Commissioned Work
On brand, personal and community commissions are one thing as the model of Engage : Create : Facilitate is rigorously applied without exception. It's key to share a little background on how this came to be and how ME became WE from a rather unexpected source!
Corporate Marcomms
As the times changed....
The sands of Dubai offered my first corporate rebrand in the early 2000s as 'MBT' became 'Degussa creating essentials', where the new brand was brought to life in an authentic, localised way for the Middle East market.
Construction sands to the Golf course bunker sand
The signed $1 bill stage with one of the first — Alice Cooper: golf addict!
With a huge realisation several years later, back in North Wales at HMP Berwyn during an Engage : Create : Facilitate workshop as The Dance of Life Collection took shape....
The Head of Skills and Learning told me that she'd researched my work online and that my journey was all about realising my self-worth — and that I was clearly ready to help some of the staff and residents at Berwyn realise theirs!
Rather than praise me for various celebrity collaborations, it really hit home — and she was dead right! Some 3 months and a couple of branding workshops later, delivered to the staff and residents, the result was The Dance of Life Collection.
'Ups and Downs'
Created by a resident of HMP Berwyn as part of The Dance of Life Collection
From 'ME' to 'WE'
My work is only as good as the passion that the client, their team, or collective has for their brand, cause and message! We lean in, share stories, thoughts and philosophies to produce a logo, tagline, or even a unique piece of work that tells a story — bordering on a form of therapy for the client, at times.....
....in the moment, engagement is key in producing the work together, shaping as we both see fit....
We all need some Vitamin ME of course...
Take time for your VITAMIN ME — from the Health is Wealth collection!
Trailer alert — some of these commissions are now held here, in the private collection section, for those wanting to dig a bit deeper. One of the most recent brand commissions was to celebrate 50 years at Hurst Knoll School during a rather challenging time throughout lockdown in the autumn of 2020.
'Play School'
Hurst Knoll School Headmaster Jonathan Hobday
As art tells a story in vulnerable glory — be it a rebrand, mental health activation, painting, a complete collection, or a charitable donation — it is all about locking into the cause of the client and connecting the dots. Only then can the magic happen.
I hope you enjoy reading about them as much as I did helping create them — from as recent as a family legacy piece in Dubai for John Probandt and his son in 2025, with senior going for Red and Blue U.S. of A...
& Junior going for Gold & Black...
Rewinding back to highlights over the last decade with Chilli Marketing, Sydney, Australia (2017)
More self-worth work with this rebrand and reinforcement workshop, giving this team of marketeers at Chilli Marketing a Dragons' Den style brief — the challenge of creating their own company brand story in an artwork with a $100 Aussie budget, then having to sell it for 100 times that amount within a 4-hour window.
The result literally was priceless! They refused to sell me the painting and it still hangs in their boardroom to this day.
Degussa became BASF Art Floor Commission (2016)
Full circle — working with the BASF Art Floor resin to create a celebratory brand piece, having worked there in corporate comms a decade earlier!
It really did come full circle — but that's another story....
Messrs Henman, Poulter and Sellers — as brand meets sport and fine dining!
The Monopolies Commission (2015)
What started with a moving story about time served in jail led to a connection where stories were openly shared — and The Monopolies Commission was the result, for Farid, a hotelier in Portsmouth, England.....
The Monopolies Commission
Monopoly board, assorted items, a Wheat strand and acrylic on canvas
125cm x 130cm
2014
Subbuteo: Huddersfield Town v Manchester United (2017)
A Sydney-based Huddersfield Town fan wanted something a bit different to celebrate their against-the-odds 2-1 win....
Subbuteo worked a treat, plus a few blasts from the past collectables for good measure....
Passion Storm (2018)
In memory of Greggy Senior, for an extra special family — with the energy silos propping up the passion storm during special times in California....
California Passion Storm
Acrylic on canvas
190cm x 150cm
El Dorado Hills, Fair Oaks, California 2018
Colourblind Beefy (2015)
A painting with a twist for Sir Ian Botham's 60th birthday — the red on green colourblind legend.....
Red on Green Dollarshot Commission
Acrylic on canvas with a signed £20 note
60cm x 60cm
2015
....who is the patron, saying it like it is!
Till the Death (2014)
A shooting star, dinner on the floor in Harrogate, and a soul-searching conversation led to me deconstructing and recreating a family crest from Harrogate, Yorkshire — with a contemporary twist as the old meets the new with a Black Knight.
Till the Death
1m x 1m acrylic and bitumen on canvas
(2016)
Lewis Hamilton's Scalextric Table (2019)
'Still I Rise' — there's no stopping him with his 6th World Title, honoured in a disruptive talking piece for a Diamond Geezer's pad near Woburn Golf Club, which kindly supplied the sand....
Lewis Hamilton's Still I Rise
Acrylic & spray paint with Scalextric 200 components, paddock club pass, blue and yellow starter hairdryer guns, Lewis disruptive print and signed AED 10 banknote with a bag of sand and a set of small Yas circuit ear plugs on plywood.
