£60.00
Signed limited edition (30) giclée print, 70cm X 70cm on matt ultra 240gsm paper reproduced from an original canvas painting.
This print is a homage to early New York graffiti art which often featured characters from the Deadbone comic by Vaughn Bode alongside visual interpretations of popular advertising typography.
This print is supplied unframed.
Free shipping for UK orders
Just a kid street art print is a signed limited edition (30) giclée print, 70cm X 70cm on matt ultra 240gsm paper reproduced from an original canvas painting.
Just a kid street art print is a homage to early New York graffiti art which often featured characters from the Deadbone comic by Vaughn Bode alongside visual interpretations of popular advertising typography.
This print is supplied unframed.
Free shipping for UK orders
Background
Growing up the the noise of alternative urban culture surrounded me. I love the typography of graffiti art. Cartoon letters and big display type painted on walls by my heroes. Some of my heroes were borrowing and adapting characters from comics and cartoons that I also loved.
Just a kid street art print is reproduced from an original canvas painting. It includes a character from the Deadbone comic by Vaughn Bode which was used by the legendary graffiti artist Dondi. He had adapted the character in a piece called ‘Children of the grave part 2’. I felt it would be a fitting homage to both artists to produce a new evolution of the same character with a new meaning.
The title of the painting, Just a kid, is taken from a piece painted on a New York subway train featured in the classic street art book Subway Art by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfont. It reminded me of my younger self trying to be older than I was. The mashup of letters encapsulating the noise, shapes and colours experienced when growing up. It was an exciting yet challenging time trying to define who I was. It never left me, I still feel it. I’m still just a kid.
Growing up the the noise of alternative urban culture surrounded me. I love the typography of graffiti art. Cartoon letters and big display type painted on walls by my heroes. Some of my heroes were borrowing and adapting characters from comics and cartoons that I also loved.
In this original painting I included a character from the Deadbone comic by Vaughn Bode which was used by the legendary graffiti artist Dondi. He had adapted the character in a piece called ‘Children of the grave part 2’. I felt it would be a fitting homage to both artists to produce a new evolution of the same character with a new meaning.
The title of the painting, Just a kid, is taken from a piece painted on a New York subway train featured in the classic street art book Subway Art by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfont. It reminded me of my younger self trying to be older than I was. The mashup of letters encapsulating the noise, shapes and colours experienced when growing up. It was an exciting yet challenging time trying to define who I was. It never left me, I still feel it.
This image started life as an original canvas painting in acrylics and spray paint. The canvas was photographed and digitised. We then printed it on a paper with a poster style weight.
Print
Size: 70cm X 70cm
Weight: 240gsm paper
Shipped in a postal tube
Size: 100cm length x 15cm Ø
Total shipping weight: 710kg
Avoid displaying in direct sunlight.
Ships from the studio in Manchester UK
UK orders
Free shipping for all UK orders taking between 3 and 5 days from the time the order is placed.
Option for pick up from my Manchester studio.
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Delivery times between 5 and 10 days (may vary depending on season)
