Grant Searl

On arriving at Liverpool Lime street station, a huge, brightly coloured painting on the wall immediately caught my attention; it was a nice surprise as the walls usually tend to be typically plain with relatively boring advertisements of some sort. It instantly gave the space some form of character, making most passers by stop and stare. The piece was by an artist named 'Grant Searl' who was inspired by the lyrics, words and thoughts of John Lennon. 

Using old artisan techniques perfected over the past 26 years, Grant Searl's skill and craft have been achieved by self application and persistance. Using oil on canvas, 'The Madness of King John' took a total of 214 hours to produce. Having found his own unique style, and with a passion for colour, Searls work has been influenced by nature, architecture, literature, and of course music, resulting in a genre known as Romantic Surrealism.

I havn't come across this arist before but will deffinately look into him and his work further after witnessing this piece; I personally found this piece especially intreiguing, I think the use of colour and unique style plays a majour part in this....The style of work reminds me of an artist I can't seem to recall the name of, which is irritating; although I think it was a great idea to place this on the wall of a train station anyhow, introducing art to people who are not particularly involved with the 'art world' or have the time or patience to visit art galleries.