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Mooch is hosting another event on thursday so the invites are out and its time to get hanging. Its strange really because the mooch artist of the year is a 24 year old guy from stockport called Adam Hayley. He does portraits which are not at all what I expected to gain the judges vote.
To be honest I hadn't a clue what would be sent in by the young artists or what the judges might choose. Some of the work was bizarre and not at all commercial. One artist had used his semen to add a bit of flair to his work. This was a piece that came to the gallery and had to be framed for the judges to inspect. I would've handled hot coals with more touch. I still wonder how a small yellow stain adds to the piece or even how the artist would consider reproductions.
So Adams work has already receive a fair bit of attention. He is part way through a Clint Boon portrait and has taken the preliminary photos and met up with Wayne Hemingway for his.
Who has portraits nowadays? Its just not something that I, or the judges considered, but Adams skill and talent overpowered any misgivings they had. He overturned all the preconceptions about portraits and i believe he gives it attitude and cool.
Adam pours attention over his work and they take him weeks and often months to complete. Unfortunately this means that his work aint going to be cheap. It would be tragic to undersell his work that smacks you in the face with drama and attitude. With passion and intensity he always chats to his subjects to really understand them before he undertakes a painting that captures what they are all about.