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Rich Simmons is a Pop Punk Artist based in Brighton specialising in stencils, paintings and street art. SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE REFLECTIONS PRINT NEW YORK TIMES PRINT FRAMED SET OF TWO TALK TO AN ART CONSULTANT BETWEEN THE CAPES DESCRIPTION DETAILS DELIVERY As the UK's leading art retailer, Castle Fine Art has been uniting collectors with artworks by exciting modern artists since 1995. Learning more about the art we sell couldn’t be easier. Castle Fine Art's skilled and knowledgeable art consultants are on hand to offer you tailored advice to suit your unique taste and style. Whether you’re an avid collector or looking to make your first purchase, Castle Fine Art's expert consultants can offer you hand-picked recommendations and also give you sneak peeks of upcoming releases! Our limited edition and original artwork is hand-signed and framed in the UK. Get in touch with Castle Fine Art's below if you’d like to discuss your requirements. SPEAK TO A CASTLE FINE ART CONSULTANT This artwork is a hand-signed silkscreen limited edition on Somerset Satin 410gsm paper by Rich Simmons and it can be purchased in a set of two Edition of 95 per print 24in x 24in | 60.96cm x 60.96cm Print Size 28in x 28in | 71.12cm x 71.12cm Framed Size Fine Art Print, Mixed Media, and Silkscreen Free UK delivery Painting Batman and Superman in this embrace is my way of supporting equality and trying to shift people's conceptions and judgements they have held. By using iconic superheroes, I hope people question their actions as heroes and see that this aspect of their identity far outweighs who they choose to love and how they wish to identify. Christopher Reeve, who famously portrayed Superman, once said, "What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely." READ THE FULL BLOG POST Hand-signed Silkscreen Limited edition artwork by Rich Simmons. Inspired by his love of 1950s comic books, Rich Simmons combines classic pop art and modern street art to create artwork which provokes thought and challenges expectations. In ‘Reflections (Between the Capes)’, the artist frames his well-known image of Batman kissing Superman as a reflection in the woman’s glasses. He builds a narrative using the composition of the piece, showing us the scene from her perspective. Working with bold, primary shades of red, blue and yellow, Simmons crafts an eye-catching work that draws the eye to each detail. From the woman’s tears to her vibrant red lips, we are encouraged to ponder her emotional response to the sight before her. Simmons names Leonardo da Vinci as one of his biggest influences and employs the Fibonacci spiral in each of his artworks to create perfect balance and harmony in each piece he creates. Combining the bold black lines associated with pop art with the hand-stencilled designs of graffiti, ‘Reflections (Between the Capes)’ introduces street art concepts into the home. For all orders of artwork, we advise delivery of up to four weeks from placing your order. Many of our pieces are handmade to order just for you here in the UK. Books and gift vouchers are delivered within 2-3 working days. Please note that if multiple artworks are purchased within the same order, they may be delivered separately for efficient delivery. We want you to love your artwork, so we offer a 14-day cooling-off period to view it in your home. If you’re not satisfied, we’ll collect it for free or you can return it to one of our galleries. For orders outside of the UK, the same applies - please contact us and we can arrange collection of the artwork. If you have any special requirements or questions about delivery or returns, please contact us . “SIMMONS PAINTS LIKE A PUNK ROCKER AND AS A SELF TUAGHT-ARTIST AND STORYTELLER, THAT OUTSIDE-THE-BOX MENTALITY AND WILLINGNESS TO WRITE HIS OWN RULES IS CLEAR. REBELLIOUS AND CONTROVERSIAL BUT FUN AND HUMOROUS. WHAT THE SEX PISTOLS DID WITH THEIR MUSIC AND LYRICS IS WHAT SIMMONS IS DOING NOW WITH SPRAY PAINT AND CANVAS, REWRITING THE RULE BOOK AND SHAPING A NEW GENRE OF POP PUNK ART. ” PROHBTD maGaZInE READ THE ARTICLE 1 2 RICH SImmOnS DOeSn'T JUST maKE ART — He PROVOKES anD DISRUPTS. Part pop artist, part punk provocateur, Simmons is the rebellious lovechild of Stan Lee and Banksy, with a little Leonardo da Vinci in the DNA just to keep things interesting. His self-coined genre Pop Punk Art is exactly what it sounds like — a riot of colour, chaos, and commentary, born from skateparks, comic books, and the kind of music that makes your parents nervous. Entirely self-taught and self-managed, Simmons never asked for permission — he just built his own world instead. A creative outsider in the best possible way, his work hits like a graphic novel left out in the rain: raw, loud, and dripping with deeper meaning. On the surface, it’s slick, stylized and eye-popping. But scratch beneath the stencils and you’ll find coded messages, cultural critique, and questions about identity, society, and sanity. He’s been called a disruptor. A misfit. A visionary. And yeah — he’s all three. Simmons is on a mission to drag art out of white walls and into real life, where it belongs. This isn’t decoration — it’s confrontation. It’s storytelling with spray paint. It’s pop art with a pulse. 