A great day today painting at Re-claim @reclaim_southampton today. This one was a special collaboration with a good friend of mine, @background_bob . Those of you who don’t know, Background Bob is the alter ego of 13 year old Noah. Described as a cheeky lad with hydrocephalus, epilepsy and cerebral palsy, his background paintings have become hugely popular, shaking up the artworld. Initially starting as a project during the first covid lockdown, the idea and the project took off. Noah would paint the backgrounds and artists would collaborate by painting on top. More than 200 artists took part. Background Bob then published a book of the works which sold out raising more than £100k for charity. I was very proud to be part of the first phase but Bob is back, working with Lots of incredible new artists. Not wanting to miss out on the second project, today, instead of painting directly onto one of bob’s cardboard, I’d recreate one of his pieces and add my part of the collaboration over the top. I also added Noah into the reflection and used both Noah’s mum and brothers iris as reference for the eye. Shout out to the re-claim crew, west quay and the other artists involved. #backgroundbob #eyesonwalls #eyeart #disabilityawareness
