Soul Art

[Mike]

see if this has legs?

posts of art type stuff thats soul/vinyl related

 

first off a page of some great takes that include some familiar names

https://freakoutville.wordpress.com/gallery/

 

[Mike]

so no legs so far ?

you must be saving them for today

how about some vinyl photo related 'art'

from the greatunsplash copyright free archive

click for full effect

 

[Amsterdam Russ]

42 minutes ago, mike said:

from the greatunsplash copyright free archive

 

Thanks for that. Not come across it before, but have bookmarked it now and will have a good trawl later. 

Looks a very inviting little records shop - and with the opportunity to get "something for the weekend" right next door! 

[Seano]

Hi Mike,

like the idea of this thread. I've posted 2 new albums in the photos section related to this:

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/gallery/category/42-scans-single/

And here's a painting by a guy called Martin Grover who exhibited in Oxford a few years ago, along with the text from the flyer:

[Mike]

1 hour ago, seano said:

Hi Mike,

like the idea of this thread. I've posted 2 new albums in the photos section related to this:

And here's a painting by a guy called Martin Grover who exhibited in Oxford a few years ago, along with the text from the flyer:

 

 great pass on

yep talking and sharing always going to be a good thing

here's some cover art...

[Seano]

Friend of mine has just sent me this link to a website who will make a bespoke piece of art for your wall:

https://www.snapgalleries.com/portfolio-items/welcome-to-the-temple-of-wax/

Personally I like the unframed option, but they all look pretty good.

Back in mid-february I also saw this in Sister Ray in Berwick st in London, another approach to enlarged art for the wall:

 

[Stevegods]

Stopped off on the way back from Liverpool at the weekend in St Albans and happened to pass a Gallery that was showing a guy called Morgan Howell’s work .. 

Spoke to him and asked if he’d ever thought of doing a Frank Wilson single .. and he had been asked that question a few times of late ..

“ How much for an original piece “ I asked , hoping a may be able to save an buy one ... “£12,000 “ was the answer .. a limited edition print of the original artwork would be a lot cheaper if he ever did one , but he has some nice prints .

Check out the website ! 

Any more art related Soul out there that’s anyone has come across ? 

 

 

 

https://supersizeart.myshopify.com/collections/all

[Timillustrator]

Interesting, I love photorealism but haven't seen anything of his before. I have been sketching at soul events lately, drawing people dancing is a challenge. Need a bit more practice!

[Stevegods]

Hey .. you do yourself an injustice sir , very good ... I’d have one . 

Keep doing it and maybe there’s an opening in the Sales section here for any produced . 

 

[Seano]

Mike started a similar thread a little while back:

 

[Stevegods]

Ahh hadn’t seen this Sean , thanks .

Maybe transfer my post over Mike , apologies .

[Seano]

Don't think an apology is needed Steve - it's a good spot and may trigger more posts.

[Timillustrator]

I've got a few more I'll photograph and post. I sketch most places but not done many of people dancing, I like it though it's a new challenge, especially as it's often pretty dark inside and you can't always see what you're doing. Here's a few I did of Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band last year. That was easier as they were relatively static. 

 

[Davenpete]

I remember doing a fair bit of nighter centred stuff when I was at art college (did a lot of drawing at Morecambe Pier and The Unicorn in Leighton Buzzard - not sure if it was me or everyone else who got most paranoid - art on durophet is fun though, but not as much fun as graphic design on MDMA).

Not quite sure what the crack is with this Morgan Howell guy - I can get you a high res print of a label and an exhibition print on plain paper for the sleeve about 3 feet across done for about £40 total (from what I can see he's done much the same - except that he's airbrushed on the tone on the columbia label - probably simply to avoid moire pattern of a straight print; moire is the 'tartan' effect you get from scanning half tone dots) - then it's just a case of putting them together and mounting them.

Dx

PS With the 'vinyl' being routed out of black acrylic with a standard signmakers' CAD cutter

Edited May 12, 2018 by DaveNPete

[Timillustrator]

I thought they were prints at first (well they are, prints of the paintings) but he's done actual paintings of the records and sleeves at a large size. Interesting because when they are reduced and photographed, as they are here, they just look like the originals. There's better images of the large size originals here. https://www.williamsart.co.uk/Williams_Art/Morgan_Howell_Wonderwall.html 

 

Edited May 12, 2018 by Timillustrator

[Timillustrator]

I guess it's similar to some of the original American Photorealists like Chuck Close, John Salt and Richard Estes - you look at their stuff online or in a book it just looks like a photo; when you see the original paintings on the wall of a gallery you see all the brushwork and defects and they are even quite crude close up. 

[Stevegods]

Correct , and supersized every crease on the sleeves , fault or imperfections are reproduced as well .. 

 

[Guest BabyBoyAndMyLass]

Hi have merged this with an earlier thread of Mike's in a similar vein, hope this is OK!