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INTRODUCTION PROLOGUE CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 REVIEWS The Prism — Checkmate is the origin story of a new superhero set in London. A powerful synthetic drug known as Met-X has begun circulating across the city, causing temporary mutations in its users. Crime rates surge as those enhanced by the drug gain unpredictable abilities. Behind the operation stands a calculating criminal mastermind known only as The Grandmaster, who views society as a chessboard and people as pieces to be moved, sacrificed, or promoted in pursuit of long-term control. When a glowing, rainbow-hued meteorite crashes in the Mojave Desert, it is secured by the Creative Research and Development Laboratory Enterprise (CRADLE) before other global agencies can intervene. Transported to CRADLE’s headquarters on London’s Southbank, the meteorite displays unusual energetic properties unlike any known material. CRADLE’s director, Arthur Kinsey, assigns his most gifted scientist, Isaac Wells, to lead the investigation. Isaac, alongside biomedical engineer Clara Banks and engineering prodigy Kenzi Nakamura, discovers that the meteorite contains a reactive compound capable of interacting with human biology at a cellular level. Its energy signature resembles the active component of Met-X. It becomes clear that the drug destabilising London may have originated from fragments of this extraterrestrial material. When The Grandmaster learns that CRADLE possesses the meteorite, he orders an aggressive retrieval operation. CRADLE employees are kidnapped, and the Southbank facility is attacked by enhanced operatives fuelled by Met-X. Determined to rescue his colleagues, Isaac leads a counter-operation using experimental CRADLE technologies and prototype engineering systems. Though he succeeds in freeing hostages, he is gravely injured during the confrontation. Isaac is rushed back to CRADLE, where he flatlines. In desperation, Clara reveals she has secretly engineered a prismatic variant of Met-X derived from her research into the meteorite’s full energy spectrum. Unlike the unstable red version distributed by The Grandmaster, her version was designed to stabilise and harmonise the mutation process. With no time for approval or trials, she injects Isaac. He survives. Isaac awakens fundamentally changed. The prismatic compound grants him controlled, adaptive abilities tied to energy manipulation and enhanced perception. He becomes the first stable evolution of the meteorite’s power. Initially conflicted about using his abilities, Isaac realises The Grandmaster is preparing a final escalation: a plan to trigger a chain reaction beneath London using weaponised meteorite energy embedded within the Underground system. The resulting explosion would release mutagenic energy across the transport network, exposing thousands and permanently shifting the balance of power in the city. Refusing to allow further harm, Isaac adopts a new identity — The Prism — and, alongside Clara and Kenzi, who equip themselves with advanced CRADLE technology, launches a coordinated assault on The Grandmaster’s network. As the team draw out his enhanced operatives across the city, Isaac infiltrates the Grandmaster’s headquarters. In the climactic confrontation, Isaac uses his full spectrum abilities to prevent the Underground detonation and dismantle the energy core powering the operation. The Grandmaster’s empire collapses, and the immediate threat to London is neutralised. In the aftermath, Isaac accepts that his transformation cannot be undone. Rather than retreat from the consequences of Clara’s decision, he chooses to embrace his new role. As The Prism, he commits to protecting the city while continuing CRADLE’s research into the meteorite’s wider implications. Though The Grandmaster has fallen, Met-X has already altered the landscape. Enhanced individuals exist. The technology cannot be erased. The chess match may have ended, but a new evolutionary era has begun. Checkmate is the first instalment in a planned trilogy charting the rise of The Prism. The series follows Isaac Wells from prodigy scientist to the emergence of a new kind of hero, exploring the scientific, moral and societal consequences of engineered evolution. Subsequent novels, Spectrum and Zenith, expand the scope from a single city under threat to a world reshaped by the power first unleashed in London. Alongside the core trilogy, additional prequels and spin-off stories are planned to explore the origins of CRADLE and the wider emergence of enhanced individuals — forming an interconnected narrative universe known as the Prismverse. The odds of being hit by a meteorite are astronomically small, but that is where this story begins. As a teenager, I was on holiday in Tenerife. I sat out on the hotel balcony one warm August night, watching the Perseid meteor shower light up the night sky. I had never seen shooting stars so bright or abundant in my life and settled in for a night of stargazing. As I laid back on the white plastic lounge chair, craning my neck up to watch the show, I felt a sharp pain on my thigh. Looking around for an insect to blame for interrupting my tranquillity, I saw a small black rock on the terracotta tiled floor beside me. 