Banksy Visits Poulton le Fylde, Wink...

A piece of Banksy style stencil art, "Little Girl with Red Balloon", mysteriously appears on the wall of Pulci Pizza, popular Poulton eating place, one Sunday morning while owner Alex was away on holiday. Alex is delighted but puzzled...

Photo Mural Installation

I was asked by a friend who owns The Market Place lettings agency in Breck Road, Poulton le Fylde, to help with the refurbishment of his office by installing a feature wall photo mural. Appropriately he decided upon an original Francis Frith photograph of the Market Place in Poulton le Fylde, taken about 1955. The photograph shows Poulton in the days when the Market Place was open to traffic, quite quaint to see a bus parked in the Square. Another interesting find was a shop front with the name Parker on it. I digress

The Mural was sourced and licensed from the Francis Frith collection. It was printed and supplied in 6 pieces by Printed Space, Morecambe. The installation was relatively problem free, despite this being the first such mural that I have installed. The finished work is 17 x 8 ft. I am pleased to say the client was blown away, not literally, he was as they say chuffed. Passers by get dragged in off the street to experience the 3D experience of walking into a 1955 Poulton Market Place.

St Chads - Poulton le Fylde - Faux Effects

St Chads from Thatched House Gate - Old Glass Plate Photograph

 St Chads from Thatched House Gate - Tintype Photograph

St Chads from Thatched House Gate - Mixed Media

 St Chads from Thatched House Gate - Sketch Style Photograph

Charity Auction - Donation

Liver Buildings - Alistair Parker

I have donated a piece of work to the Deloitte charity auction for the Greenbank Project..... on-line bids accepted, please show your support.... further information check link below or contact Dot-Art, Liverpool.

http://www.greenbank-project.org.uk/index.php/support-us-3/charity-art-auction

See more of my work at www.alistairparkerart.com

Arrogance: An Exhibition of Contemporary Portrait Painting

Arrogance an exhibition of contemporary portrait painting  by recent Blackpool Art College graduate Anton Byrne-Carter. Blackpool based Anton is a gifted artist and his portrait style is becoming increasingly sought after. Anton is currently engaged on a commission for a portrait of ex Blackpool and now Liverpool footballer Charlie Adams.


Till  30th October, at Village Market Place, ArtSpOt, Poulton le Fylde,  9 till 5 Monday to Saturday, entry free. 
The entrance to the exhibition space is from the Teanlowe Centre Carpark, next to the Post Office.


See more of Antons work at www.antonart.co.uk follow him on Twitter @antonart123 and Like him on Facebook

Exhibition "Four Dark Corners"

Lytham St Annes Windmill in the Spring

A exhibition of photography by Alistair Parker, titled "Four Dark Corners" has opened at The Library, Poulton le Fylde. The exhibition is open Monday to Saturday and runs until 3rd December 2010.

"Four Dark Corners" is an eclectic collection of fine art images with a distinctly vintage feel. Alistair's grainy, soft focus treatment gives an "old camera" look to the photographs. A style much loved by the "Holga/Lomo film camera enthusiasts, cameras which are currently enjoying a massive resurgence in popularity.

Each image is contained in the same battered old frame that was picked up in a charity shop, adding to the vintage look. The first time I showed this exhibition it was interesting to watch people getting close-up to the images to see if the frame was real. It isn't of course, it is part of the printed image.

SYMPTOMATIC an Exhibition by James Whyham

James is in his third year of a Fine Art and Professional Practice BA (Hons) degree at Blackpool Art College. The works on display are experimental pieces produced during the first and second year of the degree.


James states that;:-

"Mark making and gesture is my main area of interest and I have been investigating how gesture, mark making and surface communicate or define identity and how individual decisions form and influence wider social and political contexts or visa versa. My mark making is an attempt to trace the fluidity and transient nature of consciousness and an attempt to avoid the tendency of language and image articulation to form certain mindsets and fracture perception into a series of moments."

The work is on display at Village Walks ArtSpOt, Poulton le Fylde, from 24th September to 30th October, Monday to Saturday, entry free. The entrance to the exhibition space is from the Teanlowe Centre carpark, between the Post Office and Ethel Austins or from Queensway.