London-based artist LIL SHLURP specialises in painting at the intersection of portraiture, abstraction and photorealism in order to capture the character and music of celebrated musicians.

Self-taught - LIL SHLURP started to pursue painting during the 2020 lockdown in an attempt to express their unrestrained creativity by integrating their adoration for music and artwork.

‘A relentless adoration for music is ultimately what inspires my creative process, and I am extremely passionate about celebrating such musicality in art form, supplemented by inspiration sourced from all aspects of life.

My artwork intends to express myself whether that's through life experiences, things I love, things I've lost. When I'm creating my artwork I have no boundaries or predetermined ideas in my headspace. I allow for it to be completely free flowing and my art is just a journey of reflections, thoughts and ideas I am having at that particular moment. Perhaps it's something I watched that day, or a song I listened to, or I like the colours of the sky outside my window. Ultimately the reason why my artwork looks like a lifetime of weird and wonderful happenings exploding onto a canvas, is because it is precisely that.

I love that no one can see all of the details in one sitting. I love that no matter how long you look there's still much more hidden to be explored. Because that's me, unapologetically. A lot of colour and life and music presented the best I can through art.”