'That wasn't there a minute ago, was it?' I asked myself. Picking it up, I noticed it looked charred, like a miniature lump of coal that had fallen from a barbecue. I got up, looking for a plant pot or something that would explain the pea-sized black rock in my palm. Nothing matched it. That's when the brightest shooting star of the night streaked across the sky, disappearing beyond the horizon. It couldn't be, could it? Shooting stars are anything from fragments of asteroids to particles the size of a grain of sand, burning up as they pass through our atmosphere and tonight, there were hundreds of these celestial visitors passing right above me. Without another explanation for the pain radiating through my thigh, I sat back down and squeezed my fist around the small rock and watched its friends fall to the earth. Almost half a lifetime later, on Christmas Day, I get a phone call from my Dad. "Your Grandad has had a stroke." I spent the day alone in my art studio, waiting for updates and trying to process the news. Finally, I got the call that night that he had passed. After refusing the paramedics offer of going to the hospital, he died in his own bed, stubborn and proud to the end. The next day, we drove to my Grandparents house in Whitstable, England, to help my Grandma and do the things I suppose you have to do when a family member passes. Grieve, support, tell stories, remember the good times. My Grandad was always a bit of a mystery to me. He was a heavily tattooed former Navy man, but I only really knew him as the man who would write poems and draw his grandkids bespoke, personalised birthday cards every year. We weren't a close family, seeing them only once, maybe twice a year, but when I did, I wanted to know about his tattoos, art, and poems. I wanted his stories. I didn't realise just how many stories he had until he was gone and we found a locked suitcase under his bed. Upon opening it, we discovered a treasure trove of beautifully handwritten notepads containing stories, poetry, lyrics, diaries and more. We knew he wrote birthday cards for us, but this was a surprise for all of us to find. Why was it hidden, locked away without telling anyone what he was creating? The only answer I can come up with is one that made me sadder than his actual passing. He was afraid to share them for fear of judgement or ridicule. His pride overshadowed the storyteller he kept locked inside, only allowing glimpses of his true self to emerge to make his grandkids smile once a year on their birthdays. I left the next day to travel home, determined to find a way to honour him and not let his legacy stay locked away in a suitcase. If he was too afraid to share his storytelling with the world, then maybe I could do it in his honour. I was already following in his footsteps in some capacity by embracing my artistic side and pursuing a career in that, so maybe I also could write like he did. Perhaps I had a storytelling gene in me too. Only one way to find out. Over the following weeks, I started putting ideas together on what kind of story I could tell. Ever since that summer holiday when I was hit by a shooting star, I had been fascinated by meteorites. It's the kind of thing Stan Lee would be proud of writing, and it seemed like the perfect theme to create a story around. By the time I went to my Grandads funeral, The Prism was already being created, and I was able to smile, knowing that his legacy would have a chance to live through me. To have the name Simmons printed on a book and released for people to read and enjoy will be as much for my Grandad as it is for me. The universe chose to touch me with that small black rock. Something astronomically rare sparked this idea, and my grandad gave me the fuel to help light the fire that grew to become The Prism. After a long, extraordinary, twisting road to get here, I am proud to say that I am now a storyteller like my Grandad. At the edge of California's Mojave Desert, the Ridgecrest Police Station was inundated with calls from panicked locals. For a small town at midnight, this raised concerns with the officers working the night shift. "Hey Chief, we had another call with the same description, a 'rainbow fireball' shooting across the sky. This can't be a coincidence…" By call seven, curiosity had overcome the officers and they stepped outside and looked up at the cloudless sky. To the south-east, much to the officer's amazement, was a faint streak of coloured smoke on the horizon heading straight into the desert. UFO sightings from drunk town members had always been a source of entertainment to local officers, but tonight was different. In the sky above them was proof and they needed to investigate. The officers drove east on the 178 for about fifteen minutes. The cold desert night was lit with a blanket of stars emanating from the Milky Way’s dusty spiral and the bright crescent moon in the distance. The