Brighton's Disaster Series

King Kong has finally arrived and is on sale in the seafront gallery, and via our website. The British Airways i360 shop is displaying the origial and also selling limited edition prints.

Kong guarding his chips up the i360.

Kong is part of a disaster series that has been percolating in my thoughts for years. He is the first of four pieces to emerge from those fragments of ideas and thoughts.

Finishing touches to the original in the gallery.

King Kong 1933

I grew up with this misunderstood beast, captivated with this insight to his soul. The original film (1933) was one of the first to use stop motion animation, signifying the film industry was entering into a new phase of technology to entertain and engage millions.

Watching the movie as a kid in the 1970’s I was hooked.

Later, an art college trip to the now closed Museum of Moving Image in London, Kong’s metal armature model was on display. It’s simplicity of form and function captivated my interest and my energies moved into computer animations using the then state of the art black and white Macintosh 128K.

For the last few years I’ve been adding hidden extras to many of my paintings as augmented reality animations allowing a 3D element and immersion to the image. If you’ve visited me at the gallery you may have been shown the way in which the pieces work, all you need is the Artivive app on your smartphone or tablet.

It appeals to my sensibilities, (if I have any) that I’m taking works from some of the old masters repainting with an innovative twist and then bringing it to life that people can access via their own smart phones.

The days looking at flat canvasses are limited. Artists, studios and galleries are now reinventing themselves to adjust to this new era of accessing art.

Limited edition canvas and paper prints of Kong aere available here…

Whatever next? NFT’s?

Watch this space….there is more to come