Peter Barber

 

We had an ex-student in today giving a talk about his work now. It was very interesting and my friend came out "inspired to paint". The ex-student was Peter Barber, a member of Urban Canvas (http://www.urbancanvas.co.uk/Home.html) who paints in a fine art style using spray paint. What I  found incredible was the sheer size of the images such as the biggest mural in Britain he did recently:

The skill on such a big scale is awe inspiring. What is also amazing is the speed which he works (the image above was done in a month) often completing work in a day or two.
He also talked about doing murals which had interactive projections over them. We watched a video (I don't seem to be able to find said video right now) and it looked really good.
The event was happening , and the mural evolved with the music and as people passed it. I was inspired by how different formats worked together so seamlessly to create such an incredible image.
Please do try and find the video if you have a moment. I would pull the web apart in a hunt if I wasn't knackered and thinking mournfully of bed.

All in all pretty good talk. I look forwards to the next artist's visit. Nighty night.