In One Place - The Exhibition

Better late than never...

You'll have seen on Paul's socials that he has been busy as usual, specifically painting his 250th mural (check it out here: my latest mural). However, for three magical weeks in February 2024, he had his very own exhibition, hosted by The Royal Liver Building.

Thank you so much to everyone who attended the press launch evening and the exhibition throughout its time being open. It was really busy but we got it over the line with minutes to spare, thanks in no small part to the hard work of @lauramccannphotos. During the 3 weeks, over 8,000 visitors came to wander around Liverpool's very first street art exhibition and to chat to Paul in person.

There was live painting over the 3 weeks. Paul created a mural that will now be permanently on display to the public in The Liver Building. The artwork is inspired by a visit to the Liver Building archives, which recorded the construction of the landmark. The painting is dedicated to the unsung heroes - the men who built it with their own hands.

As well as the overwhelming number of visitors, there were art classes led by Paul for both children and adults. It was Paul's first time running a class and he was amazed by the level of art talent amongst the students, Paul's Heart Hands Peace mural was the subject and the participants were more than up to the task. Thank you to all the attendees, it was lovely to meet you all and I hope you're happy with your masterpieces.

Along with everything else on offer at the exhibition, Paul painted two canvas murals during the exhibition (the Tiger and the Gorilla). One was offered in a raffle and the other was auctioned (courtesy of Adam Partridge Auctioneers) with every single penny raised going to charity. An impressive £4360 was donated to Alderhey Children's Charity and Whitechapel Centre. Thank you again to everyone who bought tickets and took part in the auction, Paul is really proud of what was achieved for two local & important charities.

Thank you to ITV and Andy Bonner for coming to interview Paul about the exhibition in the run. You can watch the interview here: ITV interview

Thanks to the Liverpool Echo, Danny Haygarth and Colin Lane for the great coverage of the exhibition.

You can read the article here.

Thanks again to everyone who attended. Thanks especially to the Liver Building for being the perfect hosts and really supporting the whole event from start to finish. Will there be another one? There definitely will be but not for a while yet. What's seldom is special, but more honestly, an exhibition is a hell of a lot of work! :)

Special thanks to:

Ian and Laura for their patience and mucking in to help- Royal Liver Building

Scruffy Murphy's for the bar

Royal Liver Suite for the canapes

Claire Bryan of Radio Merseyside for hosting the Q&A

Anyone we may have forgotten, please let me know if I have - it's a pure oversight and apologies for this in advance!