I agree FOI. Very underated. That blue splashback canvas you've got in your post is now hanging on my wall and is always getting attention from visitors to Snowy Towers.

100% Agree - very underrated.

need to get me some Grafter

this is the one I have (no longer on his site)... have it framed and mounted with a light blue that matches the print

I have Daisy stops the traffic, love it, but it is huge so have not framed it yet, may have to figure out to hang it unframed to be honest. 

The bottom pic is Released.  There's a version on veneer available on his bigcartel for £150

I have the grey version and it's one of my favourites, am again on the lookout for a multicoloured Splashback

what's an Athena-poster?

Always had very mixed feelings about Grafter, and never jumped the gun of purchasing.

That first one you posted Fed is quite nice. I could quite enjoy having that in a nice frame

The rest look like crowed pleasers with little to them...

Any news on what he is up to recently and what might be next, haven't followed too closely.


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Grafter was blamed numerous times before failing to stick to the original edition number; by doing more and more variations; which is understandable for collectors who cares about what is produced

Not my cup of tea but I enjoyed watching his video with live painting and it helped me to see few tricks.

that first one is actually my least favorite of the bunch

I think the "With one piece missing" has a lot of depth to it, maybe not so much the others

You are right !!

But isn't there any better word than "Amateur" ? I think "hobbyist" is better; there is something in "amateur" understating it is with done with little experience... "hobbyist" can be talented, having experience, etc. but they do this as an hobby (not full time job in opposite to artist)

I would have to disagree with your premise that Grafter's work is never discussed. The artist himself is a member here and occasionally, albeit rarely, provides updates on his current projects. Others sometimes mention him as well. Granted, this is often in sale posts, but it's not like there's a complete blackout regarding his work.

From my perspective, Grafter's market is thankfully much healthier now than it was six years ago. Remember when Tibetan Boy was being sold at Urban Angel for £1,000, in an edition of 4? There were also at least three colourways of Splash as small canvases (around 50 cm x 40 cm), each colourway an edition of 10, and each costing something like £400. This was on top of the unknown number of "unique" versions produced of Splash, along with (if recollection serves) the different editions and variants in print format.

Back then, of course, people were spending not-insignificant sums on the likes of Hutch, Ripper1331, SPQR, Prefab77 and Static. Hopefully, the relevant buyers remain happy with their purchases, though at the time I must admit wincing on more than one occasion.

My feelings are actually the same today whenever I see Martin Whatson's work and the prices at which it's being sold. I place it in the same category as the art produced by Bambi and Mr Brainwash: relatively unskilled, highly derivative and, worst of all, uninteresting. In short, godawful. And coming from an atheist, that's saying quite a lot. For what it's worth, out of the three, given his very unique circumstances, I believe Mr Brainwash is the only one with a chance of salvaging some form of medium-term, art-related career.

Because he's not a career artist, just a part time Harry.

Would you buy a car if you knew the car factory was just about to close down.

... poor analogy ... you do not need to buy spare parts to fix a piece of art as it gets older ... you could say that because grafter does not produce a lot of work (& stops?) it creates more value ...