About me
Urban Punkz is by me, Gordon Brown… not that one, another one. (Try getting a domain with “Gordon Brown” in it; it doesn’t work.) Anyway, I paint, draw, create digital artwork and make stuff, and hopefully others like it too.
I’m a figurative artist. The face is where I start, then the marks take over: spray, drips, scrawled tags and splashes of colour that push against the figure. I’ve always loved graffiti. It can make a place look neglected, but look closer and it’s modern calligraphy, so it ends up across skin, hair and clothing.
For years I built my work digitally, merging my own photographs with hand-made marks. I’ve since gone back to traditional painting, and every piece is now a one-off original. The digital years still show in how I compose and layer.
I work in acrylic, using spray paint, brushes and acrylic pens on board. I’m also exploring charcoal on paper. Each piece starts with a spark and I rarely know where it will end up. Some take hours, some take weeks.
Unique.
Inspired.
Raw.
Original Artwork
Every original starts with a face and ends up somewhere I didn’t plan. Spray, drips, scrawled tags and splashes of colour fight their way across the figure, built up with acrylic, brushes and pens on board, with some charcoal on paper creeping in too. Each piece is made by hand and there’s only ever one of each. No reruns, no “I’ll just do another one”. If you see something you like, don’t wait around, because when it’s gone, it’s gone.
Limited Edition Prints
Not everyone has the wall space, or the budget, for an original, and that’s fine. The prints give you the same faces, marks and colour in a form that’s easier to live with. They’re printed on Hahnemühle German Etching paper, which has a lovely texture and is the proper stuff. Each edition is capped at 50, so it’s properly rare, just not one-of-one rare. Once an edition sells out, that’s it.
Oil Paintings
These were painted about 15 years ago, long before the spray cans took over, and they’ve sat in my own collection ever since. They’re a completely different style from what I do now, so don’t expect drips and tags. Part of me wants to keep them, but they’ve been hiding in the dark long enough and deserve a proper wall to live on. They’re oil on canvas, and there’s only one of each.
Stuff I’ve Made
Not everything I make ends up on a wall. Over the years my brain has come up with all sorts of ideas, and I’ve been daft enough to follow most of them through. Some turned out useful, some are questionable, and all of them started with a “how hard can it be?” and somehow ended up as real things. Have a wander through and decide for yourself which is which.
