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Little Bastard & Norma’s Dream

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:30:46 +0000

Here are my 2 new portraits of James Dean & Marilyn Monroe. Both are 4 colour screenprints, hand printed on Somerset Velvet white paper. Each layer has been originated with a hand drawing in Pencil, Crayon & Pen. Various elements of ink were then splatted across the image. In keeping with my Circles Collection, abstract circles have been included around the image. They have both been designed to work as a pair.

Title : Little Bastard

Portrait of James Dean: Despite only having 3 starring acting roles, his untimely death at a very early age cemented him into legendary status. His iconic Silver Porsche was nicknamed ‘Little Bastard’ by James Dean himself.

Title : Norma’s Dream

Iconic Portrait of Marilyn Monroe: Her baptised name was Norma Jeane and the portrait shows the tragic nature of the Marilyn Monroe story, with reference to the classic Warhol image.

Here are some close-up of Norma’s Dream

The black layer has been created with a pen and part of the image has been removed by crayon. This has then been printing in thick black ink with a silver pigment, so it sparkles when you walk past it.

Thick ink has been over-layed and deliberately mis-registered.

Here you can see the layers of ink and the texture of the paper coming through.

These have all been hand printed by myself at InkSpotPress. Here is a quick photo of them drying after the second application of ink.

These are signed limited edition prints. 25 Editions have been made each authentically embossed with my stamp.

To see more of my work, please visit the shop here

New Screenprints – Ink Splat Collection

admin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:45:01 +0000

New series of screenprints now available to buy at www.MarkAllin.co.uk. All finished in Red, White on Blue on Somerset Velvet Paper. Available framed or unframed.

Mark Allin – New Collection – Circles

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:03:19 +0000

Here is taster of my new collection which will be available very soon. The new collection is titled ‘Circles’ and will be available as signed limited edition screen-prints.

I’ve always loved graphic shapes and they come no more graphic than the simple circle. After experimenting with half-tones, I felt they were just too mechanical. I was after something more random. Eventually settling on hand placing every single circle, and then over-lapping the different colours to create some interesting overprinting. I really like the negative shapes it creates between the large and small circles.

Each print is a hand pulled screen-print, using matte and metallic inks, which sets off these prints perfectly.

The series will cover iconic imagery from the 70’s 80’s and 90’s. The examples here are Michael Jackson, Michael Caine, Marilyn Monroe & Dirty Harry.

If you want to be one fo the first to get your hands on the prints, please email me here and I’ll reserve one for you.

The Artist Shop

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:01:06 +0000

The Artist Shop is now fully up to speed and ready for business.

It was created to help artists get online and help them sell their artwork via the internet. Created for Artists by 2020x, this system is a no-fuss user-friendly system to allow anyone to upload their image and sell their work online.

You’ll be able to customise your shop, sell products, blog, update the site yourself, all within this simple to use product.

Check it out at www.TheArtistShop.co.uk

Hong Kong Phooey : Tan-Riffic!!!

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:01:39 +0000

The first of many screen-prints are now available from www.MarkAllin.co.uk built by (www.TheArtistShop.co.uk) The first in the series is a 15 limited print edition of Hong-Kong Phooey. Printed in 6 colours.