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If there is nothing we here at RSG love more is a limited edition from Nick Walker. Here it is, hot off the table he stencils on. "Can't be too Careful" is a powerful image that discusses the lengths we go to to protect our young. An edition of 15, this is a collectors piece. Nick creates editions for us that are all original. That is, these are not screen prints or giclees, these are original stencils, acrylic spray painted and all unique. The underlying image is a 2 color stencil with hand brushed details. Walkers hand is in every piece.
Nick Walker emerged from the infamous and ground-breaking Bristol art and graffiti scene of the early 1980s. At that time, Nick was creating urban art at 4am in order to coincide with the shift changes of the Bristol police. As a forerunner of the British graffiti phenomenon Nick's work became a blueprint for hundreds of burgeoning artists for years to come.
His work has constantly evolved and always remains innovative, modern and thought-provoking earning him the notoriety of one of the cities most wanted artists. It was after the continuous destruction of his illegal work that Nick transcended his urban surroundings and changed his angle of attack to one focused on the establishment and art world. His distinctive style adapted effortlessly from the walls of Bristol to canvases on gallery walls. His work still draws on the energy and imagery of graffiti but he succeeds in combining the freedom the spray can brings with very controlled and intricate stencilling the results are highly sophisticated and incredibly desirable.
Fortunately, Nick's trademark subversion has not been diluted in the transition from street to gallery and the focus for his last major Bristol exhibition "Sex Cells" which was the infiltration of acceptable pornography in advertising. This provocative body of work further aroused people's interest in Nick Walker as a rising artist. His work has been embraced by the mass media including the record, advertising and film industries. With commissions as prestigious as the major motion pictures Judge Dredd and Stanley Kubrick's Eyes wide shut.