Craig Everett and his large scale portrait of David Hockney. Image courtesy of the ‘Telegraph & Argus’, Bradford.
Craig Everett, (or Rourke Van Dal) is a self-taught urban artist, who lives at Thackley. He creates pop art, using a range of techniques and experiments with different styles and materials, including waste paper, tins and cans. His his work is often inspired by people and places from his youth on Bradford Thorpe Edge estate in the 1970s and 1980s.
‘Born to be wild’. Image: see artist’s website, below.
See Craig in action on the video (link below)http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/11376620.Bradford_artist_Craig_Everett_takes_his_brushes_onto_the_street_for_urban_art_initiative/
His work is exhibited at ‘Rogue’, a gallery at Eccleshill, Bradford, and Craig has artwork in private collections worldwide and has exhibited at the 2013 Contraband exhibition in Los Angeles.
Image: from artist’s website
In 2013 he also gained attention for a striking large-scale portrait of David Hockney he created made from layers of newspaper cuttings, stuck together and moulded, to create a sculpted effect.
Portrait by Craig Everett. Image from the artist’s website pages.
Website: http://www.craigeverett.co.uk/