The Camden Market Free Art Man 7th April 2026

The Camden Market Free Art Man 7th April 2026

Author: Jompiy May 29, 2026 Duration: 34:07
Giving my art away for free on the streets of Camden Market. It was the hottest day of the year so far. I'm not usually at Camden Market on Tuesdays, but as I missed all last weekend due to the wind, I went. Today turned out well in the end, but for the first two hours I had no interest at all. I would like to stay later. If I can find somewhere at Camden to leave my stuff, I can. Otherwise, carrying the suitcase and laundry bag full of untaken large paintings is too much for evening rush hour. Only one large painting was taken today, by a woman who was, I think, visiting from Brighton. She took it for her husband who couldn't come due to work. James, a man who took some of my art over a year ago came. He alreay has one of the "Never Mind the Pollocks" prints. I stopped taking them as I wanted to just have original artworks. Maybe work on the ones I have at home, or make original home made prints of the same design. I have so many though, and so many other things to do that I will probably just take the existing ones as they are. I noticed today that I should do some signage in foreign languages, with flags so more tourists can understand that you're supposed to do an interview. Not just take one and walk off. By the end of the day it was clear that week days are just as good as weekends for staging The Camden Market Free Art Man. So tomorrow, I'll be there again. It just leaves the problem of when to do the paintings.

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More Anarchy for Art A4 Text Paintings 1 to 20 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:45
Last night I started on the second batch of Anarchy for Art paintings as I'd like to distribute these for free on the London transport network, like I used to in the early days of Free Art Frees Art. Before the term was…
The First 24 Flag Paintings [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:42
A lot of tourists walk past my Camden Market Free Art Man display, not understanding what it is they're looking at. Not their fault as my signage is all in English. Not anymore. These flags should result in more people u…
The Camden Market Free Art Man Introduces Shin Detonator Boards [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 15:29
Shin Detonator was a novel I wrote around 2015. I published it on Amazon and ordered some copies that I cut up, turned into artworks and took to The Camden Market Free Art Man. The video was recorded 15th June 2025. Anot…
The Camden Market Free Art Man Owes Laundry Bags [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:41
I get the laundry bags I carry The Camden Market Free Art Man display in from Wood Green High Street. King size for £2 each. Alan, the Camden Town crier, saw them and asked me to get him some, paying me there and then. T…
The Camden Market Free Art Man Display Plan Update [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:15
Alan, the town crier was at The Camden Market Free Art Man again today. I tried a new layout for the signage, which Alan has long been advising on. This was recorded 28th June 2025. When I first went to Camden I didn't w…
The Camden Market Free Art Man Kills Galleries [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 15:54
A pretty loud day at The Camden Market Free Art Man. A friend of Zombie, the punk rocker who sits the other side of Camden Lock bridge to me, took one of the "Never Mind the Pollocks" prints. I stopped taking them soon a…
The Camden Market Free Art Man Butterfly Swarm [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:05
The man on the trumpet is the legendary Alan Wyatt, the Guiness World record holder for the loudest town crier. He has another world record, but I can't remember what it is. Another sunny day at Camden Market, recorded 2…
The Camden Market Free Art Man Pugmired [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 16:36
The first day Emma Pugmire joined me to do The Camden Market Free Art Man. It took her long enough. Even Ron Throop had managed a day at Camden by now, travelling from Oswego in New York State. Emma lives in Crouch End,…
The Camden Market Free Art Man Launches Cryptocurency [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:00
This was the first time I took my CryptocuRency series out to The Camden Market Free Art Man. I will do a dedicated day at Camden for them, at some point. Get a low number cryptocuRency and hold on to it, like the early…
The Camden Market Free Art Man and Pugmire's Finger [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:02
One of the few times Emma Pugmire has joined me for The Camden Market Free Art Man. Emma stands a few feet from my display, handing out her work. I didn't occur to me at the time that, in London at least, you need a lice…