Tupac - Available as:
Fine Art Print - Experience this hi-res Iconic artworks with vivid colours and stunning depth using giclée fine art printing technology. Perfect for art lovers, collectors and designers alike.
Paper - 200gsm, Smooth matte finish for a clean, glare-free display.
Sizes - (50x70 cm / 20x28") and (60x80 cm / 24x32")
Poster - Premium 200gsm Semi-Gloss Paper enhances detail and colour.
Size - (60x80 cm / 24x32″)
Framed Poster - Premium 200gsm Semi-Gloss Paper enhances detail and colour (60x80 cm / 24x32″) Ready-to-hang: Includes hanging kit, ready to hang directly on the wall. Frame Material: Responsibly sourced oak and ash wood. Frame Colour: black.
Frame Measurements: 20mm (0.79") thick and wide. Protection: Shatterproof plexiglass protects the poster.
Flat rate delivery is available to UK mainland addresses at £5.50 which is selected during the payment process. If buying multiple items an additional amount will be calculated.
Please allow up to 5 working days for delivery.
Pen, ink, acrylic
Tupac Shakur was an artist I’d been drawn to since the album Me Against the World. I appreciated his earlier work, his energy, his history with Digital Underground, and his undeniable family legacy, deeply rooted in the revolutionary movement of the Black Panther Party.
This was the first art project I undertook after completing a large body of work for the rap group Public Enemy in 2007.
Looking back, meeting Chuck D prior to creating this piece couldn't have been more timely. Chuck is a great source of awareness and, as an artist, visually, sonically, and vocally, he recognised something within my creative expression. During a conversation, he pointed towards a word I'd mostly only ever heard used as a genre of music, and very rarely beyond that.
That moment planted a seed which ultimately carried this project into a space I had no idea how to process. At first, I thought it might have been burnout, but I now believe it was something else entirely.
The best way I can describe it is like swimming deep into the ocean. The deeper I went, the darker it became. Yet blindly, I kept moving forward, where a glimmer of truth was waiting to be found — I just didn't know it yet.
Like the ocean itself, I didn't know whether my breath would sustain me long enough to return to the surface.
I opened my heart to whatever was waiting for me there, and what I received was a realisation I wasn't sure I was brave enough to accept. I gave everything I had to this artwork as a form of internal exploration.
Even now, the lesson I learned from this piece is best expressed through the artwork itself.
I never saw it coming until I was nearing completion of the piece. Then it finally dawned on me that there was a light on the other side of fear.
That same year, my firstborn brightened my external world, and approval for this piece was given by the late, great Afeni Shakur, who, upon viewing the artwork, granted permission for it to become an official representation of her son, Tupac Shakur.
The artwork that followed this piece was the exhale — a piece titled High School.
Tupac - Available as:
Fine Art Print - Experience this hi-res Iconic artworks with vivid colours and stunning depth using giclée fine art printing technology. Perfect for art lovers, collectors and designers alike.
Paper - 200gsm, Smooth matte finish for a clean, glare-free display.
Sizes - (50x70 cm / 20x28") and (60x80 cm / 24x32")
Poster - Premium 200gsm Semi-Gloss Paper enhances detail and colour.
Size - (60x80 cm / 24x32″)
Framed Poster - Premium 200gsm Semi-Gloss Paper enhances detail and colour (60x80 cm / 24x32″) Ready-to-hang: Includes hanging kit, ready to hang directly on the wall. Frame Material: Responsibly sourced oak and ash wood. Frame Colour: black.
Frame Measurements: 20mm (0.79") thick and wide. Protection: Shatterproof plexiglass protects the poster.
Flat rate delivery is available to UK mainland addresses at £5.50 which is selected during the payment process. If buying multiple items an additional amount will be calculated.
Please allow up to 5 working days for delivery.
Pen, ink, acrylic
Tupac Shakur was an artist I’d been drawn to since the album Me Against the World. I appreciated his earlier work, his energy, his history with Digital Underground, and his undeniable family legacy, deeply rooted in the revolutionary movement of the Black Panther Party.
This was the first art project I undertook after completing a large body of work for the rap group Public Enemy in 2007.
Looking back, meeting Chuck D prior to creating this piece couldn't have been more timely. Chuck is a great source of awareness and, as an artist, visually, sonically, and vocally, he recognised something within my creative expression. During a conversation, he pointed towards a word I'd mostly only ever heard used as a genre of music, and very rarely beyond that.
That moment planted a seed which ultimately carried this project into a space I had no idea how to process. At first, I thought it might have been burnout, but I now believe it was something else entirely.
The best way I can describe it is like swimming deep into the ocean. The deeper I went, the darker it became. Yet blindly, I kept moving forward, where a glimmer of truth was waiting to be found — I just didn't know it yet.
Like the ocean itself, I didn't know whether my breath would sustain me long enough to return to the surface.
I opened my heart to whatever was waiting for me there, and what I received was a realisation I wasn't sure I was brave enough to accept. I gave everything I had to this artwork as a form of internal exploration.
Even now, the lesson I learned from this piece is best expressed through the artwork itself.
I never saw it coming until I was nearing completion of the piece. Then it finally dawned on me that there was a light on the other side of fear.
That same year, my firstborn brightened my external world, and approval for this piece was given by the late, great Afeni Shakur, who, upon viewing the artwork, granted permission for it to become an official representation of her son, Tupac Shakur.
The artwork that followed this piece was the exhale — a piece titled High School.
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