Mike Giant: Peacock Print

Mike Giant: Peacock PrintMike Giant is a world class graffiti artist, writer, tattooist, illustrator and artist. His chosen palette is almost exclusively black and white. He feels this works to his advantage in a modern commercial art market, as tattoos need a high contrast colour scheme to hold up over time. His black and white images are instantly striking. He uses religious ephemera from a Catholic upbringing alongside the gang culture of New Mexico. Mike follows the

but now I have the self-confidence to dress how I please

It’s also been a delight to return to previously familiar methods such as relief and silkscreen printing and use them in conjunction with these other processes

to produce enamel panels

Year: 1993

not as control

Medium: Etching Edition Size: 20

5 x 78 cm Medium: Screenprint Edition Size: 30

He feels this works to his advantage in a modern commercial art market

Duchess of Argyll who reportedly became a vociferous nymphomaniac after falling forty feet down a lift shaft

Manet’s ‘Olympia’ when first exhibited in 1865 caused shock and astonishment because she gazed straight back at the viewer

my thumb and forefinger numb and white

”My style has all just come together