McCreerys

This is my latest miniature piece.

A run-down shop with evidence of a homeless person living in the doorway.

I made tiny paper cups and a newspaper...

...and lots of rubbish for the pavement.

Notice the mini cigarette butts?

And the general dirt you see is made from bits of dried paint that I ground up with sandpaper.

This 'shook' graffiti is everywhere in Norwich.

I even featured it in my underpass scene last year.

I discovered a good technique for making flaky paint.

I painted the base grey, then put PVA glue in places and painted the green over the top once that had dried.

Then I rubbed away the paint with a wet finger or sand paper, and hey presto; distressed paint.

I decided to give the shop a name that didn't suggest what kind of shop it could be, so that the viewer could decide for themselves.

I thought about using my friends surnames but nothing seemed right, so then I moved onto country singers. I considered calling it Aldeans, Ruckers, even The Shoppe Perry.

But then I remembered this guy.

And McCreerys it was.

Also it kind of looks like McCreepys and that's cool.