Thursday 7 October 2010


Go on!!!, 2011 Acrylic on canvas. 102 x 50 cm

Vroap, 2011 Acrylic on canvas. 51 x 50 cm

Soul, 2010 Acrylic on canvas. 110x 80 cm 


2010 Acrylic on paper. 

2010 Acrylic on paper. 

2010 Acrylic on paper. 

2010 Acrylic on paper
2010 Acrylic on paper

2010 Acrylic on paper. 


2010 Acrylic on paper. 

2010 Acrylic on paper


Excite, 2010 Acrylic on canvas. 104.5 x 80 cm

Redding, 2010 Acrylic on canvas. 104.5 x 80 cm

Who, 2010 Acrylic on canvas. 104.5 x 80 cm

Friday 7 May 2010



A steadied pistol, trails of smoke, enormous concrete pillars, these are just some of the external forces that threaten to determine the fate of the “Girls in Carl Stimpsons paintings.
These maidenly young women of equivocal age, synonymous with girls of the Archie comic’s era, are staged in ever-unpredictable situations. Their discordant presence within scenes of car crashes and other impending danger are crucial features of Stimpson’s role as creator, pulling the strings and playing games with the viewer.
Stimpson’s source material, the works of cartoonist Dan De Carlo (of Archie comics fame) and Edgar P.Jacobs among others, provide the subjects and visual information for his presentation of appropriated compositions. Painting from the enlarged originals via projection Stimpson’s method exploits the printed form and rich surfaces of the comic book image to create equally unique and new works of art. As in his painting ‘Museum Pin-Up and ‘Showgirls Stimpson confronts us with an inflated sense of both proportion and content. Through Stimpson’s faithfulness to the original image and his painstaking rendering of the printed surface, we find him working in an artistic form which itself mimes the origins of the comic book source material.
Typically, Stimpson’s paintings have been informed by the brand of illustration ‘Linge Claire’, and these paintings show on exception to his favoured style of line economy and bold graphic form. ‘Girls’ is a celebration of female characters that once adorned the comic book page and who at the hands of Stimpson are now at the mercy of an unpredictable fate!



Jetta, 2010 Acrylic on canvas. 109 x 80 cm
Girl (Girl Crash), 2010 Acrylic on canvas. 90 x 74 cm 

Museum Pin-Up, 2010 Acrylic on board mounted on frame.
49.5 x 70 cm

Train Pin Up, 2010 Acrylic on board mounted on frame. 49.5 x 70 cm 


Tuesday 6 April 2010


Trap, 2010 Acrylic on canvas. 54.5 x 74.5 cm

Showgirls, 2010 Acrylic on canvas. 50 x 50 cm 

Gun, 2010 Acrylic on canvas. 50 x 50 cm 

Friday 12 March 2010



Girl Crash, 2010 Acrylic on canvas. 90 x 74 cm. £POA.


Beach Ball, 2010 Acrylic on board mounted to frame. 47 x 50 cm
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Sunday 14 February 2010

Zero Explosion, 2009 Acrylic on canvas. 54.5 x 74.5 cm

Cockpit, 2009 Acrylic on canvas. 94 x 59 cm

Girl Car Crash, 2010 Acrylic on canvas. 79 x 94 cm 

Josie Track, 2010 Acrylic on canvas. 50 x 65 cm 

Josie, 2010 Acrylic on canvas. 50 x 65 cm