FAYE SUZANNAH

feathered edges

2011-12-06T07:47:00.000-08:00

A kiss that speaks volumes is seldom a first edition.
~Clare Whiting

Dark-by-4pm-boredom lead me to paint this Indian peacock canvas and then physical addiction to the painting of smooth round repeated shapes lead me to paint this kitchen wall.

68 feathers; soft, repeated and flowing, that as i painted them reminded me of your kisses.
or was it the other way around? x

now that we've found love......what are we gonna do with it?

2011-11-15T05:04:00.000-08:00

If you have spent the long nights of winter 2011 in Glastonbury as i have, you may have spotted these doves carrying a message to remind us that there's just no pleasing some people.
Well, there's just no pleasing me

reflective times in sw7

2011-09-24T16:31:00.000-07:00

City VS country is the theme these days, I'm dividing my time between the 2. Gazing through bus windows along the A303 is giving me plenty of time to ponder on which environment is simply better for a girl like me. THEN i realise i dont have to decide, and i find myself in Vauxhall where young children, dogs, pretty flowers, community and craft life exist despite the urban surroundings.
Heres' a garden corner i painted as the seasons turned. I learnt to use mortar, fell in love with raspberry coloured paint, battled with rain, broken mirrors and crumbly old walls! and I thank the Brookes for giving me the challenge.

This is the mock design i worked from using images from THIS incredible flower website
I also found time to skate around Stockwell, eat sushi in Soho and see the sun rise on a stupid night out on Brick lane. now THATS the city life i miss!!!

Heriz Payne Architects Glastonbury

2011-09-16T07:52:00.000-07:00

An office mural commission turned into an entirely different project recently when i worked on a huge canvas for a week in solitude instead of having public interaction at each stage as usual.
I was happy to paint in my own space as it helped the non-plan i had of lines and shapes when i started and saved any embarrassment from all of my old cassette mix tapes that i listened to whilst i worked!

As i reflected on my younger years during piles of analoge recordings i couldn't help but feel really very happy about how far we've all come since the Alanis Morrisette era.

Heriz Payne Architects www.herizpayne.com

stats for dinner

2011-09-15T15:29:00.000-07:00

so in the period of life organising that i'm going through i'm getting all hooked on numbers
Here's some interesting ones for you
So far, since 2006, i've painted
101 walls
21 boards
16 signs
13 flower pots
10 tables
9 canvases
4 boats
2 doors
and 1 floor

in 8 different countries!

underwater love

2011-09-12T06:47:00.000-07:00

To bring a new dimension into the krumble Empire photographic studio, i spent a saturday night in a turquoise dream with my brushes and then dusted off the Ariel costume.

Thanks to the melancholy rhino for his shooting skills and endless patience with girls getting into stupid costumes!!!

Mad about tea and homemade cake

2011-08-14T03:41:00.000-07:00

Although my home town of Glastonbury is saturated with independently run cafes, the neighbouring town of Street is the commercial opposite.
Across the road from Starbucks, Costa and Subway, the Mad hatter cafe in Street High st,is thriving on people who want no fuss builders tea, jacket potatoes with coleslaw and good old fruit cake made on the premesis.

Over the last few months i have been slowly decorating the shuttered walls of the cafe to brighten the space and bring some fresh new colours into an old stone building.

Watch out in Tottenham Hale...

2011-08-12T18:27:00.000-07:00

Not for bricks coming through your car window, or that shop on fire across the road ! NO!
watch this space for another warehouse celebration of love, North and south of the Equator!.
last year's lacey special will remain as we all get together from far away lands and rejoice in friendships far and wide.... I CAN'T WAIT!

life,death,love and skate in North London

2011-08-12T18:06:00.000-07:00

Time flies REEEEEAlly fast when your not rolling. who would have thought it was 2 whole years ago since me and Helen first painted these infamous skulls on the 3 Amigos skate shop on Camden Rd.
2 years of tourists taking photos of the mono-chrome shop front, and of me forgetting to go skating more and more frequently, and then WOW suddenly Petes beard has grown,we're back kneeling on Camden pavements in the August wind/rain/sun, local tourist attraction Amy Winehouse has died of an overdose, and I actually manage to get back on board in time to join my dearest lovenskate boys in the Clissold Bowl.

Now the shop looks like this. and there is a fire starting in my heart.. again.

Here is our little amigo Joe getting stuck in too!

Richbourne Terrace Revisited

2011-08-11T17:37:00.000-07:00

The Summer holidays means i get to spend periodical amounts of time in this parallel universe i call "parenting". As a temporary childminder just south of the Thames, i change nappies,peel bananas, learn new things about where the end of my patience actually lies and all as a cover for dishing out business cards in the playground.
Over coffee and toddlers one morning last week i finally got the chance to photograph these "black cherry trees" that i painted way back when i only had 1 working wrist. The plaster cast and the painkillers must have had a worse effect than i thought...is it me or do these trees look drunk?

Womad2011.

