Biography
EST. 1966
I started painting London Bricks in 2014 in my spare time from a busy, corporate job. At the end of 2015, I had a solo show at Gallery Different in London. The sold out show featured 52 hand-painted and unique London bricks, one for each week of the year. The exhibition raised over £4,000 for CLIC Sargent children’s cancer charity.
During the first U.K. lockdown in 2020, I couldn’t get hold of any London bricks, so started painting penguins on recycled cardboard boxes from my home deliveries. I’d been inspired by seeing real King Penguins on a 2018 trip to the Falkland Islands, in the South Atlantic.
Another sold out show followed at Waluso Gallery in London in October 2020, featuring my penguins on cardboard, brick, breeze block and paper.
After 33 years in the Rat Race, I left my ‘real’ job in 2021, to pursue my art career full time and 2022 saw shows in Düsseldorf, Germany and Rome, Italy. These shows also featured canvasses and print releases.
I now split my time between producing hand-finished screen prints, giclée prints, originals on cardboard, brick and canvas and also mural projects.
I’ve collaborated with several artists including Roy’s People, Rhys Brown, FREEMAN, Background Bob and Bell Nakai. I’m always open to new collborations so please contact me if you would like to talk!
In 2024, I started producing Penguin book cover paintings and prints and also joined the roster of artists at Paxton + Glew gallery in the historic lanes in Brighton. I also threw up some penguin street pieces in my home town of Fleet, Hampshire. They are still there 18 months later!
In 2025 I participated in group shows at Paxton + Glew and the Fishing Quarter gallery, on the Brighton seafront. My practice has expanded to painting several non-penguin commission works, works on paper, vintage Antarctica map paper and bank notes.
There are several goals I have for 2026, including a solo show (perhaps focusing on bricks), trying new subjects to paint (such as the food paintings I did in late 2025), more street art / murals, finding another gallery abroad to represent my art and exploring my passion for photography more. Ultimately, it is my longer term goal to be the first artist to exhibit my art on the Antarctica continent!
When I’m not painting, I like to spend time with family and friends, visit art galleries, exhibitions and museums, travel off the beaten path, renovate old homes and run, cycle and walk. I have 2 sons (27, 32) and a grandaughter (9).
I have been an art collector for nearly 20 years and some of my favourite artists include Harland Miller, Damien Hirst, Gerhard Richter, Nick Smith, Invader, Blek Le Rat, Miles Aldridge and Dface.
in the past few years I have journeyed to South Korea and Japan and collect works by several Asian artists including Yool Kim, Jun Oson, Wakaru, Ayaïro, Takaru Amano, Hideaki Kawashima and Ly. I’d love to work with Asian artists and maybe represent an emerging artist here in the UK.
My collection is displayed in my home / studio / gallery, which is <tongue in cheek> called the ‘MoJA’ (Museum of Jameson’s Art).
I live in Fleet, Hampshire.
Jameson