Thursday 19 April 2012

2 days 14 hours to go!

FINAL BIDS ON THE SILENT AUCTION!

These are the last 2 day 14 hours of our online Silent Auction. We are setting off to run the marathon this Sunday morning, dressed as Where's Wally wins to be easily spotable!

To take part in the final biding frenzy for a chance to win your favourite pieces all you have to do is choose an art piece & in the comments section below the artist write: "your name" bids £ amount on "title of art piece". If you are unsure whether we have your contact details and are happy for them to be public also leave them in the comments, or email them to: kimunkey@hotmail.com

Remember to keep an eye on your competition as other bidders add their offers against yours - you may want to up the stakes as we get nearer to the final hour - bids close at 10am Sunday 22nd April!

Thanks & happy bidding!

Johan Potma

"The Writer (Anteater)"
A4 inkjet print

"Have You Seen This Sock"
A4 inkjet print


"Come Undone Ghost"
A4 inkjet print


"Food for Thought Monster"
A4 inkjet print

"Pink Creature"
A4 inkjet print

Johan Potma is an amazing Dutch painter and illustrator
who lives and works in Berlin. His work
is made with acrylics and collage on old wooden
surfaces like box lids, signs and cigar boxes. The
used materials tell part of the story through the
stains, old nails, dents and cracks; the remainder
is explained through all sorts of monsters, freaks
and oddballs acting out his ideas.

www.johanpotma.com

Nathan Fox

"Mirror"
A3 Inkjet
"Puddle"
A3 Inkjet
"Hairdrier"
A3 Inkjet

Nathan Fox was born in Washington DC in the mid-70s, Nathan suffered an early addiction to cartoons, commercials and video games. His eye-watering fixation combined with an art school training in Kansas City led to a lifelong exploration of narrative art and the over-stimulation associated with his generation. His work has appeared, frankly, everywhere.
www.foxnathan.com/

Susie Wilkinson

"Foot-tree & Moon"
A3 screenprint


Susi Wilkinson is a talented animator, illustrator & animation director who currenyl lives and works in London, running the company Slomo with collaborator Danny Capozzi. Her dark and delicious illustrations and animations have been screened at film festivals internationally including their award winning films
Moby & Add N to X.

www.slomoproductions.com

http://slomoo.blogspot.com/


Sally Elford

"Approaching Storm"
Limited Edition A3 Glycee print, number 14 of 50

"Peaceful Park"
Limited Edition A3 Giclée print, number 10 of 50


Fantastic illustrator Sally Elford is based in Brighton, from where she exhibits & sells her beautiful images that combine original collage techniques with a digital format. Sally's subject matter which is often, though not exclusively, the natural world. She has recently been invited to submit a print for exhibition in the annual Brighton Fringe Festival.

www.sallyelford.co.uk

Christian Kerrigan



Encased Nature 3.0, 2010
A3 inkjet print 



A close up detail of the installation 'Chemical Garden'. A sample of moss is seen encased by curing skins within a highly concentrate body of salt water. The 'chemical sculpture' of moss and alginate, an extract from seaweed, form over time, before they drop to the bottom of the tank.

 Christian Kerrigan is an artist who uses digital technology to make sculptures, installations, and drawings, which draw out an array of ideas about nature, technology and mortality. Using raw materials from the natural world merged with new technologies in computing and science, he creates work which momentarily live.



Andre Mesquite

"Endoscopy Photos"
A3 inkjet print


Andre is a great fine artist & photographer, originally from Portugal he studied Fine Art at Byam Shaw in London, graduating in 2006.