only other source of light for miles around was the headlights from the officer's Ford Interceptor as it streaked through the night, following the direction of the smoke above, like an arrow into the desert. As they got closer to the source of the smoke, a faint glow came into focus. "What the hell is going on?" wondered the bemused officers as they cautiously approached through the desert's scrubland, now on foot, hands perched nervously on their sidearms. A deep crater had formed in the desert surface with debris scattered precariously around, the impact trail etched into the dry, rocky floor for several metres. Approaching the crater's edge, the officers peered in. Through the smoke, they spotted a small rock which stood out with a charred black crust. It was emitting a mysterious, enigmatic glow, with every colour in the spectrum radiating from it, drawing the officers towards it like moths to a flame. The unusual object, faintly dancing with colour through the settling dust, was sitting in the heart of the crater. The mysterious object glowed with an ever changing rainbow of colour. It was hypnotic and the officers took their hands off their firearms and lowered themselves down to get a closer look. As they got close enough to see through the haze, a dazzling light show was clearly radiating off the scorched meteorite. "What is it, Chief?" asked one of the officers. "Some kind of meteorite? I've never seen anything like this before…" The officers leaned in, close enough to feel the meteorite’s warmth on their skin and with eyes transfixed and jaws ajar, one reached out a hand to touch it. A sudden burst of energy emitted from the meteorite which sent the officers flying backwards, throwing them through the air to the crater’s edge ten feet away. The officers lay unconscious against the dirt as the blast of light began to settle and shrink, still radiating with a spectrum of moving colours that seemed to merge and dance like a liquid in the cool night air. The sound of a helicopter overhead broke the silence as the whirring blades rotated with a rhythmic hum as it got closer. "Down there, there's something… glowing. I can see headlights too, someone’s already down there." The pilot's words sent a surge of curiosity through Dr. Arthur Kinsey, sitting in the back in a smart tweed jacket and grasping a carbon fibre cane in his hands. The grey-haired man looked through the window to the same glowing impact site below and with a slight adjustment of his jacket and an excited squeeze of his cane, instructed the pilot in a soft English accent to put the helicopter down as close to the crater as possible. CRADLE emblazoned at the top, below which were their names Lawrie and Ryptik. The young scientists had been working Stateside on a collaborative project with NASA when Arthur visited. Hours earlier, Arthur had taken a tour of the facility with them as they briefed him on their project. Now they were on a helicopter assisting Arthur on a ‘top-secret’ mission. Looking out at the desert below, they both wondered what Arthur needed them for and how they were going to be able to help. "Ready chaps? When we land, follow my lead. Bring the digital scanning equipment to map the impact site and any other gadgets you boys have that could help us understand this situation better." As the helicopter touched down onto the desert floor and the rotors began to slow, the dust kicked up by their landing created a fog that billowed out and disappeared into the sparse, flat desert around them. Holding a silk handkerchief to his mouth, Arthur lowered himself down the steps of the helicopter and touched down with both feet and his cane on the dry, rocky ground. Looking back at the two younger scientists, Arthur pulled his handkerchief from his mouth. "Never go anywhere without one" he said with a subtle wink. Pulling it back across his mouth, Arthur walked forward through the settling dust towards the crater twenty feet in front of them. On the edge of the crater, Arthur put both hands on his cane for support. His eyes lit up at the scene before him. The meteorite was now clearly visible, still glimmering with a spectrum of colours. Arthur’s heart skipped a beat at the possibilities of what this strange object could be. His focus was only broken when he noticed the two unfortunate police officers lying unconscious on the floor with burn marks on their hands. A screen of pale blue light suddenly projected from a machine set up by the two younger scientists, digitally mapping and scanning the landing site. With the analysis completed in a matter of seconds, Arthur told Lawrie and Ryptik to check on the officers and to avoid touching the meteorite. Arthur pulled out his phone and flipped over the monogrammed case with CRADLE embossed into the black leather. It was now 1am in the cold desert morning and Arthur checked the time in London. Swiping back to his contact list, Arthur tried making a call. ‘Damn, no answer, he’s probably not even at the office yet’ he thought as he looked around at the emptiness of the moonlit Mojave. Trying a different approach, Arthur called CRADLE's London headquarters. "Yes, good morning, this is Director Kinsey. I need to speak to Isaac Wells immediately…" Isaac's eyes snapped open as his head bounced off the glass window of the London Underground Jubilee train. The loud screech from the metal rails as the train cornered a bend drowned out the dull noise of the carriages and caused Isaac to grimace. Blinking his eyes and acclimatising himself to his surroundings, Isaac looked at the swathe of commuters waiting on the platform that they were slowing down to stop at. 