Nick Garrett

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  • My secret life as a graffiti artist

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    My secret life as a graffiti artist

    A successful property surveyor was jailed this week after his secret life as a tagger was uncovered. But he wasn’t unusual – lots of us are middle-aged family men with good jobs

    Graffiti artist Glynn Judd standing in front of one of his paintings
    Graffiti artist and former train-writer Glynn Judd, aka NOIR, in front of one of his paintings in north London. Photograph: Frantzesco Kangaris

    The case of Kristian Holmes, the graffiti artist jailed this week for three and a half years after being convicted of 39 incidents of criminal damage and perverting the course of justice, brings back vivid memories for me. Like him, I led a double life – respectable job by day…

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  • Portrait of Sarah Raphael – Nick Garrett

    Portrait of Sarah Raphael – Oil on board 17” x 10” Nick Garrett 1991

    Painted in the summer of 1991 Sarah offered me a space in here studio soon after this sitting.

    We continued to paint together for a year.