2011-08-01T11:03:00.000-07:00

Finally got to do some painting in the sun at Womad last week. Been waiting for that ever since i left the Pacific coast! me and Helen Wheels did our bit for a small decor team at this world-wide festival. We got hot, cold, tired, happy, hungry, drunk and barefooted as is the way in the uk summertime. We also made some awesome new art friends
check them out
Phill Harvey .. made me miss skateboarding!
Tim Uleweiz...fell in love with a cow
Dom Williams. Organiser/ teacher extraordinnaire. even without the guyliner

I consider Helen a super and well organised lady, putting in serious time with her art and the correspondance that goes with it, As well as keeping up travelling all over europe with her skateboard. i never really was able to thank her enough for sharing Sydney time with me in her home city in the winter , but now i've shown her a bit of my festival background and we've both got buns of steel from crouching in the grass with our brushes for days.

Glastonbury 41

2011-07-01T10:53:00.000-07:00

Since finishing full-time education.... the university of life has brought me many many lessons in many different things. factory work and t-shirt printing taught me how to deal with monotonus work that feels like its never going to end. Life in London town taught me that it's OK to not waste precious time with fools. Front crawl in chlorinated pools across the globe has taught me that discipline is important for progression, and more recently a little furry friend of mine has taught me how to sleep properly, finally.
BUT never before my midsummer times in the Park Field have i had anybody teach me how to paint. working for Misty and Reg in the Park farm corner of the glastonbury site, rain or shine.. each year, is my most invaluable learning time. I get to see others weilding brushes or cans or pens in the way in which they know how and i come out more technically brimming with tips than i ever did exiting the LCC turnstiles.
Some do it for the money
others for the love
i do it for the knowledge.... (and access to a backstage shower!)

This is Mr Fly who doesnt know it but is by far my favourite teacher. he is seriously PRO.

The local end of the festival was also graced with my brushes. Me and the krumble empire were busy before hand making well-needed T+C signage....
more in 2013.......

Going Potty

2011-06-10T10:48:00.000-07:00

Time between sitting at my kitchen table and admiring my newly sprouted lawn has been spent painting up flower pots.. all sizes and colours! .... can you tell i've been dreaming about going to Mexico???
All for sale! just ask......

Party packs revisited. cheer up love!

2011-05-22T13:41:00.000-07:00

I'm not going to lie, rural life is starting to get me down. bike rides and walking puppies in meadows and going to bed early is making me feel like i'm missing out on something.
This weekend i painted an explosive mural in an office filled with everything fun that you could think of.... www.partypacks.co.uk

wigs, ribbons, baloons, banners, bunting , bangers and giant inflatable willys as far as the eye can see..... ..
whopee! i thought as i popped party poppers to myself,painted bottles of champagne , listened to carnival music on my i pod and gazed a bit out of the window a the stunning somerset countryside...
When i'd finished successfully cheering up this office i wanted to go and celebrate but here i am instead in bed at 9.30 pm. ! Party on.

Look HERE at their extensive online catalogue and look here > at what i also painted in party packs back in 2008! Fiesta!

Friday 13th. Birthday reflections...

2011-05-13T13:53:00.000-07:00

WOW! a whole year since i painted this for Miss Milstein in an 8hour surge of special-day energy..

OH MY GOD ! a whole 27 years since we were both born into this world!
I hope the Bovril Building is full of fun and laughter today.. love you long time Jeanne!

surfs up in my bathroom:)

2011-05-07T08:49:00.000-07:00

Bit by bit my dream of living in an eccentric old house is coming true!... not only has my kitchen full of butterflies survived without me all winter....

but with all the bank holidays recently, i've had all the time in the world to reflect on my recent times in the pacific ocean.. and get on hands and knees to re-create something awesome and aqua coloured on my bathroom floor. Yes! painted floorboards are the new big thing.. didn't you know.?

Rebels loo

2011-04-25T08:42:00.000-07:00

Getting ready for the festival season in true compost style........ i decorated the outdoor eco- toilet for the boys and gals at rebels yard.

art deco under the stairs

2011-04-21T02:08:00.000-07:00

In order to drag my design-brain out of it's jet lagged state. I finally got around to decorating this triangular space in a funny little pink cottage.

Me and mango enjoyed our short time on roman way because the walk next to the river is very nice... but puppy watching and painting at the same time is a combo i need to work on

King Rime's Palace

2011-03-28T00:29:00.000-07:00

In the last 2 years, 28 year old Rime here , has built himself an entire house. it IS up a crazy hill, and the neighbours ARE grumpy, but inside the walls is a perfect fusion of tastefull Balaneese decor, yummy Japaneese food and a soundtrack of uk dubstep.i'm really happy to have spent time contributing to this handbuilt homestead. Rime is a man of many plans and hopefully i can get involved again someday.

I had to make the most of this chance i had to paint in such epic interiors.. These oval windows serve as beds AND seats as well as having built-in sexy ambient lighting to set the scene for whatever Rime has planned in his palace.. After all he is a king.

A hitchhikers tale.. klimt in the garden

2011-03-19T00:54:00.000-07:00

Well i'm stoked that there is no public transport around the byron shire.. because it makes hitchiking that bit more accepted and safe.. as it should be everywhere in the world.
A nice man and his wife gave me a lift home one afternoon and we got talking about what on earth an english girl like me was doing in NSW. when i answered i realised i was becomming famous around mullumbimby and they were dead keen to get a bit of Faye Suzannah brushwork in their house before i left

copying an existing artwork isnt normally my style but these klimt colours and swirly details were TEDIOUS AS HELL and taught me a few things about tolerance

Good clean fun in Mullum wash house

2011-03-10T19:35:00.000-08:00

The barefooted community of Mullumbimby has not only made me feel very at home over the last few months, but has provided me with more than enough public projects to make me feel valued here on the otherside of the world.

