Custard Cream

In other news, i drew a custard cream, for no other reason than there was one sitting in front of me.
Profound as fuck!

xx

Keep it Pure

A piece about art, illustration, drawing and the impact they have. Fine art steps away from the obscure conceptual attention grabbing work of previous years to allow the return of some far more 'drawn' or 'painted' works. We all understand this art better dont we?? Perhaps not, but seeing work with a greater sense of discernible skill from the artist is always suited for broader appeal.
Meanwhile, my creative block is slowly starting to wear away within my personal work. This piece is also about that. I feel rubbish when i cant produce new and exciting work. Its on my mind constantly, cant escape it. Its like being on smack. (i have never, and will never take heroin, i simply suggest a likeness in the strength of the addiction and how the plight of getting the drugs/doing the work is what your life becomes about)

Er yeah, was that clear? It was? Great!

Part 2

The next piece exploring the themes of the daily tasks that are essential to our general existence and involvement in society today. We all gotta eat. No escape there, it connects us all. And it always has done. The end.

Wash. Dry. Wear.

A new piece ive been working on, its all about those necessary innane tasks that act as pillars in our daily existence. They're unavoidable and often tedious but they stand as the reference points by which the more abstract experiences relate. You can keep washing your clothes, and drying them, and wearing them until you die aged 79 (on average). This is, for me at least, a lifelong commitment it seems.....x

3 Prints, just in!!

Here are some photos of the latest set of prints ive ordered. Sadly, all are spoken for, tough being so popular, but of course il be ordering again soon. Im only an email away............

Oh and i hope you enjoy the scenic green carpet background, a nice touch i thought!!

Plims innit

So, Kings of Neon, yes Neon, the guys who do the illustrated plimsoles, now have some of mine on there, for sale.

Sent them loads of designs so hopefully some more will be added shortly, be one of the first to get a pair and go home for xmas to see your friends wearing sumtin' fresh. Or treat someone to a pair for xmas, show em how much thought you put into gettin your unique gift. Yea. or yes.

Check them here - http://www.kingsofneon.com/acatalog/oli_frape_plimsolls.html

Peace.

Good old Boris.......

Couple of sketches, over the top of the newspaper today, with my new pens, as an ode to Boris Johnson, our new hero x

BigFun November

OK you people who do stuff and go to places - here is a place to go where stuff is on. I drew their flyer n that. Hit Hoxton this 27th November - Turn lead into solid gold fun xx

BigFun Oct - All your favourites

The latest flyer for the guys at Bigfun. Another late night as well. x

Remain Silent

Editorial

Illustrating a story on modern policing and the plans to issue smartphones to officers to aid their work.

Localism.

In real life i dont entirely subscribe to this attitude. If you know me, that may not surprise you. At all. I just wanna be able to throw a frisbee around my local park on a saturday or sunday morning without tripping over the leftover revellers from the night before. Wearing sunglasses, when its grey and overcast, cos they're still up. And cant be arsed to go back to wherever it is that they actually do live, cos this is where people 'like us' go now.
On a side-note, ive rarely/never attempted to take the frisbee from its place on the shelf on either of these mentioned occasions to the suggested locations. But i couldnt. Even if i did want to, i couldnt. And i know i couldnt, because i hear you talking about it on Monday. You were at the park again were you? Again, oh yeah a heavy night, right yeah. Me? Nah i didnt go out. I stayed in and sulked.

The illustrated version of this outpouring will follow. Perhaps annotated with why i can go anywhere. Just for balance you understand.

x

There's no 'ino' or 'atte' and stuff. Im a filter cofee. Cheap as fuck.

Type-bloc bag drawing. By hand with the ole' marker pens.

YOU. WANT. ONE. 'n' that.

oli@olifrape.co.uk.

A heart on a sleeve.

And cos im well lame, i re-re-did this image again. 'Get a life'. Yep.

Honestly, a bigger marker pen makes my drawing look like this.....

There is really very little further to communicate here

Brace yourself.........for BigFun

Here we are. The latest BigFun flyer. Seems appropriate in light of the recent weather dunnit. xx

We all need some exposure dont we..........

Give yourself a pat on the back. Very well done.

And another. Thankyou and goodnight.