While the imagery across all of his work is captivating, what I enjoy the most about Adam McLevey is his Driftwood series. The entire collection of work is made using found materials which stylistically merges McLevey’s live painting and graffiti backgrounds – introducing a looseness and spontaneity into the series which is akin to his street art approach.

The subjects have a similar origin as the surface on which they were painted. McLevey’s represention of homelessness captures all of the feelings that we associate to the adversity – both compassion and fear are portrayed in the same painting.

McLevey writes, ‘All of the materials in these pieces echo the people in the portraits. Everything is stuff that’s been cast off from a house. They’re all the remnants of living someplace, the bits that get chucked out before a house gets scrubbed down for a happy new family to move in.’

Another interesting project is McLevey’s “One Pound/One Stamp” series which he sells through his website. The artist creates small pieces the size of a holiday card and makes them available at random to whomever buys them. Check out some examples of the wonderful art on his websitehere.

If you want to keep up with Adam, you have a lot of work to do. The artist is currently in a few shows including RUMP and The Great Bristol Art Sale — Both of which are in Bristol as well as The Unholy Grail in Southampton. Mc Levey also has a piece in the upcoming show at Weapon of Choice Gallery in Bristol which opens this Friday.

Note: The first two rows of images are from the Driftwood series. The third row are some images I couldn’t rob you from seeing.

Tags: Adam McLevey, Driftwood, One Pound One Stamp, The Great Bristol Art Sale, Weapon of Choice

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