Yesterday, many hours working on my 'How To Paint' book, which will take months due to its enormity. Today, painting this ear, and a terrifying giant banana. #art #painting #oilpainting #surrealism #ear #banana

My latest music video from The Myth Of Sisyphus is now live, here is 'We Shall See'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1tb... #art #music #indie #indieartists #tmos #sisyphus

Canvas stretching today with a new method. These little rubberised G-clamps grip opposite edges of the canvas, then the Irwin bar clamp pulls it to tension. One staple pair at a time. It's a slow method but less effort and more foolproof than canvas pliers. #art #canvas #canvasstretching

Painting today. Had to make a Blockx Oil Paint cap, as the one on my (very rarely used) dioxazine split, so I heated up 2.43g of Polymorph and made a new one. Time will tell if it works. #art #painting #oilpainting #blockx #polymorph

I have some of my bigger, new paintings on display from this weekend in the Oil Art Advisory, King St, Knutsford. My paintings (all oil paintings!) look better in real life than on a dead digital screen. oilartadvisory.com/artists/mark... #art #painting #oilpainting #surrealism #Knutsford #Cheshire

Hello Dear Friends! 'War And Nuclear Love' is released today, exclusively on Bandcamp before a wider release in July. This EP will probably be my only new music of 2026. I hope you like it. Take a look/listen here: marksheeky.bandcamp.com/album/war-an... #music #newmusic #bandcamp #war #nuclear

For my lovely gamer followers, a Strategy Game sale is just on for my Steam games, with a big 69% off Taskforce and 56% off Radioactive and Yinyang. store.steampowered.com/app/1291150/... #Steam #pc #gaming #gamer #indie #indiedev #turnbased #strategy

A poem from 'Deep Dark Light'. The book is a collection of poems with illustrations, ending with one of my most surrealistic stories, a quest through the night towards dawn. www.amazon.com/dp/0957194749 #writers #deep #dark #light

Here is another of my paintings, a painting to dream by: 'Imagining Happiness', oil on canvas, 92x67cm. #art #painting #surrealism #happiness

I rarely make prints now, but for my 'God Being Killed' painting I made an elaborate frame, and later made a second frame, so I decided to make a print and mount it into this original frame. It'll go on show and sale on June 6/7 in Cotebrook Village Hall. #art #painting #surrealism #god #tarporley

A small spontaneous painting this afternoon, 'The Loneliness Of The Sun', oil on canvas, 20x25cm. #art #painting #oilpainting #surrealism #loneliness #sun

Completed and photographed today, here is 'The Empty House', oil on canvas, 35x50cm. One of a pair of paintings inspired by the film 'I'm Your Man' and the essentials of being human vs artifice. #art #painting #oilpainting #surrealism #house

Last week, watched 'Robot', the Tom Baker Dr Who episode. Was reminded that my last popular live song was this one. I expect that more people have heard it live than on Spotify, but many thanks if you do! open.spotify.com/track/2oifg4... #music #indie #robot #artrock

First layer of painting 'The Earthly Concerns Of A Telepathic Daisy' today. Blurring with speed and energy (my ear isn't actually on fire). #art #painting #oilpainting #surrealism #daisies

Here's one of my recent paintings: 'Bird Cage in Terra Cotta', oil on canvas, 40x30cm. This was a second version of this, the first was titled 'I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings'. The strange perspective makes the room's shapes echo the parrot. #art #painting #oilpainting #surrealism #parrot

As a teenager I was a fan of Jean-Michel Jarre and the melodic game music from the Commodore 64. One of my early albums, Stupid Computer Music, was a pile of catchy tunes music in this style. Here's a typical track, China Syndrome. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH89... #music #indie #Jarre #C64 #game

Painted from 9am to 8pm on the Kafka portrait. It has many areas of segmented shading, giving it a somewhat cubist look, which with the browns and earthy greens gives it a certain 1910s look, ideal for this. Bless my unconscious for the choice! More to do. #art #painting #Kafka #surrealism

Here's one of my more detailed paintings on smooth panel: 'When This Is All Over', oil on MDF panel, 35x45cm. The title was inspired by the phrase from Covid-19 times. This is on display at the moment in Nantwich Museum in their summer open exhibition. #art #painting #oilpainting #skulls #Nantwich

Hello dear friends! My new EP 'War And Nuclear Love' is out everywhere in June, but it will be released on Bandcamp a few weeks earlier. Today you can pre-order it and the title track. I hope you like it. marksheeky.bandcamp.com/album/war-an... #art #music #indie #war #bandcamp

Today, framed this, my first finished painting of 2026: 'Don't Talk To Me About Love', oil on panel, 37x32cm. Plus work on the underdrawing for a new portrait of Franz Kafka. #art #painting #oilpainting #love #surrealism

A snippet of 'Radioactive', from 'War And Nuclear Love', coming soon: "Peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it. Sacrifice for it. We will not surrender for it. Now or ever." #music #artrock #war #indie #indiemusic #indierock #RonaldReagan

My Steam game of nuclear war, a simple turn-based game for 1-4 players of setting angles and ranges. The main theme tune has been re-recorded and will be officially released in June. store.steampowered.com/app/1019370/... #gaming #dev #indiegev #nuke #turnbased #radiation #Steam

Today, image transfer of a new 80x80cm painting. This is polyester drafting film with a brown oil paint coating, all ready for the next step of tracing to canvas. #art #painting #oilpainting #daisy #Polydraw