'London Bridge, two more stops', thought Isaac as he rubbed his forehead and watched the commuters get on the train. Looking down, Isaac watched the shuffling feet of passengers finding their seats as he pulled out his phone. Checking his messages, he saw a new email from Arthur, which he tapped on to open. 'Damn, no signal down here', he said to himself as he tried to download the file. Putting the phone back in his pocket, Isaac picked up a folded copy of the mornings Metro newspaper. Today's front page was once again linked to a spate of crime and strange phenomena happening in London. 'Menacing Met-X Mutants Make Mischief In Marylebone' read the headline. 'What a mouthful', he thought as he ripped out the article and folded it up, pocketing it to read back at CRADLE. 'Another article for the wall of weird', he thought as he looked around at the interior of the carriage. Graffiti tags were scrawled and scratched into the walls and windows, reflecting what was happening in London over recent years. The train screeched again as it rounded a corner towards Southwark, stopping and letting on a new group of travellers. Isaac pulled out his phone again to reread Arthurs text message. 'Get your team together. I've found something in the desert that you need to see to believe. Arthur.' Isaac must have read this message over and over a hundred times now. The new email coming through only added to his anxiety to discover what Arthur was talking about. As the train pulled into Waterloo Station, Isaac quickly got up and headed to the door. Zipping up his Parka coat, Isaac waited for the doors to open before slipping out ahead of the other morning commuters and quickly walked to the escalators to beat the crowd exiting the station. The cold skies over London were swirling with different shades of grey as Isaac zigzagged past people walking to work and headed towards Southbank. As Isaac walked past The Royal Festival Hall, he pulled out his phone to try and download Arthurs email. 'Why is the signal so bad around here' he thought as the file began to slowly download. Turning right onto Southbank, Isaac continued to look down, watching the percentage number of the download increase. 'Almost there', he said to himself as he watched the download bar hit 90%. Before Isaac had realised what happened, he was looking down at the concrete floor. An ache spread across his shoulder as he turned around to see the man who had knocked him down walk away. Dressed in a white suit white, the stranger stood out from the other people walking past. Turning his head to look back at Isaac, the stranger's pale features contrasted the dark eyes shot a piercing, emotionless look down at him before turning and walking away. As he disappeared into the distance, Isaac slowly turned back. Realising his phone had been knocked out of his hand, Isaac looked around on the floor for it. "Damn it!" he said out loud as he looked down to the concrete floor at the phones smashed screen. Broken glass distorted the glitching graphics as Isaac tapped it in vain. Picking up the phone and assessing the damage, Isaac stood up and slipped the broken phone into his jacket pocket. "Another thing for Kenzi to fix," he said to himself. Rubbing his shoulder, he saw someone on an electric scooter swerve around a group of people and head straight for him. Dodging out of the way, Isaac spun around and found himself leaning against a set of metal railings, looking into the colourful, street art adorned walls of the skatepark. Among the melange of colour, graffiti and concrete ramps, Isaac spotted a small wall painted red with a stencil of a single white chess pawn. 'I've seen this before somewhere else', he mused as he looked at the painting, trying to remember where he had seen this symbol and what it might mean. A few meters away, a couple of young tourists were taking photos of the graffiti, and Isaac overheard them mentioning the same piece that had caught his gaze. "If that's a new Banksy, I don't understand it," said one of them before taking a final photo and walking away. Isaac pushed himself off the railings and continued walking past the skatepark. Looking up, Isaac could see the CRADLE building towering over the surrounding area just beyond Waterloo Bridge. Isaac rolled his shoulder, feeling more frustrated from not opening Arthur's email than having a smashed phone. Passing under Waterloo Bridge, Isaac looked up at the tall building. Large triangular glass panels reflecting the monochromatic skies above lined the building's exterior, which Isaac called home as he headed towards the entrance. Underneath a large set of chunky white letters spelling out the CRADLE logo were the words Creative Research And Development Laboratory Enterprise, backlit with a soft blue light above the glass entrance. 