My recent painting Dead Sparrow At DFS has been included, along with many excellent pieces, in the Small Acts exhibition by the tres cool art and literary zine Haus-a-Rest Thank you @hausarest.bsky.social! Have a look here: www.haus-a-rest.com/new-page-37

A limited number of copies of Panopticon are now available at Crow Road Books in Arundel, one of the finest independent bookshops in Sussex 'This erudite volume deserves to be widely read' - Joanna Williams (Times, Spectator) www.close2thebone.co.uk/wp/books/pan...

'The bar bore Diana's DNA, an unidentified male's, and PC Darren Thompson's (the discovering officer) Thompson's DNA also appeared on the pillow where Diana's head lay, with no Garbutt DNA on either' Mike Naughton of Lewis Legal on Robin Garbutt case empowerinnocent.wixsite.com/ccrcwatch/po...

Outside 39 Oakley Street, Chelsea, on the top floor of which in 1974 David Bowie wrote the Diamond Dogs album, and then produced it himself. 'Rats the size of cats' and 'Hunger City' were a big feature Here it's 2026, and looks like not much has changed from Bowie's dystopia

'The doctor promised me a brain tumour. Where’s my fucking brain tumour? There’s just too much toxic masculinity in there for cancer to possibly survive' Jay Mack (Comedian) is at the airport and losing his mind open.substack.com/pub/jaymackc...

My recent painting Morrissey & Flag is featured in the new, small and perfectly formed Domio Gallery catalogue, available below Thank you Domio (and Morrissey!) www.peecho.com/configurator...

'Campaigns expanding the definitions of sexual harassment, bullying, and microaggressions often insist that what matters is the alleged victim’s subjective experience, not the intention - or even the actions - of the accused' Frank Furedi open.substack.com/pub/frankfur...

'The Mothers of the Accused are the best chance of returning a genuine balance of reason to a chronically biased justice system' This short article from 2022 echoes much of the new Dr Michael Naughton paper on Misanthropic Feminism - and coming news empowerinnocent.wixsite.com/website/post...

Sharing again Culturally Arts' recent solo exhibition of my work Edges Of The Self for any art lovers (or haterz) who might have missed it Click link and scroll down to the exhibition www.culturallyarts.com/seanbwparker...

"Despite all the tribulations and trials (prison was something of a breeze), it was the death of King's beloved, open-minded mother that hit him the hardest. This was another facet of the ‘unknown King’ - the integrity" On Jonathan King in ETI empowerinnocent.wixsite.com/website/post...

The Night In Question (2026) Prints and more paintings here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/seanbw...

'You have submitted a CV, a cover letter, your family and sexual history, a nervy, stuttering video of yourself, and still you may not even have spoken to a real person' Brilliant piece on RealHumanResources - by Jake Weston in Academy of Ideas open.substack.com/pub/clairefo...

Proud that my recent painting Morrissey & Flag is featured in the Festival online exhibition at Domio Gallery Thank you @domiogallery.bsky.social! View exhibition here: domiogallery.com/exhibition-f...

'The more states pretend to control words, the more they silently admit that images have long escaped their grasp. It is an admission that which they would like to control, namely the image, has been beaten by the Black Square' Nina Power on Malevich open.substack.com/pub/ninapowe...

'Social media is breaking down basic norms of restraint, and that breakdown is showing up in groups once closely associated with moral caution and care' Punitive Femininity: When Moral Concern Becomes License to Commit Violence - by Colin Wright open.substack.com/pub/colinwri...

'Suddenly, the meaning of that earlier internal command became clear. I understood that the reason I had never felt the need to start my own family was because I already had one. A perfect one' Colin Wright on the call of fatherhood open.substack.com/pub/colinwri...

Many thanks to Arrival Gallery and Culturally Arts for having my work in two exhibitions over the last month, a lovely start to 2026 🙏 And yes it was cold so many layers on, I didn't just go full Henry VIII over the winter months (despite appearances)

Nice to have one's Nick Cave - Wild God appreciated At Arrival Gallery, Brighton last week. More shots from the exhibition in link www.arrivalgallery.com/blog/brighto...

"For years activists had been threatening parents with a kind of twisted ultimatum: ‘Do you want a happy little girl or a dead little boy?’" De-transitioner awarded $2million: Andrew Doyle on how money ended another kind of hysteria open.substack.com/pub/andrewdo...

Just back from a day in Reading and Windsor. Here channelling Oscar Wilde outside his temporary home of Reading Gaol @oscarwildebot.bsky.social

"Gary Barlow pops up as co-writer of Morrissey, wherein fellow northerners cite the guilty pleasures of The Smiths frontman’s utterly based ways, but who came up with his being ‘lost and lonely, hurt and abused’?" BRITPOP - @robbiewilliams - a review open.substack.com/pub/seanbwpa...

Delighted to discover I am in ArtFacts' Top 1,000,000 artists Phew! artfacts.net/artist/sean-...

1980s Dinner Table (2026) Prints and more paintings here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/seanbw...

BBC2's History of British Art documentary from 1996 is a wonderful six-part watch Episode 4 is my favourite, wherein presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon says forget France, it was William Blake and JMW Turner who invented modern art Fascinating stuff www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iMs...

