Daniel Pincham-Phipps

British artist known for painting and his past career as a comic book illustrator. his early art focused on abstracting and expressing the human figure. From 1979 to 1992 he worked as a cartoonist for publications like The Beano, Dandy, Topper, Buster, Hanna-Barbera. This background later influenced his fine art, which began incorporating graphic lines and bright colours. He worked regularly for legendary British publications, drawing comic strips and acting as a ghost artist for iconic characters like Dennis the Menace. Daniel created his own characters for the Topper, featuring Sudsy Malone who flew around in a bath fighting grime with his duck sidekick from outer space. His work appeared in staples of British pop culture, including: The Beano,The Dandy,Topper, Beezer, Buster, Whizzer and Chips, Hanna-Barbera productions (including Scooby-Doo). He featured prominently in major group exhibitions, including the landmark The Stuckists Punk Victorian show at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool during 2004. His paintings have been collected internationally and even caught the eye of the late renowned art critic Brian Sewell, who purchased one of his landscapes and Martin Clunes who purchased a figurative painting. Leaving the Stuckists he says, ‘he couldn’t see any difference between conceptual art and painting it’s all art’.