I painted as campervans were emptied into the toploader speed queen washers, and petuli oil, sand and salty waters were washed from the belongings of the transient owners.
I painted as permaculture gardeners zoned out watching the driers and munched silently on organic bananas.
I listened to local stories, and foreign tales, and also a bit of triple j radio, over the humm of the machines

If a laundrette is a good social barometer, then i've learnt everything there is to know about 2482NSW.... BUT ALSO... I've learnt that whilst riding the wave of life, it pays to just be nice, put your heart into what you do, and say thanks to the people that help you

Thanks Blue

Cape Byron

2011-03-05T15:47:00.000-08:00

A pirate map of the Byron bay coastline for a lovely lady called Bronwen . A nice lesson in new brushes, small fonts, and local geography

casa mexico

2011-03-02T15:00:00.000-08:00

A very public part of my Mullumbimby takeover can be seen on Stuart St outside gallery Casa Mexico. It's been so long since i painted outside i had forgotten the joy of talking to everybody who walks past!!. Soo happy to be back in this funny town and be able to walk around without my shoes on...

40 degrees in the shade. La sera

2011-01-30T19:00:00.000-08:00

On the hottest day in Victoria so far in 2011, I made some swift but necessary changes to an interior wall of La Sera pizza restaurant on St Georges rd, North Fitzroy.

Boy was i glad to be under the air con and next to the Gelato fridge..

Here you can see the feature wall before i hit itwith tomatoes.....

DENCH bakery. wheat free fun

2011-01-26T16:47:00.000-08:00

Even though i've been told i'm the only person in the Northside of Melbourne that still drinks coffee with chocolate sprinkles on (cappuchinos are soo last year darl! ).. John Dench, master baker of Victoria trusted me to decorate his cafe on Scotchmer St.North Fitzroy.

I drew a Faye Suzannah style wheaty pattern in a custard yellow with sourdough coloured details whilst i sipped my soya capp and wondered what all the fuss was with Australia Day anyway.

Many thanks to little miss Laura here who not only totally hooked me up with caffine and walls to keep me well busy during my time in Melbs, but makes wonderful things from wool and string in her spare time.

Considering my history of bread and toast art, i think Dench and I may have a future together

milk and honey mullumbimby

2011-01-02T20:36:00.000-08:00

> Subject: mural milk and honey mullum
> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 10:39:33 +1100
>
> hi faye
> like the look of your work
> interested in what you can do for our boring walls
> you came in yesterday afternoon, milk and honey in mullum
> we are closed from dec 24 to jan 4, would be a good time to do something
> give us a call 6684 ****
> chris

The festive season was an absolute smash for us all here in Mullumbimby. Inbetween beach trips and birthday parties we also got some work done. Milk and Honey pizza restaurant had a break from the woodfired oven and we got busy on the walls. Massive respect, thanks and happy new year wishes to the Pellen family for knowing what they wanted and trusting us to paint with hangover shakes!

of course i had my bestest helper to make it all even more worth it!

The Echo.The pen is mightier than the sword.......

2010-12-25T02:01:00.001-08:00

But a picture paints a thousand words..

In the heart of the Byron Shire NSW, is a little local newspaper called the Echo that used to have a daggy wall in their publishing office. They published my advert , which is my first EVER form of advertising.....and then were then kind enough to give me a job that kept me busy as the christmas rain fell outside..

Here i am not flaunting it on the beach in a bikini as u all expect me to be doing x x
painty xmas love from across the globe.

colouring NSW

2010-12-11T22:07:00.000-08:00

So for you Southern Hempisherical beauties who may have just met me.. thanks for looking me up!

. I'll be based in Mullumbimby untill april next year... with a trip here and there to make the most of my time in the Antipodean Isles. Australia rocks so far and i'tll be even better once i've painted your walls. my brushes are itching to start colouring in your country so have a look down here and get in touch!

Massive love to these Glastafarians and their munchkin who are putting me up and feeding me well.So good to spend time with you guys in the sun:) x x x

silver linings and purple wings

2010-11-10T03:25:00.000-08:00

Dark times make us stronger in the long-run. The kitchen of 38 Bove Town is heavy with history and packed with paternal presence but slowly it is starting to shine...... i'm making it mine :)

Tutto il mondo e paese

2010-10-25T02:54:00.000-07:00

Because the whole world is like a village and you meet the same people again and again when you least expect it.. i'm not sad to empty my room and leave my cosy cottage corner of London in Italian and Irish hands. We had a great WestEnd year and i've a feeling ill see some of these faces along the global camino at some point.

inside/outside japanese flowers

2010-09-25T15:45:00.000-07:00

Well i don't know exactly how many hours i've spent on the number 36 bus this week, but thanks to rubbish weather and last minute staff meetings a 2 day mural turned into a week long one and i got to see my favourite 3 year old a whole lot more than planned :)

Interior AND Exterior japanese flower pattern for my london family

Before
After

Particularly happy with the warming, colours and the way it winds through the house

Rufus did his best to explain to me that we wern't allowed to draw on the walls but i did it anyway. when he gets bigger me and R are going to have so much fun!

sign of the times.. YOGA GROOVE..