Trevor Simmons

"Couple"
A4 original ink drawing

Trevor is an incredibly talented fine artist with a background in illustration, which he studied at Middlesex University. Currently based in London, Trevor's work has been exhibited all over the country and bought by international buyers. Heis intricate, energetic, often frenzied images show that he's certainly a talent to watch out for!

www.okya.co.uk/trevor_simmons/home

Simon Spilsbury


"Sketchbook 1"
A3 signed print

Multi-award winning illustrator with a background in advertising, Simon Spilsbury's work has been screened, exhibited and published in ads, columns & Tv idents the world over. Simon's work has been commissioned by huge brands such as Nike, Virgin, The Guardian & Waterstones to name but a few.

Simon's work is lively, spontaneous, quirky & cheeky & his accolades include the British
Illustration Gold, D&AD Silver, Campaign Poster
Silver, Epica Bronze, Communication Arts, Print
Magazine, American Illustration and featured in Luerzers
200 Best Illustrators, Illustration Now and most
recently The Hidden Art Of Illustrators, Creatives &
Designers.

Along with Richard Chant Simon set up the new image making studio Artbombers, which picked up Gold at the British Illustration Awards 2009 for their work on Paramount Comedy Central.

www.spilsbury.co.uk/
http://blog.spilsbury.co.uk/

Chris Ayers


"Punk"
A4 signed inkjet print

Chris Ayers is an immensely talented illustrator and character designer, with an impressive resume including works in films like: Men In Black II, Fantastic Four, and The Santa Clause 2. In 2006, a year after he got diagnosed of cancer he started a sketchbook called The Daily Zoo and set out to draw one animal each day for a year. It turned out to be a wonderfully successful healing process as well as a 3 fantastic books.

http://www.chrisayersdesign.com/

Valentina Grasso


"Sagitarius"
A3 inkjet print

"Frog Picking"
A4 Inkjet print

"Water dragon"
A3 Inkjet print

Valentina is an incredibe, multi-talented artist whose practise includes character animation, illustration storyboard art, character design and graphic design, as well as a painting and engraveing. Her style has a strong fantasy influence and reflects her free-spirit & love of magic and enchantment.

www.valentinagrasso.com/

Lynne Pritchard

Background from Tommy Zoom "Food Fight"
A4 inkjet print

Amazing animator and educator Lynne has worked on numerous children's television series throughout her career and specialises in stop-motion puppet animation. Lynne teaches animation techniques to all age groups and in several London colleges and acts as a mentor for the London Animation School. Lynne's work has been published in two books: The art of Stop Motion and Stopmotion.

http://www.gingermog.com/

Phoebe Boswell


"Dog running"
A0 inkjet print

Talented artist and animator born in Kenya, schooled
in the Middle East and currently based in London.
Phoebe’s animation graduation film received a number
of nominations at film festivals including a Best Film
at the British Animation Awards public choice. Recently
her animation for Wingspan’s documentary the
Pendle Witch Child was screened on BBC4. Phoebe
was nominated for a 2012 Fellowship in Animation
from the Arts Foundation and was recently awarded
the Sky Arts Future Fund.

www.phoebeboswell.com

Ben Javens



"Paisley Song Bird"
A4 Screenprint


"Me And My Arrow"
A3 screenprint

Ben Javens is a freelance illustrator living and working
in Birmingham, England. He is originally from a
small Yorkshire town called Ossett but moved away
to study fine art at university. He is a member of the
outcrowd collective, is represented by the UNSEEN
agency and has worked for clients such as the Guardian,
Time Out Magazine and the record label Static
Caravan.

http://benjavens.co.uk/
http://benjavens.blogspot.com/

Amanda Sue Rope

"Exterior 4"
A3 Screen Print


A3 Screen Print
"Exterior 3"


Talented London based illustrator and educator,
Amanda’s illustration fuses a strong graphic
language with the handmade. Amanda’s work
has been published in a number of magazines
including World of Interiors and AD Magazine.
Amanda runs the illustration pathway on the BA
(Hons) Graphic Arts programme at Winchester
School of Art.

http://amandasue.co.uk

Lucy Dalzell



"Paris"
A3 screenprint

Fantastic London based illustrator working with
drawing and collage, Lucy takes inspiration from
everyday situations, particularly focusing on architecture,
people and their surrounding landscapes.
Lucy is a member of the art collective Exchange
Projects and regularly volunteers for the Campaign
for Drawing.

http://lucydalzell.com/wordpress/

Mike Glenholmes

"Grumpy Monkey"
A3 inkjet print

Brilliant Northern Irish artist based in London working
for BD Network as a creative art-worker, Mike paints
and draws in his spare time.

