Painted basketball court at Barnet Playing Fields.
Commissioned by Barnet Council in collaboration with Rise 3×3, this project transformed a neglected tarmac space into London’s first dedicated 3×3 court mural built to full FIBA specifications.
My role covered concept, design and on-site delivery, produced with my team at Absolutely Studio. The surface was newly laid in macadam before being painted using specialist sports-court coatings suitable for active, everyday use.
The composition mirrors the fluid movement of 3×3 basketball while working precisely within official court markings. The artwork had to remain fully playable while introducing a strong visual identity for the space.
The project was developed in consultation with the Rise 3×3 community, balancing durability, clarity and energy within the surrounding landscape.
The previous court sat awkwardly in the middle of the field without a proper path, often muddy and difficult to access. By scaling up the footprint and integrating the artwork into the redesign, the space now functions as both a playable court and a visible civic landmark.
Lead artist: @darrenjohn
Produced by @absolutely_studio
In collaboration with @rise3x3@martind3x3 & @barnetcouncil
Created for Porsche NOW at Battersea Power Station.
A large-scale interior mural painted directly onto brick as part of the Porsche NOW cultural programme - a curated retail and exhibition space in London.
The artwork was executed live in-store while the space remained open to visitors, allowing the process to unfold publicly over several days. Throughout the installation, I engaged directly with visitors about the work, the space and the ideas behind it.
The composition was developed around the existing brand typography, integrating the artwork with Porsche’s visual language while maintaining the structural clarity of my studio practice.
Alongside the mural, I provided written copy and licensed imagery for a limited run of artist postcards produced for the activation.
Hand-painted on site.
Integrated with the architecture. Delivered within a live retail setting.
@porsche_gb@porscheretail
Chroma - colour-led works exploring balance through form.
This body of work extends my structural studio language into full colour compositions.
Built through layering and adjustment, each painting develops gradually, allowing balance to emerge rather than forcing resolution. Colour operates here as a structural tool, shaping weight and tension across the surface.
These works form the foundation of my wider practice. They act as a testing ground for scale and spatial balance before ideas move into architectural or civic environments.
What may read as playful is shaped through clarity and intention.
Studio practice informing public work. Public work reinforcing studio language.
Letting structure and atmosphere sit side by side.
Set as a diamond, the image shifts and the upper panel starts to read like a flag. Sometimes it only takes a small shift to see things differently🔹
Made alongside the last paper study.
When I’m experimenting, I tend to make a few at once. It keeps things loose and a little less sentimental.
Making multiples is a vibe shift. There’s less pressure for any one to “work”, and more space to explore what might.
Sometimes that’s where the really interesting stuff happens.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the quieter parts of things lately. The kind of details that sit in plain sight and only really show up when you slow down and look.
Another paper study, experimenting with this new spray tool.
A new piece on paper.
I don’t tend to work with recognisable objects, but I liked the idea of letting these textures wrap themselves around something familiar.
It feels a bit like opening small abstract portals inside everyday forms. A way of bringing art and life a little closer together.
This one needed two passes. The first didn’t quite land, so I hit reload and went again 🔁
Makeshift tools tend to have their own quirks and I prefer to respond to them in real time. Here’s a good example of that in action 🩵
