Stephen Elford Illustration » New artwork

Cameo

Steve — Thu, 26 May 2011 23:00:22 +0000

I’ve made a small cameo appearance, Hitchcock style, in one of my latest projects.

I’ve tried before and received feedback along the lines of, “can we remove the strange bearded guy in the background”.

Maybe this time I’ll make it through…

The Space

Steve — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:10:35 +0000

Here are a few posters I put together for local arts and media event The Space. Loads of fun…

From A to B

Steve — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:17:03 +0000

It’s that time of year again isn’t it? Art shows everywhere. Well… around here anyway.

Boxbird‘s festival show this year is based on travel, and I’ve just managed to squeeze this one in before fatherhood takes hold of my life and ruins all my paintbrushes.

This is my first watercolour piece since I left college over 10 years ago. The black line is indian ink, but the background is complete watercolour wash, full of happy little accidents.

The show is running throughout May, with the private view on Thursday, May 6th at 6.30. Email Alice to get yourself on the guest list. Details here.

Oh yeah, and sorry about the lack of work on the site. I’m kinda rebuilding it all and having a portfolio spring clean. It’ll be back before you know it.

Life in 2050

Steve — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:04:36 +0000

I’ve been asked to take part in “Life in 2050″, an exhibition curated by Transmission for the Sci-Fi-London Film Festival. Of course I said yes! I developed this sketch into an A2 size 4 colour silkscreen for the occasion, and here’s the result…

Alive in 2050

The show opens this Thursday, 22nd April and is running until 4th May. The private view will be held on the evening of the 22nd April. Email Transmission if you’d like to attend, and I’ll see you there. Check out the exhibition website for more details and for a speak peek at all the work on display.

People and Robots

Steve — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:07:49 +0000

I don’t often go in for competitions, but I couldn’t resist this one.

If you’d like to vote for me follow this link.

Show Below 3

Steve — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:00:15 +0000

It doesn’t feel like a year has passed, but our third show is only a couple of weeks away.

Show Below 3 will be taking place, as usual, in the Brighton Media Centre basement gallery at 15-17 Middle Street, Brighton. We are only opening for the first weekend in May this year, so make sure you don’t let it pass you by. There’s a great new selection of original artwork, silkscreens, photography, T-shirts and more to see (and buy!). It’s a bank holiday weekend too, so what better excuse is there to spend a couple of days by the sea.

It’s good for you, and there’s a pub next door.

To request an invitation to the private view, email info@showbelow.co.uk

Hope to see you all there.

Barbarella for Cinemascope

Steve — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:48:25 +0000

I’ve been busy pulling my squeegee recently in preparation for Boxbird‘s “Cinemascope” exhibition in May. I’m working on two silkscreen prints based on the 1968 Barbarella movie. If all goes well, they should look something like this…

The show opens at Boxbird in Hove from May 8th 2009 and is definitely worth checking out. I’ve already seen some great stuff for Shogun Assassin, Dawn of the Dead and Watership Down. Amazingly, I don’t think any two artists have chosen the same film.

I’m really looking forward to this one. See you there.

Brighton

Steve — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:38:35 +0000

With the launch of Boxbird imminent, I’m planning a few silkscreens based on my (and Boxbird’s) home town. Despite my enthusiastic start I haven’t done an awful lot, and there’s actually only one available in the shop so far, so it’s time I got my hands dirty again.

Here’s a preview of the first one…

Silkscreen prints

Steve — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:21:38 +0000

I have just started producing some of my existing images as limited edition silkscreen prints for sale. It’s a time-consuming, but extremely rewarding process so expect to see more and more appear in the coming months as I gradually become completely addicted to it.
The first is “kill”, which was designed with screen-printing in mind, so it looks much the same as the existing giclée print. “Shoot” will be next, perhaps followed by some robots before I start on some new stuff. I’ll post here each time I add a new image.
It’s nice to get my hands dirty from time to time.

Shoot & Kill

Steve — Wed, 09 May 2007 19:46:48 +0000

Two final show images: “Shoot” and “Kill”. Guess which is which!
Available as a limited run of 30 GiclÃ©e prints initially, hopefully again as screen prints later this year.