Canongate future 40 bash

On Thursday the Too Much Fun Club was nominated as one of the future 40 and so we were invited to create a live piece at the event. Here's a few pics from the night....

Tattoo doodles

I sadly managed to lose a sketchbook after the garden party at Kelburn, I was pretty gutted about this as it had a lot of tattoo inspired drawings in it that I quite liked. Well I just remembered I scanned a few pages prior to losing it, so here's a Game of Thrones inspired piece I never quite got to finish......

 and a quick skull doodle lost to the sands of time.....

Instagram

I have started an Instagram account and will be posting daily sketches, paintings etc, so if you would like to see some works as they progress you can follow me at http://instagram.com/johncheetham

Exhibition photos

Here's a few pics of my work installed at the Black Cube Collective annual show at The Old Ambulance Depot.....

These images were taken when the work was being un-installed hence some of the work being on the floor.

Here's a couple of slightly better pics of the piece I recently posted...

Thanks to those who made it to the show, it was a definite success

New work

Here's a few pictures of some new paintings I have been working on, they were supposed to be quick little paintings to get my hand back in after a few weeks out of the studio but I really got into them and ended up with resolved pieces, no bad thing ......

I really wish I had a better quality photo of this piece but had to rush it down to the exhibition I have opening tonight (see post below for details) so only had time for a quick snap. Will post better quality images soon. In the meantime here's a new cheeky wee blue number....

 And here's a better quality pic of the other new piece I posted recently....

Exhibition opening tomorrow

Looking for something to do tomorrow night....well look no more as there is a fantastic exhibition organized by the Black Cube Collective opening down in Leith at Whitespace gallery followed by another preview at The Old Ambulance depot. I will have a couple of new paintings on show, hope to see you there....

Canongate's future 40

So we just found out that the Too much Fun Club was nominated for Canongate's Future 40.

"Canongate's 40th birthday list celebrates the best of contemporary Scottish story tellers- here are the 40 multi-disciplined creatives they're banking on defining the next four decades"

Safe to say we are pretty chuffed. Go check out the article and see the other great creative types nominated on the link below.

http://www.theskinny.co.uk/books/features/305874-canongates_future_40

and another couple of articles about the future 40 and how they were chosen by some pretty prestigious judges
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/canongate-lists-40-scottish-storytellers-future.html

http://www.theskinny.co.uk/books/features/305779-the_future_storytelling_canongates_40

New wee painting and upcoming exhibition

I haven't forgotten about this here blog but our camera is on the blink so I haven't been able to photograph all the exciting things I have been doing, but trust me I have been busy and lots of new work has been done.
I did however manage to get a picture of this little painting I finished the other week, its not the best quality photo but will do for now......

And I have been asked to exhibit a piece in the Boda open show down in Leith. I will post more info about this soon