My recent(ish) painting The Trial is included in the Winter issue of Spreads magazine, check out the rest of its excellent contents here: www.spreadsmagazine.com More of my own paintings here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/seanbw... Thank you Spreads ! Now spread 'em

'His words lament sights long since faded into jaded ether like jazz piranha' The mighty Jay Mack (comedian) on Panopticon, which has gone back up to #18 in Amazon's Political and Protest Poetry charts, and is now available through @NorthtownBooks www.northtownbooks.com/book/9798263...

Arrival Gallery's Brighton show is on at 18 Lower Rock Gardens, BN2 1PG until Sunday Fabulously groovy poop-up space - some excellent artwork and a packed opening night

My portrait Nick Cave - Wild God is at the Arrival Gallery exhibition, 18 Lower Rock Gardens, Brighton, BN2 1PG until Sunday 'I can't think of anything I’d rather see happen than for a time to come when you can watch us play in Iran' - @nickcave in the new Red Hand Files www.theredhandfiles.com

'Therefore I will even take sixpence in earnest of the bearward and lead his apes into Hell' Cream-faced loon Andrew Doyle says 'the more [Shakespeare comedies] you read, the more your brain will lock into the meaning' open.substack.com/pub/andrewdo...

Very proud to have been an art judge for The 34 Gallery for the last year or so, they're an initiative supporting mental health in the arts And now they've given me a certificate! Here are my bona fides: 34gallery.org/shop

Mr & Mrs Fox (2026) More paintings and prints available here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/seanbw...

Honoured that my painting Mars: The Bringer of War was featured in @createmagazine.bsky.social's coverage of the Borderlines exhibition at London's The Fitzrovia Gallery over the new year Thank you Create! www.createmagazine.co/blog/borderl...

Abbey Road, London, last week 'And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make' - The End, The Beatles @abbeyroads.bsky.social @abbeyroadcreations.bsky.social

'Pop culture is going to permeate literally every industry and pop culture proficiency is going to soon become required for all' Laura David of The Line of Best Fit is right - and this article is why a grass roots counter-narrative culture is so badly needed open.substack.com/pub/bestfitm...

If you are a portraiture enthusiast you should check out TERAVARNA's list of winners of their recent portrait prize, below. Muchos beautiful work You will find my Nick Cave - Wild God in the Honorable Mentions section www.teravarna.com/winners-2025...

'Love doing these, and I plan to do more Let’s get Shakespeare spoken properly again' All The World's A Stage - Dominic Frisby www.frisbys.news/p/all-the-wo...

Delighted that my first solo digital exhibition has been released by the wonderful Culturally Arts Featuring portraits of Ricky Gervais, Jay Mack Comedian, Aideen Mcqueen, Keith Richards, #JohnnyDepp, David Bowie, Andy Malkinson and other paintings www.culturallyarts.com/seanbwparker...

"He slips his hand around my waist and pulls me close. 'I learned a lot over there.' His voice is a warm caress on my ear. 'How life’s awful short.'" Read "Life's Awful Short", a new #flash by @chrisdotydunn.com with original art by @seanbwparker5000.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/sundial...

I was asked to illustrate a short story titled Life's Awful Short for @sundialmagazine.bsky.social, and was delighted to do so Have a read, it's a lovely little tale, and I hope my painting (of the same title) did it justice Life's Awful Short - by Chris Doty-Dunn: sites.google.com/view/sundial...

'Be Useful' RIP Scott Adams

"North Yorkshire Police have said they had nothing to add to the facts which had been set out during court proceedings, which 'resulted in Robin Garbutt being sentenced to life'" Jeremy Armstrong and Dr Michael Naughton of Empowering The Innocent beg to differ www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Amazed that my reading of Panopticon poem Blistered Mice has accrued 33K views in nine days. I think it might be because YouTube viewers are expecting a video of actual blistered mice Now available at @waterstones.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtvF...

'If individuals on different sides are sharing identical footage to prove their diametrically opposed points of view, we can be sure that facts are now considered subordinate to the upholding of political priorities' Andrew Doyle open.substack.com/pub/andrewdo...

Hard copy of my painting Cervus Elaphus in the current issue of Belladonna's Garden Literary Magazine - along with a mini anecdote about what inspired it (and the end of a short story) Thank you BGLM! www.belladonnasgardenlit.com/winter-2026-...

Iranian artist Seddigheh Adish In Visual Art Journal visualartjournal.com

‘'There’s a rusty brutalism to Sean’s work. His words lament sights long since faded into jaded ether like jazz piranha. Sort of like a scab which will give way to a honey-sweet centre' Jay Mack Comedian on Panopticon, now available at @magersandquinn www.magersandquinn.com/product/PANO...

"While everything is very professional and complete-looking, there are no universal agreed terms, everyone’s looking in a different direction, and criticism is seen as at best rude, and worst ‘fascistic’" The Instagramification of Art open.substack.com/pub/seanbwpa...

Morrissey & Flag (2026) Just as this portrait was completed, Morrissey announced his new album Make Up Is A Lie: www.nme.com/news/music/m... More paintings here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/seanbw...

Delighted that my portrait Nick Cave - Wild God has been given an Honorable Mention Award in Teravarna's 12 Portrait international juried art competition Thank you @teravarna! More here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/seanbw...

Thanks so much to January House Literary Journal for this super smart coverage of Panopticon Wonder if it's still ahead of John Cooper Clarke on Amazon's Political and Protest Poetry charts? Love 'im @januaryhouselit.bsky.social januaryhouselit.com/2025/12/22/c...