'Time to get some answers', he thought to himself as he walked inside. Clara slammed a drawer in her desk closed as she heard a noise at her door. A tall shadowed figure stood behind the frosted glass doors, and with her heart beginning to race, she turned a key to lock the drawer. The door hissed open, and Clara let out a sigh of relief as she saw Isaac standing there with his hand on the digital fingerprint scanner. Slipping the key into her trouser pocket and closing her laptop screen, Clara stood up and walked towards Isaac. "You don't usually get here this early," she said as she saw her friend walk in. "Coffee?" She asked, seeing Isaac standing there, still in his long green Parka coat. "Arthur left me a message," he said. Clara picked up a mug and pressed a button on her espresso machine, which began to whir into life, filling the office with the smell of fresh coffee. "Let me guess, get the team together," she asked. "Yeh, pretty much. And caramel latte if you are making one, it's too early for some of us," said Isaac, rubbing his eyes. "He sent an email too, which I think has information for us to go over before he arrives later." Clara picked up another mug as she asked, "Can I seen it?" Isaac pulled out the smashed phone and showed Clara. "Another one? For someone who invents as many things as you do, you sure do break a lot of them. How about asking Kenzi to help you build a phone that you can't break." Isaac laughed as he took the coffee from Clara. "Have you seen Kenzi this morning? Is he in yet?" Asked Isaac. Clara held up the mug to her chin, smelling the fresh coffee. "You know most of us get here at nine every day, right?" She joked before taking a sip and feeling her heart rate calm down. Isaac had always been a calming presence in her life since their days together at university. Looking back at her desk, she hoped Isaac hadn't noticed anything. "I work better at night," said Isaac unapologetically, taking a sip of his sweet coffee. "But Arthur's message was too intriguing. I had to come in. Clearly, I'm not good at this time as things like this happen." Isaac looked down at his phone again as he put the broken device back in his pocket. "Last I heard, Kenzi was working on something in the engineering department, we don't fix phones in the Biochem labs," said Clara, teasing Isaac, who was closing his eyes as he breathed in the aroma of his coffee. "Let's head over there together, make sure you don't break anything else on the way," she said. Isaac smiled and headed back into the hallway. Looking back into her lab, Clara tucked her auburn hair behind her ear and, with a few taps on the digital keypad outside the door, locked her lab. As they walked towards the elevator to head down to the engineering department, Clara put one hand in her pocket and rolled the key between her fingers as she contemplated sharing her project with him. Looking up at her tall friend, she tried to imagine how he would react to her research. 'Not yet', she thought. Fire alarms blared across the engineering department as smoke filled the back of the hangar-like space. Clara and Isaac got out of the elevator to hear the commotion and quickly ran towards the large entrance to see engineers running around and clouds of fire extinguishers being used at the far end of the cavernous space. Kenzi spotted Clara and Isaac running through the large glass entrance with concerned looks on their faces. "Everything is fine, don't worry", shouted Kenzi, walking calmly towards his friends. Taking off his protective plastic hard hat and brushing his messy black hair out of his face, he made it to Isaac and Clara just as the alarms stopped ringing. "Little mishap testing the weapons system on a new prototype vehicle," he said as he bent down to tie one of the laces on his bright blue converse. The smoke began to clear at the far end of the double-height space, which stretched across two floors of the CRADLE building. Engineers began assessing the damage and checking on the other machines in the area. With the sirens now off, the usual sounds of mechanical whirring and beeping came back into focus. "A little early to blow up part of CRADLE, isn't it Kenzi?" joked Clara, relieved to see the situation under control. "A little early for Isaac to be here, you mean", quipped Kenzi, standing up and straightening his matching blue bow tie and smiling at Isaac. "Nothing a coffee and a fire alarm can't fix," said Isaac, lifting his mug up sarcastically and smiling back at Kenzi. "Besides, Arthur has found something in the Mojave and told me to get the team together before he arrives later." "Arthur is quite the tease," said Kenzi. "And that's all he said?" "Well, he sent me something to analyse, but this happened before I could download it." Isaac pulled out the smashed phone and handed it to Kenzi. "Another one?" Said Kenzi, turning the phone over in his hands and assessing the damage. "That's what I said too," said Clara, nudging Isaac and smiling. "Hai, yes, I can fix it," said Kenzi, speaking quickly and letting a