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Happy Halloween!

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Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Once again we're looking forward to a bit of Halloween fun and hope you are too! The decorations are up, we've got a bucket-full of Halloween sweets to hand out to visitors. The film we've selected for this year's traditional family Halloween horror film viewing will be 'The Thing'  -  the brilliant 1982 John Carpenter version. Yes, there will be pop corn and maybe a cheeky take-away!   To complete our horrible Halloween celebrations we've added the suitably dark: 'Bright Light Dark Soul' original painting to the website this week and you can keep up with all the...

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What I Think About When I'm Not Thinking About Football or Art...

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What I Think About When I'm Not Thinking About Football or Art...

So the football season is well and truly over and life's other distractions can take over for a few short weeks. A moment to draw breath and look about us before the next season, with all it's excitement arrives! So, I was thinking about things other than football and here are some of highlights, in no particular order!   Posca pens - these are great art pens - they're my favourite art thing - I know I said not thinking about football or art, but that's not really possible. Waterslides & roller coasters - they please my inner-child. Joe Strummer's...

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New art drop this week....

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New art drop this week....

Hi, it's been another busy week! I've been spending a lot of time at Elland Road East Stand working on the murals - follow me on Instagram and you'll see the daily progress pictures. If you have a mural project you can find out more about what I do on the website Johnnyinthe56 murals page. We've also added more of the 100's of art pieces to the website: Another Steve McQueen portrait - this one pictured. A piece of Space Art called 'The Lost Planet'. And a Scooby Doo inspired monster painting. Have a great week! Johnnyinthe56

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Things I Have Done This Week & New Additions

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Things I Have Done This Week & New Additions

The weather has been warm this week so I've been out making the most of it. I've also been continuing the work on the New York landscape. We've added new items to the website this week: Japanese inspired landscape art, printed on to 100% organic eco-friendly t-shirt in a range of colours. The original hand painted artwork by Johnnyinthe56is pictured. Another hand painted portrait from the Hollywood series: Steve McQueen. A different hand painted Japanese landscape featuring Mount Fuji in Black & White. Enjoy your weekend ! Thanks Johnnyinthe56    

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New Arrivals & What's Happening This Week

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New Arrivals & What's Happening This Week

It's been another busy week, I've been working on the New York Cityscape piece, it's very intricate and slow going!! You can take a look at the progress on my instagram feed, here: Johnny the painter (@johnnyinthe56artist) • Instagram photos and videos We've also added more original paintings to the website this week, they're all hand painted and include: Airport Crime Fiction Painting - pictured. A second Hunter S Thompson portrait - called 'On The Road'. A Japanese landscape on Mount Fuji and a temple. A piece of vintage French film inspired art - Rififi. Have a great weekend and thanks...

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