Ian Viggars

Joined Artfinder: July 2014

Artworks for sale: 130

(43)

United Kingdom

Updates from Ian Viggars's studio

  • My desk workspace, New Year's Eve 2017

    My desk workspace, New Year's Eve 2017

    As 2017 drew to a close I spent the day completing a few unfinished paintings and illustrations, creating stencils for new work in 2018, and doing a stock take of my vast stationery collection. I can't wait to share new work with you in 2018.

    01 January 2018
    New Triangle Canvases Coming!

    New Triangle Canvases Coming!

    I found some triangle shaped canvases and couldn't help but use them to continue my pop art food series. Watch this space! Up first is a watermelon slice, naturally.

    27 July 2017
    My Workspace

    My Workspace

    A sketchbook, two pots of Posca paint pens (essential for my work), an Andy Warhol pencil case, a Chupa Chups paintbrush holder, and a small vinyl figure of Milhouse from the Simpsons. These are a few of the things I have on my desk in my home studio.

    06 July 2017
    Small pop art food canvases are BACK!

    Small pop art food canvases are BACK!

    Some of my most popular paintings from the past have been these small 15x15cm canvases depicting my usual array of foods in a bright, bold, 'pop art' style. So I've started to replace some of the ones I've sold in the past alongside adding a few new additions too. They look great hung together as a group, as shown in this picture, but watch this space as I'll be adding the new ones over the next few weeks.

    04 July 2017
    A year ago today...

    A year ago today...

    ...was when I was starting my first ever large scale mural commission based on a painting I'd previously sold through ArtFinder. You can still see my giant ice cream and fab lolly mural today, on Albion Road in Stoke Newington, London. At this stage it was a scene of a lot of masking tape and coffee!

    07 May 2017
    Easter 25% off sale!

    Easter 25% off sale!

    Here's me carrying one of my favourite paintings, the giant pop art burger canvas. It's 25% off for a limited time. https://www.artfinder.com/artist/ian-viggars/artworks/?in_sale=on

    11 April 2017
    Taco painting in the studio...

    Taco painting in the studio...

    Me holding up my latest canvas painting of Mexican food!

    23 February 2017
    Art materials

    Art materials

    I bought my first set of Posca pens on my honeymoon visit to Japan in 2015, and I've used them ever since. I've got through about six of the black Posca pens since then! They have acrylic paint in them but because they're pens you can achieve really precise graphic lines on any surface. Piled up next to them are my Monster Munch canvas and recent Taco painting.

    16 February 2017
    It all starts with a sketch...

    It all starts with a sketch...

    Even though I love striving for a precise graphic look in my paintings and illustrations, all of my ideas start with very simple sketches. I have countless full sketchpads around the studio that have served as the basis for quick ideas, or contain plans for much larger projects. This is one I recently finished filling up.

    11 February 2017
    At work...

    At work...

    This photo shows me at my work space after I recently finished my small 'Taco' pop art canvas. My original 'Fried Chicken and Chips' painting is in the background too.

    06 February 2017
    My work space

    My work space

    I've moved my studio to a different part of the house where it gets more light. This shot shows some of the items I can't do without to create my art - acrylic paint, Posca paint pens, brushes, and my ArtFinder packing tape that keeps anything I sell and post safe.

    05 February 2017
    Mural based on ArtFinder painting

    Mural based on ArtFinder painting

    In May 2016 I completed my first ever mural commission. It's on Albion Road in Stoke Newington, London, and the design was based on a painting I originally sold through ArtFinder in 2015, depicting an ice cream and a fab lolly. The phone symbol in the middle is the company logo for Ample Play records, owned by Tjinder from the band Cornershop, who commissioned this piece. You can see the finished mural in London now. This was the original piece - https://www.artfinder.com/product/fab-lolly-and-mr-whippy-ice-cream/

    02 November 2016