Mooing at the Moon

Rob and Pete have known each other since they were seven. As fresh-faced young adults, they both arrived in London in the 1990s and shared a house for most of their twenties. A time when London felt like the best place in the world to live. Both of them were looking to make an impression on a city full of entrepreneurial possibilities. Their paths and friendship have criss-crossed through Notting Hill for decades but this is the first time they’ve shared a creative living space in quite a while. Hopefully they have learned to do the washing up.

Pete is a screen-printer who now lives in Brighton with his family and Irish Terrier. While studying at Goldsmiths and London College of Printing, Pete became influenced by artists like Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol. His work now tries to build a bridge between more traditional painting and the semi-mechanical process of screen printing. Pete prints by hand, working with transparent colours to create new combinations when they are printed over the top of each other. He also publishes the What3Words address to identify exactly where each painting comes from.

Rob works from Wimbledon Studios where his space is often lit with UV experiments, luminous cartoons and set models. His cartoons often become multi-layered paintings of the weird and wonderful creatures that live in his imagination. There is a spooky theme to many of these, which live by the light of the Moon. Several key characters have also been turned into children' s books. Rob’s work combines a sense of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ with his early love of artists like Mordillo and Gilbert Shelton who drew Fat Freddy’s Cat and the Fabulous Furry Freakbrothers.

The exhibition will be open daily from 10.30 am - 7 pm. A PV will take place Thursday 12 June from 6 pm - 9 pm.