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Tracklist - 2019
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Tracklist 2019. Photocopy of hand-typed A4 sheet, 297mm x 210mm (unlimted edition) Free handout for the exhibition 'PLUNK, BOUM, KRASH, ZZZT' at Laure Genillard, London 2019
Key Scratch Etching. Screen print edition, 2016 Key Scratch Etching, 2016 Screen print edition, 297 x 420 mm (limited edition of 50)		The original 'etching' was printed directly from a key scratch on a car door in 2009
Witness Appeal Signs, 2010 Click on images to enlarge Watercolour and ink on acid free paper (320mm x380mm - framed) These watercolours are based on sandwich-board style, vinyl lettering signs, which started appearing on the streets of London in 2002. The paintings might be thought of as urban landscapes and as t hey are in portrait format (like the signs they depict), they also act as portraits of the people affected by or perpetrating the various incidents. The signs have been quite successful in helping solve crimes, but quite unpopular with the public who live in the neighbourhoods concerned. A kind of public fatigue has set in with the signs, partly because they have become everyday and people often encounter them voyeuristically when passing through an unfamiliar neighbourhood. In effect, they are tragic stories about actual people and tell us a lot about the cultural situation we live in. The language of these signs is quite specific and when collected together, the tragedy becomes intensified (as does the potential banality).		Metropolitan Police witness appeal sign - 2005
Hostage Situation, 2010

Hostage Situation, 2010 Watercolour and ink on acid free paper, 37cm x 31cm (framed)		Hostage Situation, 2010 Based on a safety notice for post-office workers
Nothing Moments, 2008
The book project Nothing Moments invited visual artists to illustrate commissioned short stories. The project launched at MOCA, Los Angeles in 2008, with exhibitions of the drawings taking place in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas.
Drawing 2 for 'Gobbledegook' (a short story by Tony White), 2008 Ink and spraypaint on watercolour paper, 20 x 28cm

Drawing 1 for 'Gobbledegook' (a story by Tony White), 2008 Ink and spraypaint on watercolour paper, (20 x 28cm)
Triffid Court, 2004
Triffid Court, 2004. Rain disolved watercolour, 40 x 40cm
Several members of the band The Triffids lived in Welbeck Court, London circa 1984-85 Exhibited in A Temporary Monument to David McComb, STUK Leuven, Belgium, 2004 See also: Sculpture - Music in Trees		Study for a Rain Disolved Watercolour, 2004 Drawing, 29 x 20cm Reproduced in Vagabond Holes David McComb and The Triffids - published in 2009
Tree Outside My Bedroom Window, 2002
Tree outside my window, 2002 Digital photographic print, dimensions variable Based on a drawing made by the artist whilst convalessing in bed
Headlines, 1996

Drummer Shoots Band Mates, 1996 Newspaper stand with inkjet prints, 90x50x50 cm		Art Student Shoots Dead Three Professors, 1996 Inkjet on paper, 45x63cm
Emergency Vehicles, 2001
		Based on signage found on the roofs of emergency and other vehicles The reflective letters and symbols are visible from the air (even at night) and designate the function and identity of the vehicles. In the case of the police, these markings might signify armed response units, traffic control or dog carrying units etc.
Emergency vehicle #1, 2001 Screenprint on acid free paper 150 x 100cm Exhibited in Century City at Tate Modern in 2001.

Emergency vehicle #2, 2001 Screenprint on acid free paper 150 x 100cm Exhibited in Century City at Tate Modern in 2001
Lemon Scented, 2008

Lemon scented, 2008 Ink jet on archival paper (50x35cm)
Insurance Policy Against Abduction by Aliens, 1996
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Insurance policy against abduction by aliens 1996 Official policy document on paper, 29 x 21cm For 1 year the artist was insured for £40,000 against abduction by aliens.
IKB - CKB, 1994

IKB - CKB, 1994. Framed Lithographic prints, 51.5 x 47cm Using original samples, the artist employed spectral analysis to arrive at lithographic equivalents for Chromakey Blue and International Klein Blue. These were combined with photographs taken of sculpture cast store at the Rijksakademie van Beeldenden Kunsten in Amsterdam. Lithographic print edition produced by the artist and Tutti Quanti, Amsterdam 1994
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