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Ed Creyton of Popics

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Turtle Constalation

Turtle Constalation

Whale Mountain

Whale Mountain

Frens

Frens

Biography

Ive always loved nature and hope. I’ve been drawing since I can remember. It was either pictures of Spider-Man or animals I loved, mostly whales!) Over the years I seem to have merged those loves into brightly vibrant pieces of multicoloured birds, watercolour animals to bright pop culture pieces, keeping the bold bright and hopeful pallet colours of superheroes in mind. Wanting to keep things bright and colourful I’ve now started to add a UV and phosphorescent element to my work, meaning you have to make everything dark so that my work can bring light to your eyes. Having asked many people what they think of my work, they mostly tell me it makes them happy and hopeful, which is exactly how I want people to feel. So I’m going to keep trying to bring that for folk.

inspiration

My inspiration comes in different forms. I love movies and comic books and fantastical themes. They were all things that gave me comfort as a child so I draw a lot from those places. The first thing I wanted to do as a child (after being spider-man!) walls adorned with Star Trek and star wars posters, was to save the whales. Now I paint glowing whales in space for people. I guess the inspiration has been there from the beginning. Aside from that baseline, I sometimes see a shape and it’ll inspire me to make something. One of my favourite pieces was a bat I painted after seeing a broken cobweb. Bright neon colours often make me want to make more bright neon colours too! Haha

medium

My main medium is very bright acrylic colours on canvas with gloss varnish to make the colours really pop. Added to this is the use of neon paints and Blacklighting, which has brought a huge new dynamic to my art. I’ve also started to add various iridescent and phosphorescent powders and the varnish stage creating a fantastic glow to the paintings after they’ve been lit up! Literally three pieces in one. To balance things I also do watercolour animals often with India ink for highlights.


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