Neal Moran ‘Nelly’

Nelly has been trying to sell art since he was a little lad, when he tried to flog drawings to the neighbours. Not much has changed, except the drawings are now collages (in the main) and the neighbours are now the internet.

Born and raised in St. Helens, art college student, graphic designer by trade. After a day of staring at screens, his eyes are knackered, brain frazzled, so he cuts stuff up instead: old photos, house and vintage clearance finds, random scraps of paper that happen to be lying around and the odd splattering of paint.

There’s no desk and no plan (usually). No studio, just a cupboard with ambition and a few boxes that come out and then get put away again. Things just land where they land, usually with a splash of yellow and a drop of fluoro, a circle like a vignette on an old school photo, and sometimes a single word or two to spice things up.

Nelly’s a perfectionist who knows perfection doesn’t exist. Every piece is basically a ten-minute job and a three-week argument with himself.

It’s all a bit random, a bit nostalgic, and somehow it works.

Have a nosey. If something nicks your eye, give it a home.