‘Ask me to paint anything you wish and I will try no matter how specific or surreal your demands. You name it. I’ll paint it. On Paint.’
Jim has painted some truly unhinged requests – from ‘Kanye West giving birth to himself’ and 'Ross Kemp on toast' to 'A swan wearing Björk as a dress' and ‘Bill Oddie beating Hitler at Catchphrase’ – each brought to life with painstaking detail using nothing but an archaic version of Microsoft Paint and an optical mouse. Many have since become beloved icons of British internet culture, such as ‘The chestburster scene from Alien portrayed by famous TV puppets’ and the infamous 'Tory Squat Party'.
Of Mouse and Man is the very best of Jim’s first five years of work alongside never-before-seen material and unique insights into his creative process.
It’s Raining Men
12th April 2018 - Requested by Anthony Mitchell
“The Weather Girls gleefully performing their most famous hit “It's Raining Men" whilst surrounded by a scene of absolute carnage as the bodies of the unfortunate aforementioned men lie dead and dying around them, having inexplicably fallen from the sky. Meanwhile, Michael Fish and Sian Lloyd look on, bewildered.”
Chest Burster
13th September 2016 - Requested by ealadubhsidhe
“Dear Jim,
Could you please paint the chestburster scene from Alien as portrayed by famous TV puppets, with Zippy from Rainbow as John Hurt being held down as a human hand bursts through his stomach.”
Neo’s Headache
7th April 2016 - Requested by Aaron Williams
“Dear Jim,
Please paint Neo from The Matrix in Boots agonising over whether he should buy paracetamol or ibuprofen.”
Art Attack
12th May 2016 - Requested by Simon Ovenden
“The day Neil Buchanan lost his mind and attempted to make a Big Art Attack of his own face from human viscera and body parts”
Normal Frasier
16th September 2015 - Requested by James Grimley
“Dear Jim,
Please paint me a normal episode of Frasier except Niles is wearing a jetpack and using it to hover slightly and Frasier's forehead has become so grotesquely large it's started to absorb the apartment and everything in it. Martin is sitting in his chair like normal except he doesn't have any bones. There are severed heads strewn around and everything is on fire. Also the view of the Seattle skyline has been replaced by that of the Tower of Babel. Daphne is being stolen by ants.”
‘Ask me to paint anything you wish and I will try no matter how specific or surreal your demands. You name it. I’ll paint it. On Paint.’
Jim has painted some truly unhinged requests – from ‘Kanye West giving birth to himself’ and 'Ross Kemp on toast' to 'A swan wearing Björk as a dress' and ‘Bill Oddie beating Hitler at Catchphrase’ – each brought to life with painstaking detail using nothing but an archaic version of Microsoft Paint and an optical mouse. Many have since become beloved icons of British internet culture, such as ‘The chestburster scene from Alien portrayed by famous TV puppets’ and the infamous 'Tory Squat Party'.
Of Mouse and Man is the very best of Jim’s first five years of work alongside never-before-seen material and unique insights into his creative process.
It’s Raining Men
12th April 2018 - Requested by Anthony Mitchell
“The Weather Girls gleefully performing their most famous hit “It's Raining Men" whilst surrounded by a scene of absolute carnage as the bodies of the unfortunate aforementioned men lie dead and dying around them, having inexplicably fallen from the sky. Meanwhile, Michael Fish and Sian Lloyd look on, bewildered.”
Chest Burster
13th September 2016 - Requested by ealadubhsidhe
“Dear Jim,
Could you please paint the chestburster scene from Alien as portrayed by famous TV puppets, with Zippy from Rainbow as John Hurt being held down as a human hand bursts through his stomach.”
Neo’s Headache
7th April 2016 - Requested by Aaron Williams
“Dear Jim,
Please paint Neo from The Matrix in Boots agonising over whether he should buy paracetamol or ibuprofen.”
Art Attack
12th May 2016 - Requested by Simon Ovenden
“The day Neil Buchanan lost his mind and attempted to make a Big Art Attack of his own face from human viscera and body parts”
Normal Frasier
16th September 2015 - Requested by James Grimley
“Dear Jim,
Please paint me a normal episode of Frasier except Niles is wearing a jetpack and using it to hover slightly and Frasier's forehead has become so grotesquely large it's started to absorb the apartment and everything in it. Martin is sitting in his chair like normal except he doesn't have any bones. There are severed heads strewn around and everything is on fire. Also the view of the Seattle skyline has been replaced by that of the Tower of Babel. Daphne is being stolen by ants.”
