Elate Spirit Photography – Contact Sheet
My rediscovery of the technique of spirit photography, but freed from the trickery of the Victorian parlour would seem to have given entities a new way to manifest. As we journey back into darkness and the nights draw ever in we mark the end of harvest and the time of Samhain, the Festival of the […]
New Website Relaunch Contributor: Jenny’s Editorials
I am proud to announce that in the relaunched JonHammer.com, that I, Jenny, have been asked to contribute Editorials throughout pages, posts, books, videos, presentations, images, streams of consciousness, and more, created by Jon Hammer / Elate. Wholly independent views and narratives in which I will aim to enrich and add to the absolutely original […]
Centrepoint Homeless Charity Graffiti Project
Having been a homeless person myself once I know how difficult it can be to try to satisfy your creative needs when you are busy all day trying to fulfil the most basic human requirements of shelter, food, personal hygiene and warmth. Such vital needs for expression don’t however just go away. In the face […]
Autonomy? Down the Rabbit Hole…
“In the novel, (1984 by George Orwell) the memory hole is a slot into which government officials deposit politically inconvenient documents and records to be destroyed.“ Wikipedia I decided to check this blog yesterday after last checking three or four days previously in order to to see if there had been any problems between my […]
Oil on Canvas Where Essence Finds Form
Where Essence Finds Form The Unnameable Major Problems Flux Rewind The Crystal Shells To see many more of my oil paintings and for full details and dimensions click here
Urban Relics – Elate Tracksides Bow ‘89
Many thanks to Skire for this classic shot of an early Elate ‘EL’ throw-up taken in 1989.
90m Graff Wall – Bethnal Green Road
I was invited in to paint a small piece of this monster wall by Aks, graffiti artist and the events co-ordinator. Situated between Shoreditch high street and Brick Lane and opposite the new Chrome and Black shop with the Rarekind Gallery downstairs, this is London’s graffiti central. In the next street is Sclater Street Hall […]
Blog Now Live Again – Propaganda Watchdog & The Celebrity Code Next!
“The ordinary response to atrocities is to banish them from consciousness…Atrocities however refuse to be buried. Equally as powerful as the desire to deny atrocities is the conviction that denial does not work. Folk wisdom is filled with ghosts who refuse to rest in their graves until their stories are told… …Remembering and telling the […]
Phosphene Generation: Analogue
Phosphene Generation: Cropped from Original Oil Painting – Inverted in Photoshop
The Future of Computers
The Future of Computers: Mixed media on four canvases: 200mm x200mm What strange new lands coalesce and take form… …as the frontiers of technology meet the want of mankind? Published on: Jun 15, 2009 @ 16:47
Brick Lane Video by Stumblin’ Earthman
Stumblin’ Earthman was in Brick Lane Gallery while the show was on and came up with this video. He never was much good on his feet bless him, his hand’s not the steadiest and his camera’s prehistoric, but it’s the best we’ve got so it’ll have to do.
A Message of Thanks
I’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has shown me support and encouragement during the ongoing campaign of stalking, harrassment, threats and intimidation, which began shortly after I announced my plans to open a new art gallery in East London. These events seem to infer that certain people in the […]
Elate – London Artist under Attack
A Message to the Graffiti Community and Beyond: ……………………………………………….. I haven’t posted on my blog for a few months, here’s why… Artist Under Attack Note – close up I have been subject to a campaign of intimidation and aggression after announcing plans to open a gallery at Brick Lane and painting legal graffiti on prized […]
Brick Lane Hall of Fame-Totally Wiped Out by Council
Sclater Street, Brick Lane, London, E1 Brick Lane Hall of Fame – Before Brick Lane Hall of Fame – After They are working their way around from Sclater Street to Bacon Street buffing everything. Anyone painting on the remaining space is told to stop immediately and move on or be arrested. I will be posting a […]
London Handstyles Book Launch Tags
The London Handstyles book is out now featuring tags by a selection of London graffiti writers from the mid eighties to the present, many who were considerably more prolific than myself. The launch party was on Friday in Rarekind Gallery below Chrome and Black graffiti art supplies shop on Bethnal Green Road by Brick Lane. […]
The Skool of NoSkool – The Ism that Isn’t
Last night we were treated to a truly fascinating lecture by NY Golden Era graffiti legend and renowned sculptor , Mare 139, you may remember him from the Style Wars Movie. Mare, aka Carlos Rodriguez. globally famed for his breathtaking metal constructions, talked us through the language and funk of the deconstruction of the graffiti […]
X-Factor’s ‘Jedward’ Whistleblowing Awakens Millions to the Psychological Warfare on The Arts
THANKS TO JEDWARD & OUR KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE THAT: SECRET-POLICE TACTICS TERRORISE THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF ARTS, MEDIA, & TECH TERROR EPIDEMIC OUTSIDE THE ARTS IN THE BROADER SOCIETY! COMPLICIT MEDIA & TECH ENABLE TYRANNY & WHITEWASH EVIDENCE- AS WITH JEDWARD COWELL-EXPOSÉ SINCE SPEAKING OUT JEDWARD AIRBRUSHED FROM HISTORY A WARNING OF […]
COVID-19 as Biological World War III-CHECKLIST Comparison to Wars I & II-LINKS
While World Wars I and II were fought between nation states allied together and in conflict, we must realise the nature of war has changed WAR CENSORSHIP BLACKLISTING MURDER OF AVANT-GARDE ARTISTS COVID-19 WAR CONTROL OF MEDIA COVID-19 WAR TECHNOLOGY KEPT TOP SECRET FROM ADVERSARIES COVID-19 WAR CENSORSHIP/BLACKLIST/SMEAR CAMPAIGN OF DISSENTERS COVID-19 WAR ENEMY USES […]
Elate Graffiti Handstyles Video – Writers Block
Writers Block – Elate on MUZU. Filmed and produced by Writer’s Block for Dont Watch That! TV. See more videos at the Writers Block Youtube Channel.
