Mike Edwards

Mike Edwards is a Brighton painter known for portraits built from text. Newer work keeps that typographic line and also brings in painted neon, abstract marks and landscape, so the old style and the new one sit in the same picture. He has held four solo shows, and his work is in collections that include Sir Bradley Wiggins, Imelda May and the late publisher Felix Dennis. David Bowie signed Edwards' typographic portrait of Aladdin Sane, which was later auctioned for charity. His portrait of Lord Attenborough is on permanent display at the Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts, University of Sussex. His portrait of Andrew Weatherall was included in Gilles Peterson's book Broadcasting in a Pandemic. Before the portraits, he worked as a commissioned artist, including a stage set for Blur and pieces for Bacardi, Budweiser and Urban Outfitters. He paints from his studio in central Brighton. The works ship from the UK.