So What Is New?

Since the opening of the show @ The Workshop I spend a couple of days taking things easy untill it came to the time where I had to get back on track with some work on some new paintings.



My studio continues to be a mess carpeted with tiny off cuts of papermixed with used spray caps and the odd dead fly or two, just the other night I got the fright of my life when I found that I had a BAT flying around my head and even landing on the sleeve of my hoody, jeez I jumped right out my skin.



With 2007 slowly drawing to a close I am already excited about what 2008 has to offer. I am in the early stages on sorting out some stuff which I will share once things have been set in stone but what I can tell should hopefully satisfy your interest.

Xynthetic continues to become stronger with both the standard of the skaters and the new artists/designers that it welcomes and I am still honoured to be apart of such a great group of like minded individuals. It has already been posted on the Xynthetic site but I haven't yet mentioned myself what is in the pipeline. Firstly I have been sketching ideas that will develop into ideas for my own laser engraved skateboard and I plan to push the laser to the limit (hopefully) but check out below the test board that Gav Strange @ Jam-Factory had done. Sweet as a nut mate.



Not only that but myself and the other artists and photographers are working on other printed decks which you will be seeing very soon no doubt. As well as that Xynthetic is proud to announce a mini tour of work set to visit not 1, not 2 but 3 ities in England. The shows will be in Middlesborough first, Nottingham second and finishing up in Bristol!
It’ll be early 2008 with the M’Borough exhib due around Jan/Feb time so not long until the first one! Stay tuned for more info on our first group shows via the Xynthetic site .
But wait there is more.



With the success of the Rebelo:06 exhibition in Newcastle we have the Rebelo vs Xynthetic show which will be towards the end of 2008. It promises to be bigger and far better than the 2006 show which has set a high level to beat but a lot has developed in two years with regards to the skills that all artists/contributors can bring to the table. I personally am very excited about this especially as an :07 exhibition didn't manage to happen. Stay tuned as things on this develop.

All in all things will be busy at the start of next year and no doubt continue through out the fun filled 12 months of 2008, I'll be sure to update this as things progress. But before I sign off I have to recommend....no wait order you to go out and by Tristan Mancos new book 'Street Sketchbook.'



It is a fantastic and inspiring book that will make you pick a sketckbook and pen/pencil thanks to such a wide variety of amazing artist including favourites of mine, Elph, RichT and Mr Jago. It's a lot of book for not a lot of sheets.