallis Design took a lot of time and effort, but I also managed to remix Kate Bush and Goldfrapp, get back into oil painting, and meet Armistead Maupin! I might move slowly but I never keep still – Happy New Year to all.
This week I had two videos pulled from YouTube. People were claiming to be me and trying to get credit for my remix and the little movie I made to go with it. I was going to leave them to it, flattered that they liked my stuff, but then I remembered the mountain of work involved in completing both the video and the soundtrack. And none of this was for personal gain – just a tribute to my favourite band. For a humble fan-mix, it’s certainly caused some trouble…
Watch the video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEc8Mmqmlus
The old school building on Chorlton Green, fed through multiple filters to create an almost painted effect.
The park on Beech Road, blooming.
Pavement mosaic, Chorltonville. For Pagan rituals on the hop…
We checked out the local Vintage Craft fair at the church hall. Unfortunately more shabby than Shabby Chic.
Message to da kidz in da Park on Beech Road, an occasional gangsta haunt.
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