Mike Juggins
Fun Stuff
"The Mother" is the name of the painting this drawing of me is looking at.
It was the first time I had worked in oils, way back in 1995 and I knew I was in love.
It became my starting point when I picked up the brush again seriously in 2004 to start the Jazz.
The collection "Visual Jazz" took on a life of its own but as you can see this painting had an influence.
Mike Juggins - Visual Jazz
"The apparently straight forward representation of the visible world is a facade for what lies behind it - intricate patterned shadows which dissolve into cubic forms then simply melt into the background.
The repeated images - a glimpse of a surreal world hiding behind Matisse vases, Picasso doves and Mikes' archways.
The figurative, the cubic and the abstract, all jostle in his canvasses for prominence. I am fascinated by the result."
Danuta Bird - Art Critic
Top Banna
This is a copy of a large painting I made in 2002
called Top Banna.
I painted over it in 2005 as I needed a big canvas. I wanted to take the Jazz
to full abstraction.
My daughter Rosie was not happy about this and wished I hadn't...
So I re-painted it for her 18th birthday.
I like pop art...
Celebrating dyslexia awareness week with fellow creative dyslexics.
Manchester 2008 Holden Gallary. Always the paint...
Hi world
Life has taught me many things.
None more important than the following
3 pearls:
Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself.
Be TRUE to yourself and focus on ability.
Always find time to play.
Kind Regards Mike x
Anyone and everyone.
Drawing in Ireland
Doing Bird £20,000
Click on image to pay
(By: The Last of the Grate Modernists)
March 2008 Oil on canvas
H:152 cm W:122 cm
Why 20 grand for just one beutiful painting... ?
The years of struggle and pain from the good fight came at a cost and 20g would sort that out.
This painting showed me what I am here for after 2 years away (from real deep painting) back in 2008.
I love it... That and it is better than any Hirst!