2010-09-21T16:23:00.000-07:00

Some pretty signs i made last week for a pretty festival in a very pretty cliff-top garden.
www.yogagroovefestival.com

Although i wasn't feeling bendy enough to get involved at the weekend, i did realise what fantastically creative, calm and organised hands a certain little peanut is going to be born into soon. thats 4 hands, not 2. old school love and support for Lucy and Drew

Porchester for life-screenprints

2010-08-24T06:07:00.000-07:00

Prints and Photographs.

The Porchester Centre has been a great source of inspiration to me over the 3 years that I have worked on the poolside. The aesthetics of the 1920’s building has had a positive effect on my wellbeing and very rarely have I been bored whilst sitting in the lifeguard chair.

When I am not guarding lives or swimming, I am painting murals or finding other ways to express my visual appreciation of things in life that others may overlook.

Here I have used a combination of old re-prographic techniques such as photocopying and water-based screen-printing based on hand-drawn images and creative 35ml photography,to develop one-off original artworks or small limited edition series prints. These are creative methods that I have developed through years of print design studies and periodical employment In both fine art and commercial screen-printing studios.

The prints come in many variants and are all available to buy; as prints on heavyweight paper,

within a mount, or framed as seen. Many prints not on display, please ask me!

07813650655

PRINT £50

MOUNTED £75

FRAMED £150.

small pool reflections 1/3
small pool reflections with bleach 1/2
large pool sides 1/2
large pool balcony "with walls" 1/2
large pool balcony monotone 1/2

plunge pool 1/3

Spa chairs with gold 1/3
"Brockwell" mono print

The bird chronicles

2010-08-23T17:17:00.000-07:00

A flock of birds flying across the room is a very nice idea. My approach to expressing this artistic vision, over the last 10 months, has gone from this:......IN LONDON E3 LAST WINTER....

To this..... IN THE BRIXTON BOVRIL BUILDING IN MAY........
To this .........IN THE STAIRCASE OF MY VERY OWN COTTAGE W10 Wallpapering photocopies and mixing turquoise paints in empty honey jars,are my favourite things to do at the moment. So i stayed in all weekend and did just that..
From the centre of my silly shared squat house i could hear the following.... Hot97 fm on permanently in the kitchen. keyboard practice from mr JC downstairs. Bikeracing on tv from the room of mr DH , French cinema on high volume in the front room from CB, and mixes from these boys from back home from my own speakers just behind. Somehow though i don't think any amount of noise will prepare us for the NottingHillCarnival next weekend!

Sushi Times

2010-08-20T05:51:00.000-07:00

Its true, i don't have an oven. But look what i've cooked up in my kitchen, ..
it's a big painty gift in celebration of raw fish-funtimes and seaweed-spending-stupidity all around the world... Times that i have mostly shared with the only person i know who never stops to push me creatively.

www.kimkrumble.blogspot.com/

the not-very-blue note cafe Glastonbury

2010-08-15T16:38:00.000-07:00

Blue Note 8/8/2010

Blue Note 14/8/2010
Those of you who think Glastonbury is just a festival are missing out. It is in fact the best home town any girl could wish for. After having copied, cut out, pasted, drawn and of course painted my way through a weeks worth of jazz records and mexican mosiac triangles whilst being surrounded by almost ALL of my favourite people ..I now feel more in love with Mid Somerset than ever before...

After the very vague briefing of "mexican music diner" (thanks Caelie)........ i think we pulled it off with tortilla chips growing on trees and a photocopied record library. ...
Sadly there is not live Blues music played in this cafe but there is great coffee and foods fit for hippies. oh,... and nachos. :)

another skateboard shop

2010-08-06T16:18:00.000-07:00

Stevie's Brighton basement shop has everything you need for skateboarding and nothing that you don't need. After painting this sign, we went out, got sweaty and muddy and fell over on concrete and i couldn't believe that i'd forgotten the joy of it!

sunflower symphony 2-6

2010-07-29T15:24:00.000-07:00

All the sun i've been catching between British festival fields, Portugese islands and london gardens. . . . .

has inspired me to use these girasol coloured paints to make something stunning. a True celebration of my return to London W10...

Sunflower symphony 2-6. . Deborah's after comment was...;
" Thanks for bringing so much energy to our garden".

Art Nouveaux marathon

2010-07-23T15:07:00.000-07:00

One magnificent days work in the sleepy village of Frome.
That's murals to fit ANY space.. yes even under the stairs

Chameleon King

2010-07-16T16:09:00.001-07:00

Nuno Marques is a Portugese biologist. Also known as king Chameleon. If you ask him nicely he will take you on an ecological tour of the Olhao islands of the Algarve in his boat.... or take you on long walks with his 4 dogs on the Armona sand dunes. But if your really lucky....he will invite you to paint his garden wall in the sun and eat grillled fish everyday with his beautiful girlfriend, wonderful family and hilarious friends.

Before.....

And after.....

Here i'm thinking..... life is good!

here Chester looks like he's painting but really he's just trying really hard not to get high

Here the lovely Vera is getting painty, inbetween making lunch AND dinner. what a legend.

