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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The Camden Market Free Art Man Compares Home Made Jackets [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:56
On the bus, on the way to Camden, a lady started photographing me. We started chatting. I don't think she realised but we had met before, around 25 years ago. It was the middle of the night and she was stranded outside o…
Nirvana Day at Camden Market [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 11:55
This was the first of two Nirvana days I've done at The Camden Market Free Art Man demo & free art giveaway. It was recorded 6th September 2025. I'll probably do another one soon, once I've finished the next batch of pre…
Nirvana Art Giveaway 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:29
Today was the second Nirvana day at The Camden Market Free Art Man demo & free art giveaway. My name is Edgeworth Johnstone (aka The Camden Market Free Art Man). I regularly give my art away on the streets of Camden Mark…
The Camden Market Free Art Man is a Humble Tiger [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:09
The weather was pretty good for this time of year. This was recorded 21 September 2025. Someone took one of my Nerver Mind the Pollocks prints, which I haven't been taking there recently as I'm trying to stick to origina…
The Camden Market Free Art Man Evening Session [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:25
The first evening session of The Camden Market Free Art Man Political Protest Against Expensive Art. Didn't get there till 4pm. This was recorded 1st October 2025.
The Camden Market Free Art Man at Zombie's Disco [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:29
Zombie is the punk rocker who sits on the other side of the bridge to my art display. This was the second evening session of The Camden Market Free Art Man Political Protest Against Expensive Art. Didn't get there till 3…
The Camden Market Free Art Man on the Fly [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:44
I left half my signage at home, so The Camden Market Free Art Man looked more skeletal than normal. Ideally, I'd like to find a storage place there, so I don't have to cart it all there and back. Maybe once I start worki…
The Camden Market Free Art Man Who Killed Mozart [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:39
Got in to a conversation about Mozart at The Camden Market Free Art Man. This video was recorded on 11th October 2025. One of the few times until this point I'd managed to put up the display two days in a row. It wasn't…