www.julianbeever.net Born Cheltenham, UK 1959.Grew up in Melton Mowbray from the age of two.Attended state schools and studied Art at Leeds Met. University in UK.1979-83.Julian Beever is a British artist who began pavement art as a busker, drawing in different countries including the USA, Australia and Europe to fund his travels .Began anamorphic pavement illusions in early 90’s. Commercial commissions from mid 2000’s.Has also worked in a range of different jobs including photographer’s assistant, tree-planter, carpet-fitter, Art teacher, English teacher (TEFL), street entertainer and Punch and Judy Man.Made 10 part TV series « Concrete Canvas » (with ElectricSky Productions) in 2007.Wrote book « Pavement Chalk Artist », now in third edition (published by Firefly), featuring his pavement art in 2011 . His earlier drawings were portraits of well known people which worked best in getting immediate attention from passers-by. He still finds time to do drawings for his own satisfaction and for their own sakes.
Acrylic pixels by Anthony Michaels Just found on Flickr (thanks to Simmi) and can’t find much info about him, sorry. I really enjoy his colorful pixel retro style acrylic paintings, bringing strong messages put down like old Nintendo videogames covers. Julian Beever's pavement drawings [Homepage] [Wall murals] [Fine Art paintings] [E-mail] J ulian Beever has made pavement drawings for over twenty years. He has worked all over the world. T o buy a book on the pavement art of Julian Beever (Publishers website) :
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