Birds of Eden

2010-07-07T15:26:00.000-07:00

I rate the garden of Cero do Gallo, Corcitos, Loule, Portugal over the Eden Project any day. Each time i visit the botany blows my mind a bit more...All the naked gardening is paying off Isi!
I finished this tryptich canvas for Isi whilst the dogs licked my toes and the smell of coffee wafted down the hallway.

Glastonbury 40

2010-06-30T17:33:00.000-07:00

2 sunny weeks in the Glastonbury Park Field making friends, painting big, watching the expertise of others, sleeping under canvas and seeing the festival grow before the thousands arrived.. was such an amazing opportunity. I thank Misty Buckley from the bottom of my heart to the top of the ribbon tower.

The gypsy caravans from last year lived on. since these snakes i havn't stopped for one day... and i figured in the last 12 months i would have made my father pretty proud.

2010 props go to super press tent team work with mr FLY and tropical funtimes at the HMS sweet charity.
hands up who cant wait for next year

Thai tree huts Grand Union Brixton

2010-06-13T02:17:00.000-07:00

Quite possibly the best pub garden in London.

Grand Union. 123 Acre lane Brixton

When i was 18 and i took my first trip across the equator, i had no idea that hanging out on Thai islands, drinking thai whiskey and scuba diving would lead to this.

An 8year old sketchbook full of drawings like these, taught me a new and beautiful lesson in why small pocket sized records of visual experiances are important for more than your memories .

Forget the dover bookshop , i'm planning on traveling more of the world with glue, scissors and a pencil and creating my own image bank.

4 huts, 4 themes 4 days and one fantastic assistant. Helen you rule.!
HELEN RULES......>check out her blog

Turning Pro

2010-05-16T08:39:00.001-07:00

Why i am spening so much time up ladders??? why?? because i love it and i love you!!!
this weeks hard work payed off amazingly in smiles and laughter.. and even some tears.

The best way to spend my birthday .Dove suprise for Jeanne

The best way to say Happy wedding anniversary Bryce and Saida.Lace wall for the pearly party :)

Mau Mau Bar

2010-05-05T11:09:00.000-07:00

This week i left my brush marks on a wall i've had my eye on for years.... 3 day+night shifts in the heart of Portobello at the MauMau Bar was a Westlondon dream come true.
So many walls not enough time..... x

Made in Brasil

2010-04-25T02:22:00.000-07:00

The sun shone all of last week on Inverness St, London N1 PLUS i got to listen to latin music and eat feijoadas whilst i worked.
Camden is full of characters it's a joy to get to know it.

as pincéis prontos para o verão

2010-04-19T14:22:00.000-07:00

A year ago i was here.....

Making things like this..

It was a bit good!!!....

Now i'm here....made-in-brasil-bar.co.uk throwing my visual memories around Camden. :)

Bar Vinyl

2010-03-26T03:03:00.000-07:00

In Camden town last week me and Alpha collaborated on this last minute mural in Bar Vinyl. The wall was long, the construction site dusty and painting on the ceiling was a neck breaker... But the colour scheme was sexy and watching super quick spray-can sketches appear next to my painty shapes was a wonder... another type of leberkunstler altogether..

Alpha is a true art-pro. Thanks soo much for the help buddy. Westcountry for life!

Lesen und malen in Austria

2010-03-14T14:15:00.000-07:00

Nummer eins in my top5 list of Art holidays (and thats a tough list) has to be Linz, Austria.
I was commisioned to create a "bookcase" on the bedroom wall of a querida amiga Sibylle whom i have known since my exchange student days in Bilbao. We were already mixing up the languages and sharing ideas in the halls of the UPV back in 2006 and so i,m more than stoked to have spent these days with her learning new Deutsch words and revisiting old memories during the making of her golden new library......

I collaged phrases from old spanish revistas, british gossip mags and general germanic publications onto photos of books whilst humming along to FM Vier ,then got the chance to press all the buttons on a foreign photocopier(which i really love!) then pasted up the books.
Whilst thinking about how fit a faye-suzannah style pattern in , i went for a skate.. OMG totally zauber indoor park and skatescene , also got amazed by Klimt and Hundertwasser in Vienna then got shiny and happy with the flüßig metal paint.
Cafe con leche and stollen to celebrate. good friends and fun art times.. Wie sind internazionale kinder.

The rest of the list, incase you care is
2- Salvador brazil
3-Armona portugal
4- Zarate Argentina
5-South London Brixton + Brockley

Exercises in freedom in the kitchen

2010-03-05T17:45:00.000-08:00

In between my super fun work/speile lives of swimming and skating... i have found time and space to paint small and try new things within canvas borders.... all without leaving Ladbroke Grove or struggling with ladders in anybodys' house... this has somehow made me feel creatively FREE. which is what we all want .. right..?

Positive and negative trees for ms E.frayne

semi squat= cold fingers!

