Pablo 3 Inspired by In many of my paintings

In many of my paintings

where the building seems to rise out of the trees as much from imagination as from stone

This little table-top arrangement distributes many of my favourite staples around the picture space

I've returned to the subject to channel my inner street-cool kid from the Upper East Side (Lochee)…

I’ve seen the place change in ways that gradually become part of the familiar view

Pablo 3 Inspired by In many of my paintings20 x 20 cm When Basquiat's 'Untitled (skull)' painting sold for a record breaking sum in 2017, it prompted me to look again at the language of his work: the crowns; fractured heads; text fragments; boxing references; and the raw urgency of his mark making. One painting in particular resonated it featured the comic book heroes Superman, Batman & Robin, and the Lone Ranger. As a boy, I was obsessed with Superman comics and constantly copied drawings of