Interruptions #3 Images exhibited at Atrium Gallery at Liverpool School of Art and Design 3 - 17 Jan 2018 and at the international SUES show in the aptly named John Lennon Art and Design building at LJMU in July 2019.


Interruptions 1 - 4


Interruption #3 features outagraphed, cut-out images of The Beatles taken from a late 1960’s copy of Top Pop Stars annual and various other contemporary / reprinted sources interrupted by photo-theft, painting and expressive markmaking. These pre-collé sketches are themselves a work in progress which lead into a larger scale mixed media work (see below) now held in a private collection. Mine.


 The Beatles (2017) Acrylic & mixed media on printed board, private collection.



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I am a working image maker and illustrator currently serving as a Senior Lecturer at Liverpool School of Art and Creative Industries at LJMU and PL of the newly minted MA in Illustration at LJMU. Contact me for the moment via Instagram DMs or LJMU email m.r.johnson@ljmu.ac.uk
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