Sarah Jane Coleman



"Skyhigh Hopes"
A 3 screenprint


Sarah is a brilliant illustrator, typographer and creative
all-rounder. She is based in a small industrious hosiery
town in the Midlands, she cuts her teeth making props
at the Royal Shakespeare Company, using the small
dark hours to catch up on mounting illustration briefs.
Inspired by the penmanship of a more elegant era
and with a muscular, if pedantic, grasp of the English
language, she wrapped these perma-stained fingertips
around words and pictures for advertising, identities,
packaging, record sleeves and a trillion book covers.

http://www.inkymole.com

Simone Lia


"Leave Some for the strawberries"
A4 Original Drawing

"Wheel of Death"
A5 screenprint



After studying at the University of Brighton she went
on to write and illustrate books for children.
Since then Simone has set up an art studio in an old
pub, written a couple of graphic novels including
‘Fluffy’ and has had her artwork hanging on the walls
of The Tate Britain. With characters including a wilful
sausage, a carrot, a chip who doesn’t speak, a bean
and bunnies of various shapes and sizes. These characters
have had their own strips in The Independent,
The Guardian and The DFC. Simone Lia has a new
graphic novel ‘Please God, Find Me A Husband!’
published by Jonathan Cape, it will be available in
April 2012.
http://www.simonelia.com/

Åsa Lucander

"Kaisa&Emil 4"
A 3 ScreenPrint

"Kaisa&Emil 3"
A 3 ScreenPrint


"Kaisa&Emil 1"
A 3 ScreenPrint



One half of the running pair, Åsa is a talented illustrator
and animator originally from Finland based in
London working for 12foot6. Åsa has directed numerous
shorts and commercial projects. Her short The
Imperfectionist was nominated for the British Animation
Awards public choice and Ain’t Got Nobody was
screened at film festivals internationally. Åsa has
acted as a mentor for the London Animation Studio.

http://asalucander.blogspot.com/

Kim Alexander

"Ogre meets Imp"
A4 Inkjet



"Guatemama"
A4 Inkjet

The other half of the running pair, Kim is an artist
and animator also based in London and working
for 12foot6. Kim’s short films have screened at
festivals internationally, including her Get Well
Soon film for 12foot6 which was included in this
years British Animation Awards, and her student
film Hungry for Love which won Best Animation
category at Supershorts in 2007, and music video
Slow Train which was shown at the Museum of
Contemporary Art in Taiwan. Kim runs animation
workshops at the Kids Company and acts as a mentor
for the London Animation School.

www.kimalexander.co.uk

Anna Fyda



"Strummer"
A3 Inkjet Print






"Selfportrait with ferret"
A3 Inkjet Print


"Alice in Wonderland"
A3 Inkjet Print


Fantastic fine artist and animator, Anna is originally
from Poland and currently based in London working
for 12foot6. Anna’s brilliant student film Secret Santa
was screened at festivals internationally
www.annafyda.com

Nigel Peake

"In the Wilds" (text)
A 2 Screen Print x2

Nigel Peake is a wonderful draughtsman best known
for his meticulous pencil, pen & crayon illustrations
rich in pattern and colour that reflect the rural, the rustic
& the architectural surroundings he passes through
in his local Irish countryside and his travels abroad.
He has recently exhibited in Antwerp, Shanghai,
Philadelphia and Los Angeles and his drawings have
been used for a variety of commercial projects.

www.nigelpeake.com