LP views for Mr M. Giglioni. props to the poolside family.

new site

2010-02-03T13:13:00.000-08:00

http://WWW.FAYESUZANNAH.CO.UK is now up and working if this blog isn't up your street

2010-01-08T13:22:00.000-08:00

Did i say that EVERYTHING on Ilha Armona is small? The dogs, the roads, the boats, the houses the rooms.. Henry's room.. yeah pretty tiny. But Henry's smile after i painted him this picture was massive! The last few days of 2009 were spent in perfect company despite the rain outside.
L-R. Boli, Nuno, Vera, Spot, Pringle, Kim, Henry, Peko, Me, Lito. yes it was boas festas

A bonassa depois o tempestade. Painting in Portugal

2010-01-02T11:30:00.000-08:00

There is tiny island off the coast of the Algarve, Portugal called Armona. Everything there is small and a bit magical. Except the storms which were big and loud. as the Atlantic Christmas winds wrapped themselves around our shack-like accomodation and blew the rain in through the shutters, I wrapped myself up in blankets and learned to paint smaller. Here are the aquatic based artworks that i left behind when we caught the last ferry back to the mainland....

Formica Fun

2009-12-26T14:01:00.000-08:00

Whilst German words and Christmas cheese filled my belly with love and laughter... I thought long and hard about why i love painting on cement or papered walls so much.....
3 years in university learning about the reasons for inks and print systems and solvent based methods of surface decoration all came back to me as i was faced with a 4-door plastic-coated wardrobe. If you dont have an industrial scale vector plotting vinyl cutter to hand, paintbrushes do the job and even fit in your handluggage!

UAB Mile End

2009-12-13T10:56:00.000-08:00

At the Urban Adventure Base in Mile End park i was commissioned, alongside artist Nik Jones, to work with a young girls group to decorate the walls next to the changing rooms. Time management and general youth attendance were the biggest hurdels. But in the end we came up with this starburst including star designs by the girls.

Black Cherry trees.

2009-12-10T11:14:00.000-08:00

BETTER PICS TO COME

As big of an effort that i make to avoid christmas, something eventually eats away at my sentiments and i get the gold and/or silver paint out.

This week ,3 days were spent painting 3 trees in a gorgeous 4 story house in londn SW8,. My trees, although something pretty special, were nothing on the first Proper xmas tree i saw this year, 5ft high and towering over the wide-eyed toddler of the house.

"Black cherry yoghurt" coloured paint+metalic details to this forest mural were a brave new move but thanks to the moral and practical support of my excellent helper Helen, i took the plunge and am super-proud to have contributed to the most stylish, and seasonal home i've seen for years.

Perfectly ripe..

2009-11-19T11:38:00.000-08:00

EVERYBODY agreed that this geometric pattern was easier to live with than crazy fruit salad mess. I developed it from a pineapple skin/ more of this method in 2010 i think.....

many thanks to mickey for the painting company........bonding with brushes in the kitchen has made west london feel even more like home..!!

Sticks and stones........

2009-11-11T13:49:00.000-08:00

Due to recent unfortunate (but fun) incidents in mini-ramp late at night, i have been left incapable of many day-to day activities.
Dragging a plaster cast and bandaged foot around my local cemetary, however had this wonderful effect on my friend Jim's bedroom wall. Kensal Green is worth visiting just for the autumn trees. W10 treating me better each day xx

.My first plaster cast, at aged 25 does indeed have a snake drawn on it.

A holiday in East london and some birds

2009-10-18T14:54:00.000-07:00

I took a trip West to East along the Euston road on my bike thinking that it would be terribly poignant if i was hit by a car and tins of blue paint exploded all over the place.
i survived though and in 3 days also found time to do have some ace outdoor fun HERE.
swimming is the closest thing to flying.
ALso guarding is the the next best thing to squatting.

Heartbreak on the p4 to Brockley

2009-10-13T13:01:00.000-07:00

Let me introduce you to two of the most wonderful creative people i know. Christo Squier and the lovely miss Z .Together and seperately they have brought me faith in art futures and strength to fight the system.
To celebrate and to scorn; art,love and life, miss Zara Gaze and I joined independant female forces and made this art-deco hallway masterpiece in deep south London. yes.

living the W10 dream. 12blenheim crescent

2009-10-06T10:29:00.000-07:00

before..
After...

Faye Suzannah's perfect autumn day would go as follows.
.7am wake with tired legs from skating the bay66miniramp the night before.sleep for half an hour more....
8.30am eggs for breakfast in mikes cafe Blenheim CrescentW11.
9am start drawing on first floor flat garden terrace wall in chalk.
9.30am trip to nu-line paint shop. new paint.new brushes. nice.
10am to 12.30 pm painting mixing colours painting in silence with only the smells from the cafe below to keep me company.
1pm soya cappuchino at Coffee plant and vegetarian quiche from the grain store portobello rd. yum.
1.20 to 6pm painty painty fingers getting cold. great days work!...
6.30pm casual skate through w10 roads to the porchester spa where i swim and soak the paint out from under my fingernails in the steam room...ahhhh.
yes

Pyjama painting@ the cottage

2009-09-29T05:35:00.000-07:00

Because the simple act of applying paint with brushes is far more fun than facing the world sometimes.... i've been slowly but surely calculating and creating geometric patterns in my bedroom and gettting fruity in the kitchen..whilst listening to North London pirate reggae radio stations.....

