The Art Of Michael Jeffery

I have to say that I'm really taken by Michael Jeffery's art. I admire his ability to create a colourful abstract piece of work through combining shapes, colours and some text resulting in artwork which I feel shows incredible imagination and originality.
Michael Jeffery started as an artists by photographing graffiti and is influenced by torn street posters, road signs and old buildings. His graphic collages are put together using spray paint, stencils and paint skins which are a technique where many layers of paint are added to a plastic sheet. After drying Michael places the sheets to his collages on canvas along with photographic images, painting over some areas with acrylics or spray enamel. For extra colour and texture he sometimes adds fragments of metal or screws.
I feel his work is interesting and thought provoking while maintaining an innocence through simple shape and bold colour.

'My work is about the perception and attitude towards the landscape, environment and each other within the industrialised and other societies in the world today.' Michael Jeffery.

                                                             Landmark

                                                             Riff Raff

                                                             Red Planet