185cm x 130cm
2019
Just one more question please — then the magic happened!
Lord Claude (2019)
A London-based couple who wanted to capture their pet Lord Claude at his peak — marking the first 'Pet Disruptive'....
Lord Claude Disruptive Print
Artist's Proof : January 2019
Manchester United (2015)
"I'll host them for golf — you sort the signed $ bills" was the deal, leading to this collage dollar style that now hangs proudly in The Qube, The Track, Meydan, to be released for sale in early 2021.....
#8 of Heroes & Villains: Manchester United
Acrylic with 20 signed Manchester United $1 bills on an Evra shirt dated 15.2.14 during their visit to Dubai when they were hosted for golf, kindly presented by Ryan Giggs.
145cm x 130cm
2014
Let's be Frank, Sinatra — Original Painting (2015)
Painted to celebrate what would have been The Chairman's 100th birthday, 12.12.2015, commissioned by filmmaker Terry 'Rise of the Footsoldier' Stone. Curated at the delightful L'Escargot in the heart of Soho....
Let's be Frank, Sinatra
Acrylic with 4 vinyl Sinatra records, $100 bill signed by the artist morphing from the face of Frank, with Sinatra at 100 CD, a first class stamp, stars and glitter and acrylic on canvas
110cm x 110cm
2015
Let's be Frank, Sinatra — Prints
The painting above was the springboard for 25 limited edition prints — personalised, hand embellished and otherwise — as the story continues with 4 of these being released per year. 16 down, only 8 to go!
Ruby Dooby Doo — Sinatra Print
An example of one of the limited edition hand-embellished unique variations of the Sinatra print of Let's be Frank — for Ruby, using Mac lipstick in full effect with pen additions and Ruby eyes.....
Limited edition Let's Be Frank, Sinatra Fine Art Print
Hahnemühle German Etching 310 gsm
60cm x 60cm
Top Trumps, Donald
Some stories are, well, sometimes best left....
But that's another story — with often both sides of the coin explored.....
Top Trumps, Donald
7 x 1977 rare Top Trump cards including Captain America, Dr Octopus, the Green Goblin and The Invisible Girl, featured above the Donald Trump signed $2 bill dated 20th May 2014
Triptych Celebrating Life (2020)
Sometimes people are destined to meet — right at the right time! I'll spare you the details, but a Dubai villa with light like no other, rich empty walls, and a delightful client willing to share the things he really valued in his life...
His epiphany, his lightbulb moment — after a time of loss, with new growth following....
And the next stage of his journey as one portal led to another....
With the light during installation....
Just right! See those double doors — well, the other side of that wall meant these Intergalactics collectables found their resting place as the force was strong....
With the magical workspace in the villa of good vibes accommodating the answer to life — the universe being celebrated with Hitch Hikers 42 (2014) and everything with Snakes & Ladders (2015)...
The Els Club commission — a precursor for Health is Wealth (2022)
Which is all about looking after yourself...
After all, Health is Wealth....
FOOTNOTE
The following works have all been completed and are yet to be added — in case you're looking for one! Plugging away getting up to date and catching myself back up as we get into 2025....
Finding your Feet in Scotland
Gary Player's Golf & Giving
Let's Be Frank, Sinatra
Ruby Dooby, Doo!
Floored by BASF in Germany
All Join Jack
Al Noor for the Eyes
Greatwood 49ers
Story, Rory — Race to Dubai meets the Desert Classic!
Budapest Golden Moments
Viv Anderson's 60th
Carl Cox at The Atlantis
Prague's Triptych
Jordan Belfort — Real Wolf of Wall Street
The Curious Case of Ian Brown
Peace Brushes for the Russian Consulate
Ravello Boss on the Amalfi Coast
Azer' F1 McLaren Artwork (Liverpool)
The Manor Cup, Stoke Park
Aim High with Michael van Gerwen
Union Jack Heart, Novus Cambria, North Wales
Dance of Life, HMP Berwyn, Wrexham
Charitable commissions include:
- Glenn Hoddle and The British Heart Foundation
- Meydan Hotel, Dubai — Brand Workshops
- Theatre by QE2 activations for the Red Crescent with Morgan Cars and Adamas
- HRH Platinum Jubilee QE2 Dubai
- King Charles III Coronation QE2 Dubai
- Everton in the Community Golf Day for Coeus Insurance
- Kieran Durkan Memorial Golf Day at Carden Park with Wrexham FC
- Wrexham Miners (Gresford) Fundraiser at Hotel Wrexham with Graeme Souness & Co
- Kidneys for Life with Sugar Ray Leonard & The Sporting Club
- Darren Gough's Care for the Wild
- Cure Leukaemia with Gareth Southgate & The Sporting Club
- Owen McVeigh Foundation with Jamie Carragher
- Smith Bros Boxing Foundation
As both sides of the coin continues to be explored — guess which side feels the most authentic.....
OPTION A
OPTION B
No contest!
Whatever next?