bit of his native Japanese slip into the conversation as he often did. The trio headed over towards a set of stairs leading up to the department's mezzanine level, housing rows of smaller labs and offices. As Kenzi walked out in front, he was already getting to work on the broken phone, using a small tool he pulled from his pocket to release the damaged glass. "Damn, screens damaged inside too," he muttered to himself with his head down, walking and tinkering as he rounded the corner towards his private lab. As the trio entered, Kenzi walked to one of his long work tables and placed Isaac's glitching device down. While Kenzi got to work, Clara looked around at the myriad of gadgets, computer screens and walls of tools laid out meticulously. Isaac, on the other hand, was drawn to something on Kenzi's desk. Picking up a piece of material hooked up to a selection of wires, Isaac ran his fingers across the mesh of different substances sandwiched together. "Is it almost ready?" He asked Kenzi, tracing the wires back to a power unit with his fingertips. "Almost," said Kenzi, looking through a toolbox. Picking up a tiny screwdriver and pushing it into the device, the sim card popped out, and Kenzi placed the broken phone next to a pile of other broken gadgets and robotics that needed electronic surgery. Moving to another section of his lab, Kenzi pulled out a box and opened it up. Taking out the new phone, Kenzi installed the sim card and handed it over to Isaac. Stepping away from the cluster of wires and fabric, Isaac accepted the sleek device from Kenzi and began to inspect it. "Looks just like the other one," he said, feeling the matte black stainless steel casing engraved with the CRADLE logo and watching the glass front come to life and seeing his familiar home screen. "Looks can be deceiving," said Kenzi, who swiped the screen to show Isaac a new set of app icons that weren't on his old phone. "Please, open Arthur's email." Said Kenzi, gesturing to Isaac. "I will demonstrate a trick this new device can do." Isaac swiped into his emails and clicked the download button again. This time, the file downloaded instantly, and the trio saw several files pop up on the screen. "As I suspected," said Kenzi. "I gave Arthur the same device before he left for America. He is using the new technology I developed for it. Isaac, please select the first file." Tapping the icon on the screen, a holographic image began to hover above the phone, almost making Isaac drop the new device out of surprise. "Maybe put it down on the table for this part," said Clara, watching on intently as a projection of the Mojave landing site came to life before their eyes. Isaac put the phone down on Kenzi's desk as they all crowded around to study the detailed hologram. The small scrub brushes looked real enough to touch as they dotted around the digital sand surrounding the impact site in the middle of the projection. Using a hand gesture, Kenzi was able to zoom in on this part of the image and see the impact site more closely. On one side of the crater, two unconscious American police officers lay slumped on the ground. Zooming in further, they spotted what Arthur had been talking about. Isaac looked up at Clara and Kenzi, almost dropping his coffee as he stepped back. "What the hell is that?!” In the control room for reactor number four, Yuri's concerns were quickly turning into a nightmare. As the minute hand ticked over to 1:23am, alarms began to ring out across the facility as the horrified technicians realised their mistake. The routine safety test he was brought in to oversee had caused something to go drastically wrong, and, within seconds, the nuclear chain reaction began to escalate out of control. "Nyet, Nyet!" Shouted Yuri as he realised the magnitude of the situation. "Out, everybody out!" 'I need to warn Anya,' thought Yuri, desperately trying to dial through on the phone to his wife's department. The reactor's fuel rods blasted apart as the cooling system's water burst into steam. Without the heavy concrete and steel shells that Yuri was so adamant that these reactors should have, there was little defence from the ensuing explosion. The roof was blasted off as the explosion scattered contents of the reactor across the building. Radioactive shrapnel rained down, littering the surrounding area. As the fire raged out of control from what was left of the graphite core of reactor four, Yuri screamed out for Anya. As the other technicians ran for their lives, a cloud of radioactive iodine-131 from the two hundred tonnes of nuclear fuel housed spread through the power plant, giving the scientists and technicians lethal doses of radiation within minutes. Yuri, alone in the control room, was still desperately trying to connect to the rooms below in a desperate attempt to get hold of Anya. The phone rang and rang with no answer, and Yuri prayed that she had managed to escape already. Letting out a roar of frustration and fear as the phone lines cut out, Yuri realised he had to get out of the facility and pray Anya had done the same. As he began to run from the control room, a cloud of nuclear particles spread through the air from the