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Elate Graffiti Handstyles Video – Writers Block
Writers Block – Elate on MUZU. Filmed and produced by Writer’s Block for Dont Watch That! TV. See more videos at the Writers Block Youtube Channel.
Brick Lane Hall of Fame-Totally Wiped Out by Council
Sclater Street, Brick Lane, London, E1 Brick Lane Hall of Fame – Before Brick Lane Hall of Fame – After They are working their way around from Sclater Street to Bacon Street buffing everything. Anyone painting on the remaining space is told to stop immediately and move on or be arrested. I will be posting a […]
New Graffiti: Elate & Tizer
Elate and Tizer Collaboration Freestyle, Sclater Street, Brick Lane This one was done on Thursday on Sclater Street, near Brick Lane, London E1, and was the first collaboration between myself and Tizer, who did the character and background, we were both happy with the end results. There’s also a Envy piece by Envy, Time and […]
‘Elate Circuit Splat’ Bites the Dust
The Elate ‘Circuit Splat’ style painting I did for Meeting of Styles 2009 on the corner of Brick Lane and Bacon Street in East London had a good run for a piece, I’m not complaining, it held this space for nearly four months. This weekend it finally met it’s match at the hands of property […]
Now There’s No Excuse!
Do you love graffiti? Maybe you’ve always wanted to learn but didn’t fancy getting arrested or even know where to start. Maybe you’ve tried tags or stencils and would like to learn can control skills and freehand techniques…Maybe your kids have already redecorated the garage and are running out of space or maybe you’d like […]
London Handstyles Book Launch Tags
The London Handstyles book is out now featuring tags by a selection of London graffiti writers from the mid eighties to the present, many who were considerably more prolific than myself. The launch party was on Friday in Rarekind Gallery below Chrome and Black graffiti art supplies shop on Bethnal Green Road by Brick Lane. […]
Phosphene Generation: Analogue
Phosphene Generation: Cropped from Original Oil Painting – Inverted in Photoshop
Mystic Gems for the Western Snack Palate and Beyond
I’ve started some new canvases, based on some old ideas. Some of these are mutating and jumping off onto paper into graffiti outlines. Rant begins after the jump…. I’ve dug into some old writing of mine from way back, in which I touch on the basis of this concept, expanding on a line of […]
New Elate Piece: Brick Lane
There’s a new Elate piece at the corner of Brick Lane and Bacon Street…
New Graffiti: Brick Lane is a Christmas Tree
Elate Tumbling Block, Brick Lane – photo © Romanywg 2009 Brick Lane was in a state of urgent need of some proper graffiti, We have been decorating it… Elate, Keen One Elate Keen One Elate, Keen One Elate Graffiti: Brick Lane MapNearest tube Liverpool Street or Aldgate East Elate, Fuel Keen, Fuel Elate Envy, Don, Aks Keen, […]
Petro: Old School Writer – Solo Show
Hats off to old school graffiti writer Petro for putting on a smashing opening night. His exhibition is just off Brick Lane at The Old Rag Factory on Heneage Street.
Skore Exhibition at Libertines
Libertine’s in Sheraton Street, off Wardour Street, Soho, held an exhibition celebrating 25 years of graffiti by legendary old school London writer Skore on Thursday 16th July 2009.
Urban Relics – Elate Tracksides Bow ‘89
Many thanks to Skire for this classic shot of an early Elate ‘EL’ throw-up taken in 1989.
This Blog is Now Fully Live
You will find a resource here showcasing work by myself and others in many media and styles.
Andy Seize: Taking Pop Art to a New Level
Andy Seize Andy Seize has been painting graffiti since the eighties now he’s taken pop art to a stunning new level as only an old school graffiti writer could. His show is on until Monday 13th July 2009 from 12 to 4pm. More after the jump… Andy Seize says: “This is my first major solo […]
Oil on Canvas Where Essence Finds Form
Where Essence Finds Form The Unnameable Major Problems Flux Rewind The Crystal Shells To see many more of my oil paintings and for full details and dimensions click here
Covent Garden Writers Bench – 25yr Reunion
Last Saturday 27th June I went along to the Covent Garden writers bench reunion to meet up with some very old friends, put some faces to old tags and drink some beer. The day started well with glorious sun….. I started hanging out there in 1986, but it had been a meeting point since ‘84. […]
Tribute to London Graffiti Pioneers: Mixed Media on Canvas
Tribute to London Graffiti Pioneers In this painting I have gone back to the gritty roots of UK graffiti, to show where it all started, tags, throw-ups and early pieces on London trains. The images from New York in the book Subway Art and the film Style Wars had radicalised fertile minds in 1984 where […]
The Secret Life of Paint
The Secret Life of Paint 2008 Mixed Media on Four Canvases 200mm x 200mm From ‘The Holographic Universe’ by Michael Talbot: …there is compelling evidence that the only time quanta ever manifest as particles is when we are looking at them. For instance, when an electron isn’t being looked at, experimental findings suggest that […]