Gav Munro
John Cooper Clarke- Portrait of a Poetic Polymath
How would describe someone you didn't like? How about this? 'Your bad breath, vamps disease, destruction, and decay Please, please,...
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Gav Munro
- May 13, 2017
- 2 min
Elvis Collection
Of all the male icons of the 20th century that I've sketched or painted I've produced more work on Elvis Presley than anyone else. From a...
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Gav Munro
- Apr 26, 2017
- 1 min
Lao Zhang
This homeless man is frequently seen around west Lake. This is the first of a series of large portraits showing each social class in...
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Ed
- Apr 12, 2017
- 1 min
Crushed Boddingtons Can
In this study in realism Gavin reproduces a photo image of a can of beer from his hometown. He argues that design and beauty is discarded...
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Ed
- Apr 12, 2017
- 1 min
By Candlelight
In this piece Gavin is exploring the vulnerability of intimacy. In the technique of Jack Vettriano he staged a photoshoot with his...
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Ed
- Apr 5, 2017
- 1 min
Don't Lose Hope
After losing a friend to depression and having to deal with close friends going through hard times Gavin wanted to paint a picture to...
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Gav
- Apr 2, 2017
- 1 min
In Guns We Trust
More Americans have died from guns in the US since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history. This artwork attempts...
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Gav Munro
- Sep 25, 2020
- 2 min
That's All Folks! For Now....
I'm putting the brushes, easel and insanity away for a while. I've decided to, as they say around my parts 'knock it on the head for a bit'.
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Gav Munro
- Sep 25, 2020
- 1 min
Download my Book...for Free!
After 10 years of blood, sweat and tears those kind people at Mojo Publications decided to publish a copy of my book!
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Gav
- Jun 26, 2020
- 2 min
What I learned from Studying Jack Vettriano
When I first arrived in China, tired and broke my brother let me stay at his place.In the room where I was staying was a huge bookcase and a
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Gav Munro
- May 14, 2020
- 3 min
Getting Back to Normal 460 miles from Wuhan
Things do get back to normal after the lockdown, we spoke to a Mancunian painter living and working 460 miles away from Wuhan in China...
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Gav Munro
- May 1, 2020
- 2 min
4 Reasons Live Painting is a Great Thing to Do
I'm becoming pretty fearless in my painting and I'm not sure why. Lately I have been live painting every week at a bistro where my latest ex
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Gav Munro
- Nov 3, 2019
- 4 min
What I've Learnt from being Trolled by a Paranoid Schizophrenic
My dad taught me a lot, but from this week I've found one of his maxims has resonated loudly within me recently 'Pity your enemies, they...
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Gav
- Oct 4, 2019
- 1 min
Highlights from the Expo
From the 19th-23rd of this month I was showing my work and hawking my new book at the 13th year of the Hangzhou Cultural Expo. Artwork...
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Gav Munro
- Aug 15, 2019
- 1 min
10 Years of Artwork in 1 Book
I couldn't be more excited....I have a book published! It's taken a while to put together (well 10 years TBH!) but it's available to buy...
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Denise Marchington
- Aug 15, 2019
- 1 min
Gav @ The Creative & Cultural Expo 2019
We're really excited to announce that Gav will be showing his new work and selling some new products at the 13th Creative & Cultural Expo...
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Gav
- Jul 9, 2019
- 2 min
How AR is Changing the Art World
Augmented reality (AR) came into my world by chance really... The initial concept for my last exhibition back in January was to paint a...
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Gav Munro
- Mar 23, 2019
- 1 min
The Enigmatic Polly Harvey
From the first moment I saw Polly Jean Harvey I was captivated. When she changes to her stage persona of Polly Harvey, the troubled...
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Gav Munro
- Mar 4, 2019
- 4 min
Opening Night of Face Values
I don't get nervous at my exhibition launches I just feel weird! I've been working on this latest collection over the last 2 months and...
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