Another painting day. Here is the start of a small panel, the whole thing not much bigger than a CD: 'Sisyphus Rolling A Coconut Dangerously Towards To The Critical Mass Of Pat Benatar', oil on 6mm MDF panel. #art #painting #oilpainting #sisyphus #patbenatar

Thought I'd share one my larger paintings. Here is 'Triumph Of The Mechanauts: Two Victorian Time Travellers Discovering Lovelessness In The Year 2791', oil on canvas, 100x75cm. #art #painting #oilpainting #surrealism #love #mecha

Woop! The new Aldora Britain Records release, a showcase of indie talent, is out today and features my painting as the cover. I'm honoured to have Otesanek as track 1 too. Covers a wide gamut to inspire. Check it out here: thealdorabritainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/magnol... #music #indie #rock

Painted three colour studies today. Decided to blow up 'The Earthly Concerns of a Telepathic Daisy' to double its planned size, making it my largest painting in a decade. I expect this is but the start of my painting renaissance.

Completed this today, one of the new paintings for 2026: 'The Empty House', oil on canvas, 35x50cm. As with any layered oil it looks better in real life. #art #painting #oilpainting #house

1/2: This silver diver was a gift, but he had no left hand, it had broken off before we had it. Decided to make him a new one today. First filled the arm with Sculptamold (wonderful stuff!) then sculpted a hand with Milliput (horrible material, but does the job). #art #scuplture #repairshop

My latest music video is now live, animated with my software Argus. A romantic little song called 'Light Blue Evening' from The Myth Of Sisyphus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A_K... #art #music #indie #indieartists #tmos #lightblue

Finished glazing this little painting today: 'Don't Talk To Me About Love', oil on MDF panel, 20x25cm. #art #painting #oilpainting #surrealism #love #alteredimages

Thought I'd share another of paintings. Here is 'The Fictitious Secret History of Aspartame', oil on canvas, 40x30cm. I used the image in the music video for something equally surrealistic, the song 'Excessive Consumption Has Laxative Effects'. #art #painting #oilpainting #surrealism #aspartame

I've recorded a few audiobooks this year and the latest one, 'The Burning Circus' is out today. My most recent poetry book, and one of the books I'm most proud of. You can find it here. Would anyone like to review it? www.amazon.com/Audible-The-... #books #poetry #writers #audiobooks #audible

Today, updated the music pages on my website to include a Spotify embed for the 51 active releases. Then, the glazing layer to this small painting of strange contrasts. #art #painting #oilpainting

Here is a taste of 'Nick Drake' from The Myth Of Sisyphus #music #concept #prog #indie #indiemusic

Another painting day, the H Beam Piper underpainting is complete. For gamer friends, my space game sale on Steam continues. The sale means that the full-set bundle of all of my games on Steam is at a low price at the moment. store.steampowered.com/bundle/51460... #gaming #dev #indiedev #Steam

Today, the start of painting my portrait of H Beam Piper. #art #painting #oilpainting #piper

My latest video from my album 'The Myth Of Sisyphus' 2026 went live a few hours ago on my Music Channel. All instruments played myself, animated with the software I developed. You can listen here, thank you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH44... #music #newmusic #rock #progressive #prog #Sisyphus

Gunstorm II was (and is) my latest and most sophisticated PC game. One of few with a plot and my first to include a theme song rather than a mere tune. The game is on sale at the moment on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2793560/... #indiedev #dev #indie #Steam #pc #gaming

Here's one of my earlier paintings. 'No Good Ideas', oil on MDF panel, 48x38cm. This is about looking for something which was there all along... #art #painting #oilpainting #surrealism #ideas

Work on new painting preparations today. One disaster, wrecked the H Beam Piper portrait panel with an experimental image transfer, which -nearly- worked but melted the acrylic priming. Will have to re-prime and prepare and panel, re-transfer the drawing, re-gild. #painting

The finished router table (untested!). #woodworking

Too many paintings, too little time, too few resources. Here's a rough sketch for a portrait of Franz Kafka. Can I find time for this this year? #art #painting #oilpainting #kafka

Today, a Space Game sale is just on for my Steam games, with a big 69% off Flatspace IIk, 56% off Gunstorm and Gunstorm II, plus discounts on the Flatspace and Flatspace IIk DLC. store.steampowered.com/app/585430/F... #Steam #pc #gaming #gamer #indie #indiedev #space

Today, more work on my router table. #woodwork #woodworking

A genuine call for recognition of the gem of a place that is the Oil Art Advisory. You can vote with a click here for this local award: cheshire.muddystilettos.co.uk/awards/vote/...

Here is 'Silver', oil on canvas, 54x44cm, £1200. It was painted for the Ekphrastic Towers exhibition in Stockport Art Gallery, and is about an old man's memories of an old Ronson petrol lighter. I wanted to add a sense of time to it. #art #painting #oilpainting #surrealism #ronson #Stockport

A close up of 'The Blood of Winter' underpainting. The glaze will ad more detail. The brush is an old Proline 3/0, the tiniest they make. #art #painting #oilpainting #surrealism

Today, a break from art to design and start to build a router table optimised to work on long lengths of wood, for picture frames... assuming it works. #art #design #woodworking #router

A new music video for 'The Myth Of Sisyphus' went live last night on my Official Music Channel. Many thanks to the 17 listeners so far! Here is the link to 'Life in the Mirror'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mld3... #music #prog #rock #indie