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ORANGE MAN CANVAS

10"x12"canvas called the Orange Man. Large figure on the left holding a flower. Behind the figure is a sideboard and a smaller figure in some kind of yoga pose with one hand and one foot on the sideboard and the other foot and hand raised. There is a light at the top of the image. The smaller figure wears an orange jumpsuit. Blue background.

The Orange Man makes me think of that man in America, I’m sure you know who.  The jumpsuit, well it’s making me think of the uniform of the captive.  Orange is the colour that America chose for its prisoners, apparently just because it is bright.  Blessed be the fruit.  Looking at the red shoes I’m now thinking about Wild at Heart by David Lynch.  That really was a wild film, one of the most memorable I feel, what a love story. 

My work has a main figure and a smaller figure and this could be the alter ego or childhood memories, it could be someone you have lost too.  Who knows what the alter ego is, it could be a face we put on at work, it could be part of our personalities that are kept largely hidden, maybe it’s what we would really like to say to people but know that we can’t.  You’ll find gender ambiguity in my work too, you can decide what the work means to you.  There’s old fashioned images too like here the sideboard and the light.  I loved the décor of the 60s and 70s.

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10"x12"canvas called the Orange Man. Large figure on the left holding a flower. Behind the figure is a sideboard and a smaller figure in some kind of yoga pose with one hand and one foot on the sideboard and the other foot and hand raised. There is a light at the top of the image. The smaller figure wears an orange jumpsuit. Blue background.
10"x12"canvas called the Orange Man. Large figure on the left holding a flower. Behind the figure is a sideboard and a smaller figure in some kind of yoga pose with one hand and one foot on the sideboard and the other foot and hand raised. There is a light at the top of the image. The smaller figure wears an orange jumpsuit. Blue background.

FIGURES WITH RADIO CANVAS

Canvas of two figures with the radio. Smaller image.

Anything with a radio makes me think of Pauline Black and that’s pretty obvious.  My work with a large and small figure, to me, references the alter ego or something like memories, things from our past.  Canvas which is 10in x 12 in.  Original, one-off.

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Close up of canvas of figures with radio.

BEN DE LISI SIZE 6 HAND PAINTED SHOES

Ben de Lisi size 6 hand painted shoes. Main colour beige and painted with orange and turquoise colours with yellow dots. Sections of the shoes are painted. Stiletto heel. Original one-offs. Turquoise toe with black section behind with yellow spots. Orange panels on the inside of the shoes which extends to the back of the shoe around the top of the shoe.

A bit like the shoes out of Wild at Heart, but not red.  You can click these together though if you want to.

Gorgeous hand painted Ben de Lisi shoes size 6.  Perfect for going out or staying in.  Hand painted just for you – a total one-off.

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Ben de Lisi size 6 hand painted shoes. Main colour beige and painted with orange and turquoise colours with yellow dots. Sections of the shoes are painted. Stiletto heel. Original one-offs. Turquoise toe with black section behind with yellow spots. Orange panels on the inside of the shoes which extends to the back of the shoe around the top of the shoe.
Ben de Lisi size 6 hand painted shoes. Main colour beige and painted with orange and turquoise colours with yellow dots. Sections of the shoes are painted. Stiletto heel. Original one-offs. Turquoise toe with black section behind with yellow spots. Orange panels on the inside of the shoes which extends to the back of the shoe around the top of the shoe.
Ben de Lisi size 6 hand painted shoes. Main colour beige and painted with orange and turquoise colours with yellow dots. Sections of the shoes are painted. Stiletto heel. Original one-offs. Turquoise toe with black section behind with yellow spots. Orange panels on the inside of the shoes which extends to the back of the shoe around the top of the shoe.
Ben de Lisi size 6 hand painted shoes. Main colour beige and painted with orange and turquoise colours with yellow dots. Sections of the shoes are painted. Stiletto heel. Original one-offs. Turquoise toe with black section behind with yellow spots. Orange panels on the inside of the shoes which extends to the back of the shoe around the top of the shoe.

OXFORD BAGS & EASY SHAGS – SIZE 16 BROWN LEATHER JACKET

£100 including postage in the UK – Oxford Bags and Easy Shags – Size 16 Brown Leather Jacket

Size 16 hand painted leather Arma brown jacket. Hand painted on the back of the jacket. Person on the left of the image wears a skirt and platform orange shoes with stripey knee length socks and is carrying a bag. Smaller figure stands on the back of a chair that appears to be rocking and one foot is on the shoulder of the larger figure and the other on the back of the chair. The smaller figure has the words Oxford Bags across their trousers and below that is the letter + easy shags. Words further down the image read "thoughts rocking dangrously on teh back of a chair". Lovely soft leather. Buttoned front of jacket. One off original.