This pattern evolves a bit each day and keeps me awake at night thinking about where it is going to go nextSomehow this fruit salad design always been a dream of mine.Luckily i live with easy going irishmen

Hostal Art

2009-09-13T03:04:00.000-07:00

Let's admit it, winters on its way,painting with gloves on out-of-doors is not an appealing prospect...BUT the tourists are all going home and the rooms at the Piccadilly Hostal are going to be empty to paint again..... this is what i painted last year.

http://www.hostelart.com/.

At the Piccadilly Hotel in Central London they are encouraging artists from all over to come and decorate rooms so that travellers can have a slightly more creative stay in our capital. I painted a jungle, inspired by the tropics surrounding Santa Cruz in Bolivia http://www.hostalart.com.

Los Wahacos

2009-08-30T05:21:00.000-07:00

The peeps over at Wahaca Canary Wharf launched this search for artists to win the chance to paint their restauraunt. Hardly in the "graffitti" category, but totally stoked on the latino theme of the restauraunt chain, i entered and after sucessfull public votes and general facebook takeover am awaiting to see if its gonna be me.... Espero que si..... follow this link

http://blog.wahaca.co.uk/whats-happening/streetart

3 amigos

2009-08-25T05:00:00.000-07:00

If this wasn't the best skateshop in London before, it is now!. The mexican theme and blue exterior of the wonderful skater-owned "3 amigos" shop opposite Londons' Camden Rd station was perfect for painting! Me and fellow female ripper Helen Lovlee went out of our (sugar) skulls battling typical British weather and general skate-rat harrassment to paint this mono-chrome mural..

. Follow Pete, Kev and Francois in their north london skate antics HERE.

Max's mexi madness

2009-08-16T15:44:00.000-07:00

Like me, Max is hooked on South America. He commissioned me to paint him a mexican mural.... it turned out really a lot madder than expected but i think Shepton mallet needed cheering up a bit..... and now he has something to look at whilst washing up!.. Gracias para dejarme hacer lo que queria amigo!!

Tor Cottage. Glastonbury

2009-07-05T04:06:00.000-07:00

Hours after the Glastonbury festival had finished i was up ladders in the sunshine giving this house a floral facelift.A wonderful continuation of creativity in the countryside! Next time you take a walk up Glastonbury Tor or fill up your water bottles at the Chalice Well, keeps your eyes out for Tor Cottage and its blue and pink bouquet.

Mucho respecto to Alister and his taste in Reggaeton too!! I was transported back to the shores of Las Tejas for sure during this week!! Daddy yankee and friends can take all the creative credit for this one.

Park life. Glastonbury Festival 2009

2009-06-30T14:15:00.000-07:00

I was lucky enough to watch the festival grow in the days leading up to the big weekend, and get involved creatively with Misty Buckley and her design crew making The Park field as crazy as ever. Massive props to everyone who showed me how it was all done proffesionally and stuck tightly to the tea break regime. Here is sign king Fly killing it with the paint pens.... 3 "gypsy caravans" i painted. 12 were placed around the field for general chilling

creatures of death became and landmark for us all. even Zak and Anj found it! can you spot them in the photo??

2009-06-25T13:57:00.000-07:00

My ticket into the festival of dreams this year came from painting a banner alongside loads of other local lovlies. Here they all are looking amazing in full protest-style glory on the old cinema screen frame. Mine is obscured by this big bellied man but was certainly not my best work anyway..next year less emotional stress before the festival please.....

down south

2009-05-02T12:38:00.000-07:00

Lucky young Rufus Tubb of London SW8 ,now has some parrots watching him take his afternoon naps. .. 3 glorious south london days painting and visiting stockwell after hours.

Real panorama shots here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/tubb/3880688973/

Many thanks to red bull for lights in the park and for the stockwell boys for a good night.. always.... skateboarding i missed you..

Ordem e Progresso

2009-04-19T08:14:00.000-07:00

4 Years ago i met a Brasilian dentist in a Spanish language class in the Basque Country. When people say "if you ever come to my country come and stay." they tend to mean it. Senor Gabriel Paternostro and family served me the tastiest food and were wonderful hosts in Salvador, Bahia. Of course i left my mark in their house.. muito obrigada. x

Camping Las tejas

2009-04-11T15:33:00.000-07:00

being paid in pesos and living on boats changed my life

How many lizards does it take to say thankyou?

2009-03-27T13:28:00.000-07:00

Here are the tables i painted during my last Argentinian days. thankyou San, Berni, Juli, Eze, Graciella, Lujan, Lopez,Rosendo, Bello,Camilo, Miguel, Emanuel, Peleco, Milu, Nora, Carlito and Patricia ... for being my family. hasta el ano q viene...

Enamorada...

2009-03-20T13:00:00.000-07:00

By this point i'm knee deep in the boat family politics, im waking up in the dark hours to get 8 hours painting in around social distractions, i'm hooked on the traditional Mate tea...and high on gloss paint.. im hooked.. enganchada estancada enamorada .. im scared to leave Las Tejas.
developing new painting styles everyday...

garden side of boat hotel

Laguna Beach wall

2009-03-05T12:45:00.000-08:00

Taking advantage of the last sun of the summer....I totally transformed this concrete wall along the beach with some quite out-of character blue shapes. I was totally alone with my paintbrushes and my portable radio on the sand for 2 days running. it was bliss. the peacocks came to check out what was going on too.

