Jompiy (@jompiy)
Edgeworth Johnstone. The Camden Market Free Art Man. Heckel’s Horse Jr. Jompiy.
Coming to America
I spent much of this morning on a videophone call, pushing 50 with nothing in the bank, unhelpfully wearing a reversed baseball cap, trying to convince my girlfriend that FREE ART FREES ART isn’t j...
RIP Edward
A young lady approached me at The Camden Market Free Art Man display a few weeks ago and asked if I’d write something in her notebook. She asked me to put one piece of advice for the reader that I ...
Small Drawings
I arrived late to Billy’s painting studio yesterday and he was leaving early for an appointment in town, so only had a few hours to get something done. No time to get my paints out and then 25 minu...
Black Ivory Studio Snapshot 1
Tonight’s video is of paintings done in the last couple of days. Oil on canvas, all destined for my online shops. The goal is to have 500 artworks in each of my two shops within six months. Current...
A Day at Home Working on Cash Flow
Today wasn’t too bad, missing yet another Saturday at Camden Market to work on the ongoing FREE ART FREES ART cash flow issue as it was raining anyway. Saturday’s usually Camden’s busiest day of th...
Cat Paintings
I’m painting Pop Art cats and starting up as a personalised cat portrait painter. All from thinking more about Andy Warhol and Keith Haring, and how I’d like FREE ART FREES ART to be copying them, ...
Billy Childish Quoted as Blowing Smoke - Painting 1
A series of paintings I'm making in response to a quote in the book "To Ease My Troubled Mind - the Authorised Unauthorised History of Billy Childish" by Ted Kessler. Eventually this series of pain...
Band Practice 30th July 2026
Our band has changed its name from “Edgeworth Band” to “The Camden Market Free Art Man”. I haven’t told Emma yet but gave her a copy of our new album under the new name, so she’ll notice at some po...
Heckel's Horse Jr Painting Studio 28 July 2026
Now my home studio has been cleared out to make room for our weekly Thursday afternoon band practices, I have enough floor space to do some bulk paintings. Three at a time, each set of three taking...
The Camden Market Free Art Man 25th July 2026
Today was the new improved look Camden Market Free Art Man. A month in preparation. https://youtu.be/yf8hxkPmxQk Here's one of my new LP style paintings that was given away at Camden today: New col...
Plasticine Demo and Info
A new song I’ve been working on tonight. https://youtu.be/Cpv4UJmQCUs Not doing The Camden Market Free Art Man the last four weeks has given me the chance to catch up on work I’ve been putting off....
New Signage Paintings for Camden
The last three weekends have been too hot to do The Camden Market Free Art Man, allowing some time to upgrade its signage. Alan, the Camden Market Town Crier, has been advising me on my display for...
Three a Day 4
The three paintings of day four’s Three a Day series are: Palm Leaf Waving Cattle Standing on Chimneys in Cloaks, Flower Field Man and Woman by a Window. https://youtu.be/IRhATLCGCxQ The leftover p...
Three a Day 3
The three paintings of today’s Three a Day series are: Music Room, Stag in a River and Dog Watching Fires. https://youtu.be/7LEfRrty0iY I had so much leftover paint after these three paintings that...
Three a Day 2
The three paintings of today’s Three a Day series are: Climbing Dog, Garden Pianist and Two People by a River. https://youtu.be/994IM3PKEgg The Garden Pianist painting’s a lot like a Heckel’s Horse...