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So, For a long time now my work has been very  figurative and story-based. I was telling stories directly. Personal stories, rooted in my lived experience, memories and trauma. At the time it felt necessary, and it felt honest and in some ways it was really cathartic But recently I began to look at my practice and I started to feel that the clarity of the narrative was also kinda limiting me. The story itself was doing way too much of the work and in some instances the imag

This triptych is my testament to transformation and self-reinvention. Each of the three panels functions like a blueprint of imagination: they echo the style of architectural drawings, yet they’re infused with the spirit of childhood. In creating them, I became the architect not just of structures but of a new narrative that turns once-abandoned toys into a chosen family of characters. The central panel, the heart of the triptych, began as a reflection on what we leave behind

So picture this: I’ve had an absolute stinker of a session — the sort where you think, “Right, that’s me done, send the bin lorry, tip me in.” Next thing I know, I’m in hospital. Not for a cheeky overnight, not for a “let’s stick you on a drip and see how you feel in the morning.” No. I’m there for about a month. When I finally come round enough to be parked on a normal ward with the other plebs, in wanders this doctor. Fresh shirt, hair all neat, looking like someone who’s n

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/25628529.brightons-stow-rift-gallery-opens-karl-allen-show/ Stow & Rift Gallery in Brighton will launch on Saturday, November 29, with a show by artist Karl Allen. The opening coincides with the Winter Artists Open Houses programme in Brighton and Hove. Mr Allen said: "My vision for the gallery is to bring monthly shows by artists from around the UK who will curate a more immersive gallery experience." Located in a Grade II-listed house in the

"Midnight Jolly" is a haunting and thought-provoking painting that captures an abandoned boat, once used to ferry immigrants across the...

“I’m an artist from Croydon with a long history of making marks in unexpected places. From childhood, when chalk and mischief went hand...

812mm x 1016mm Acrylic and soft pastel on mountboard This really is Park life, just like I remember it in Croydon. Classic Ashburton park...

20 odd years ago, I photographed the Roma artist by the name of Daniel Baker — a portrait that captured him and his uncompromising...

My new body of work confronts the paradox of being both outside and inside a system I criticise.  “Suffocate the Bourgeois” is not a...

Portrait of Kunst: (2020) This is the original Suffocate the Bourgeois  portrait I painted in 2020. It’s large—about six feet tall—and it...

A 2020 Milestone: Miami Abstraction On 6 October 2020 , I finished this six‑foot canvas while living in Miami. It marked a pivotal moment...

This morning, I finally got my triptych up on the wall as I prep for the big show. Originally, these pieces just felt like a play of...