Tables

2009-02-28T12:32:00.000-08:00

Table series based on things with wings. drawing what i see. getting better with gloss paint....

This cock and his 3000 friends kept me awake every night.. hijo de putaaaa!!!!

Peacock under the puente

2009-02-20T12:03:00.000-08:00

I painted a peacock and some jungle leaves on the massive bridge that seperates the world of camping Las Tejas from the town of Zarate. The sun was hot but the local radio reception was really clear. radio cielo.net and paintbrushes.. a combo i was to grow very fond of....

Last year my best friend and complete inspiration kim voncoels also graced this bridge whilst on a journey to get to know her Argentinian relatives, and at the same time started a mural trend. The Krumble Empire is on international takeover.

Burnt Boat Pescero

2009-02-14T11:23:00.000-08:00

In preperation for a party on the private beach of Las tejas i painted these huge hibiscus flowers all over a crazy old boat that is basically just sat on the campsite as decoration.i used emulsion paint direct onto the burnt surface so rust showed through i loved it!. after a 2 week job fighting off lots of bugs and battling with big ladders.. we had a rave on the deck of the boat and i learnt to dance to reggaeton....

2009-02-01T12:19:00.000-08:00

The boys employed to watch the beaches at the campsite became very close friends of mine. i painted some signs for their bar to say thanks for accompanying me 1.5k of frontcrawl down the river at sunset everyday... good times x x

camping las tejas. Barco Hotel Don Carlos

2009-01-20T11:03:00.000-08:00

Oh my days! I'm living on a grounded ship surrounded by forest and roaming animals. It's utterly amazing

I've got free reign to paint whatever i want around the land as long as se queda mas lindo.! nunca estaba tan contenta. x

Beach house beautiful.Floripa

2009-01-12T09:46:00.000-08:00

The wonderful family Luz let me stay and paint next to the praia in the south of Florianopolis, Brasil. Amarella flowers were studied in the garden. a wonderful few weeks. cant say obrigada enough!

Christmas las tejas

2008-12-28T10:19:00.000-08:00

Little did i know this crazy riverside campsite in Argentina would become a huge canvas for me and my ideas over the next few months. Here's what we did on Christmas day 2008. Already totally in love with Las Tejas....

Party Packs .painting with gloves on. big pics to come

2008-12-05T09:54:00.000-08:00

http://partypacks.co.uk is the best place to buy things to make your fiestas fabulous.
In the headquarters in Somerset i was commissioned to paint this mural based on the mardi gras and all things carnival... It brightened up the entrance hall and preperared me for my colourful Brasilian adventures to come. it also made me very happy to be leaving the winter behind.. my fingers got chilly

sketchbook archive..

2008-11-18T11:59:00.000-08:00

The advantages of living at home for a while.. is that you find things like this in the attic..

Heretics guide to vegan cookery

2008-10-09T02:34:00.000-07:00

Chef and comedian Andy Murray commissioned me to draw some illustrations for his Vegan cookbook out soon.Food art, my favourite!

Back in the Krumble Empire

2008-10-09T02:07:00.000-07:00

I'm back in my element in flat 5a with my real Glastonbury family, please come and visit! Paintings galore.!

La Terraza

2008-10-09T01:25:00.000-07:00

This summer i was proud co-resident of the 119 terrace. London E1.
The lovely Lalita Powell let me loose on her exterior walls. We had serious fun times on the terrace. There WAS a British summertime this year, we were there, loving it all.
Listen to the city, its breathing!

Double exposure

2008-06-13T02:53:00.000-07:00

The wonderful KimVon Coels double exposed in a Portugese beach swimwear shoot. On Praia Amado 2 weeks ago. Thats 1 slide film shot with fisheye submarine then wound on again in the lomoLCA and cross processed! Muito Bon!

Portugal and more

2008-06-12T04:52:00.000-07:00

This trip to the Algarve became more than just a holiday...
painting in the sun in a bikini is certainly my favourite thing to do. ever.

Sidewalk

2008-06-12T04:43:00.000-07:00

skateGot my face (and my arms and legs) in Sidewalk magazine doing this frontside rock and roll at the girls skate comp at Projekts in manchester. Thanks to Jenna Selby and her fisheye lens this quarter looks huge!
http://www.sidewalkmag.com

Underwater love

2008-06-12T03:14:00.000-07:00

As part of a post graduate course in surface design (screenprinting onto interesting things) i hand printed, hand stitched and lomo-photographed some bikinis! Major thanks to the pool and to all the Glasto girlies who modelled! watch this space for more designer swimwear!
Check out http://www.stampcollective.co.uk for more LCC surface design graduate work from this year

Kingpin Skateboarding Europa

2008-06-12T02:35:00.000-07:00

The lovelies over at Factory Media have let me grace the page of their trans-european skate mag with my screenprinting! stoked!

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Lovenskate in Bolivia

2008-06-12T02:20:00.000-07:00

At the end of 2007. I went on a trip to the high altitudes of Bolivia with fellow lovenskater Stu Smith. Armed with my trusty Lomo camera and my skateboard i trekked up and down a lot of hills met some amazing people and saw some amazing views : you can view more photos at www.lovenskate.com and on the walls of the lcb surf store in Bethnal Green London. www.lcbsurfstore.com