This is one for the collectors. A lovely soft vintage leather jacket hand painted on the back. Hints at the alter ego or memories if you want to view it like that. A look at the psyche as well as what appears to the outside world. “Thoughts rocking dangerously on the back of a chair” it reads as a person balances on the top of a chair with one leg and the other on the shoulder of a person with the words “Oxford Bags and Easy Shags”. You can interpret.

Size 16 hand painted leather Arma brown jacket. Hand painted on the back of the jacket. Person on the left of the image wears a skirt and platform orange shoes with stripey knee length socks and is carrying a bag. Smaller figure stands on the back of a chair that appears to be rocking and one foot is on the shoulder of the larger figure and the other on the back of the chair. The smaller figure has the words Oxford Bags across their trousers and below that is the letter + easy shags. Words further down the image read "thoughts rocking dangrously on teh back of a chair". Lovely soft leather. Buttoned front of jacket. One off original.
Size 16 hand painted leather Arma brown jacket. Hand painted on the back of the jacket. Person on the left of the image wears a skirt and platform orange shoes with stripey knee length socks and is carrying a bag. Smaller figure stands on the back of a chair that appears to be rocking and one foot is on the shoulder of the larger figure and the other on the back of the chair. The smaller figure has the words Oxford Bags across their trousers and below that is the letter + easy shags. Words further down the image read "thoughts rocking dangrously on teh back of a chair". Lovely soft leather. Buttoned front of jacket. One off original.

 

Size 16 hand painted leather Arma brown jacket. Hand painted on the back of the jacket. Person on the left of the image wears a skirt and platform orange shoes with stripey knee length socks and is carrying a bag. Smaller figure stands on the back of a chair that appears to be rocking and one foot is on the shoulder of the larger figure and the other on the back of the chair. The smaller figure has the words Oxford Bags across their trousers and below that is the letter + easy shags. Words further down the image read "thoughts rocking dangrously on teh back of a chair". Lovely soft leather. Buttoned front of jacket. One off original.
Size 16 hand painted leather Arma brown jacket. Hand painted on the back of the jacket. Person on the left of the image wears a skirt and platform orange shoes with stripey knee length socks and is carrying a bag. Smaller figure stands on the back of a chair that appears to be rocking and one foot is on the shoulder of the larger figure and the other on the back of the chair. The smaller figure has the words Oxford Bags across their trousers and below that is the letter + easy shags. Words further down the image read "thoughts rocking dangrously on teh back of a chair". Lovely soft leather. Buttoned front of jacket. One off original.

 

Size 16 hand painted leather Arma brown jacket. Hand painted on the back of the jacket. Person on the left of the image wears a skirt and platform orange shoes with stripey knee length socks and is carrying a bag. Smaller figure stands on the back of a chair that appears to be rocking and one foot is on the shoulder of the larger figure and the other on the back of the chair. The smaller figure has the words Oxford Bags across their trousers and below that is the letter + easy shags. Words further down the image read "thoughts rocking dangrously on teh back of a chair". Lovely soft leather. Buttoned front of jacket. One off original.

MICK, MICK … 2023

Hand painted vintage travel case referencing Mick Lynch and railways robotic age and Aer Lingus with vintage Aer Lingus sticker.
Back of travel case referencing Mick Lynch. This side has image of head and shoulders large and smaller person with sideboard and structure. Could be referencing inner thoughts or memories.

 

£500 including postage in the UK – Mick, Mick … vintage suitcase

A true vintage.  An old travel case possibly from the 1950s which had an old Aer Lingus sticker on it which became part of the art work.  Hand painted on front and back.  

The sticker became part of a clock with the lettering “Not the Nine o’clock News” around it.  For those who remember the song “The Memory Kinda Lingers”, the lettering “cunni” has been added.  You can work that one out.

Further reference is made to Mick Lynch and the railways with the words “Mick, Mick, who the eff is Mick … Lynch” and then there is a request for “Fair Pay for Robots” as we enter the robotic age.  “Jaysus” appears on the case as does “I do like to be beside the seaside” all illustrated using Angelus paint.

The back of a case is an image of a person’s head and shoulders with a smaller person which could represent thoughts or memories along with a sideboard and some kind of structure.

Original, one-off piece.  Case does not open.