Dylan Bell

Dylan Bell is an Edinburgh based artist working in mixed media and print. Dylan’s current work collages images of well-known locations with other vintage images and then uses different over-printing techniques with stencil blocks and spray-paint to achieve playful re-imaginings of iconic landmarks.

After graduating from Waikato University in New Zealand Dylan participated in local shows and large scale street art. Once he left New Zealand, Dylan became teacher and started a family. He started to get back into street art and then small batches of paint/print works which are individually signed, editioned and embossed.

“I enjoy focusing on the graphic geometries of images, their registry points, and look at all compositions as a series of colour blocks. By collating, and experimenting with, old postcards, pictures of iconic landmarks, pop culture imagery, graphic street art, and typography as a starting point, I layer and colour shift until I have a composition that works.

The printmaking process has been a satisfying rediscovery of my interest layer, and blocked colour. The steps involved in planning and executing these pieces have been great fun, and I’m looking forward to developing my ideas further through larger format works, exhibitions and leaning back toward mark making with paint.”