[alistairkhalil]

Farewell My Sweet 2010. By Eelus.. Taken from his blog..


"Happy new year gremlins. Been having some WordPress problems that have finally been sorted so my blogging powers have been returned. 2010 was the busiest, craziest year ever for me. Amongst other things I had 2 solo shows, 4 screen print releases including one in 32 colours and one that sold out in 8 minutes and one amazing painting trip to The Gambia as the Curator of the 1st Wide Open Walls project.

I made the odd mistake here and there but learned a hell of a lot as a result. Not just about the art business but about myself, about other people, about what I want and what I need to do to get it. I met some amazing people, made some great friends and made a lot of work that I’m really proud of.

And so, after a pretty non-stop year of stencil madness, 2011 will see me take a little step back from so much stencil work under the name Eelus, and put most of my energy into starting up my new venture, Freak Show Projects, under my real and less ambiguous name, Lee Pennington.

Through Freak Show Projects I’ll be putting myself on a new path of discovery and learning as I attempt to establish myself not just as a freelance illustrator, but as a publisher, a writer and a creator of nice and affordable ‘stuff’ that will be available to buy in my online store.

I’ll be moving towards a style that will hopefully be quite far visually from what I’ve become known for, and into a brand new industry that I’ve always had a real passion for but never had the guts to approach…until now.

So if you’d like to follow me on this journey, I’ll be sharing all my new work, experiences, thoughts, ideas, highs and lows in the usual way here at my blog.

Massive thanks to everyone who supported me through 2010, I wouldn’t be here doing this if it wasn’t for you".

I asked if there would be no more eelus.... From the man himself "Not 'no more', just less stencil work under that name. Progression"

What will this mean for the prints and originals.. increase in value? I hope so.. he deserves to be noticed alot more! great work. great guy!!

[Karl Read]

Great stuff!

[Scraffer]

This interview might shed a bit of light on it.

scraffer.com/blog/?p=624

[alistairkhalil]

not sure if i should be HAPPY or SAD.. great interview Scraffer! Thanks for the post..

[jfury]

interesting stuff and fair play to him

[Happy Shopper]

That boy needs some PR advise! Sounds a bit like he's dismissing his own work.

[rinaceirde]

I think he needs to send me my freebie from the 'not everything is black and white ' print before he can move on with piece of mind in his life

[hanky]

Rinaceirde

Forgot about that , what happened about the freebies did they just drift away?

[Daniel Silk]

Interesting stuff Sounds like he might be going a bit more down the Shepard Fairey route rather than limiting himself just to sure art.

Good move I think

[rinaceirde]

Don,t know hanky was looking forward to a nice little treat but I guess he just thought we would forget.Not to get too excited, even though it would have been nice if he followed through on his promise it still is an absolutely cracking print that I really enjoy anytime I see.

[MGK1]

you'll get your freebie rina, he's giving everyone who bought 'not everything is so black and white' a free zine when it comes out

[rinaceirde]

happy days

[alistairkhalil]

Great post Silky.. im a really big fan of Eelus.. i think his work is very much underrated, im looking forward to what the future holds.. im still slightly confused but im sure it can only be a good thing that he is keeping things fresh.. I do LOVE his stencil work tho and his early prints are all in my opinion great..

[hanky]

Thanks fragile, guess I need to get myself on twitter

[alistairkhalil]

From Eelus! " I set up a new Twitter to run alongside my new venture into Illustration and madness. Please follow @freakshowproj for my new work updates!"