Image © Doug Gordon
Doug Gordon was born and raised in the rugged wilds of suburban Ohio. Though the son of an artist mother, as a youth he never advanced beyond the rank of occasional doodler. Graduating from Oberlin College with a degree in Psychology he struck out west and completed several tours of duty as a residential counsellor at a psychiatric facility for children, an experience that unsurprisingly had a profound impact on him and would later play a significant role in his work as an artist.
Image © Doug Gordon
Finding himself unemployed after 8 years of social work he somehow swindled, cajoled, and wheedled his way into an animation studio where he would work as a Flash animation symbol wrangler. Over the past 10 years he has dedicated himself to animation, illustration and for the past couple years, airbrushing. In his spare time he also enjoys writing about himself in the third person. Yeah.
You can see more of Doug’s work on his site: www.strangosity.com, which is definately worth a look.
Image © Doug Gordon
Scott Nellis is an artist based in Brighton on the south coast of England. He graduated from the University of Brighton with a BA (Hons) in Illustration and uses pen on paper to create intricately detailed drawings. The drawings vary in and are influenced by subjects that are both global and personal, combined with fantastical realms.
Scott says: “I’m often questioned over my patience to create such large, detailed drawings. My response is patience only exists when something is being tolerated. I do not tolerate drawing, I love to immerse myself within it”.
Scott has exhibited work alongside other talented artists including Goldie and Jamie.
You can see more of his work here: www.scottnellis.com
I want to live in a world where every home is full of art and it isn’t illegal to paint the streets.
My paintings and drawings explore issues of cultural memory, looking at pop vs. underground culture, the media, and popular mythologies. I tend to work in large series: in ‘Hot Topic’ I explore the role of artist-as-memory-keeper through 60 paintings that depict important, but little-known, feminist icons. The series ‘Kim Jong Bomb’ parodies traditional political portraits and plays with the narratives that are constructed around world leaders. I enjoy the contrast of the decorative and fantastical with the real and serious.
Blank walls break my heart, so along with painting I’ve thrown myself into publishing Papirmasse, a broadsheet-style art subscription that delivers cheap prints by post.
Since 2006 I have lived in Montreal; a city I fall in love with over and over again.
You can see more of Kirsten’s work here: www.hellokirsten.com and www.papirmasse.com