enriched plutonium and uranium leaking out. As he ran, Yuri hoped he would find Anya safely free from the hell that now surrounded them. Below the control room that Yuri was fleeing, an unearthly radioactive ooze began to spread like lava. The molten fuel rods, concrete and metal had melted together in the inferno, which now raged through the cavernous reactor. Yuri escaped through the smoke and nuclear haze, making it to the facilities exit where some of the lucky engineers had already made it. "Ana!" He shouted desperately, looking for his beloved amongst the smouldering rubble. Other scientists were laid out on the floor coughing and spluttering as the air above them filled with radioactive smoke through the collapsed roof. Yuri looked desperately for Ana, praying she had made it out before him. With no sight of his beloved wife, Yuri felt a hand on his shoulders pulling him away. "Nyet! Anya! Nyet!" “…Father?" The hand on his shoulder felt heavier now, shaking and gripping. "Nyet… Nyet…" "…Father? It's just a dream…" Yuri rubbed his weary eyes, realising where he was. Feeling his daughters hand on his shoulder, he felt a sense of relief. "Chernobyl again?" asked Tatiana. "Da. Every time I lose her all over again, and it feels as real as the night it happened." Looking down through his blurry eyes at the device on his arm, Yuri felt his blood pumping through the modified dialysis machine. Sitting upright in his oxblood leather armchair, Yuri rolled his neck from side to side, feeling it click as his strength began to return to his body. "Father, there has been a sighting. Reports are coming in of a meteorite strike in America." Yuri looked over at the wall of monitors and tv screens filling an entire wall of his office. A number of the screens switched from security cameras to different television news reports, all showing a similar set of videos. Phone footage of a rainbow cloud streaking across the night sky above the Mojave desert had news reporters speculating what it could be. Yuri's eyes widened, watching the reporters talking over each other as the videos continued to play behind them in news studios worldwide. "I am leaving to investigate myself", said Tatiana. "The jet is being prepared. I leave within the hour. If it is what we hope, I will retrieve it for you." Looking up at his tall daughter standing beside him, Yuri saw Anya's beauty and determination etched on Tatiana's porcelain face. Yuri nodded as he turned back to the wall of screens. "Rook can handle things in my absence, and Bishop will stay by your side. We will find a cure for you," she said, looking down at the pipes hooked up to her father, pumping the crimson liquid into his arm. Yuri looked to his side, picking up a piece from the ornate chess set that was mid-game. Holding the white Queen in his hands, he rolled it between his fingers and studied the board. 'What move would The Grandmaster want me to make next?' He thought to himself. Kissing the crown on top of the piece, he moved it diagonally into a vacant square. Tatiana waited for Yuri to place the piece and sit back before kissing him gently on the forehead before turning and leaving the room. As she pulled open a large mahogany door, she saw the tall hooded figure of Bishop standing on the landing outside. Nodding at him to enter, Tatiana walked towards the stairs and left. Closing them behind him as he entered, the heavy wooden doors creaked shut. With an awkward, staggered gait, Bishop walked towards Yuri, who was now switching back and forth between channels on the different screens. Moving behind Yuri's chair, Bishop turned off the dialysis machine and, without saying a word, began to carefully remove the needles in Yuri's arms. "Have you seen this?" Asked Yuri, transfixed by the news and hopeful that it could be the missing piece he needs. Bishop nodded, breathing deeply through a mechanical apparatus that covered his lower jaw. "This could be what we need to complete the Grandmasters work," he said, looking up at Bishop, who towered over him in long robes. Touching the top of Bishop's namesake piece and spinning the ornately carved ivory on the board, Yuri turned his attention back to the news reports on the screens. "You know, in 1987, they kept the meteorite strike over Moscow hidden. Told the news it was a failed missile launch. Now everyone has a camera in their pocket." Yuri coughed, feeling the clean blood back in his body always made him feel groggy before his energy picked up again. Bishop turned and walked towards an art deco style bar set up in Yuri's large living quarters and prepared a drink for his mentor. "They brought my team the meteorite the next morning, glowing crimson red like flowing blood trapped within rock." Bishop handed Yuri a drink, who took a sip before continuing. "I kept my cancer hidden. They wouldn't have let me continue working at the facility if they had known. Malnourished from grieving Anya was the common theory I let them believe. I spent a year researching cures in secret, but nothing worked. I was scared of Tatiana becoming an orphan so young. Then a gift from the skies was brought in with a military escort. They wanted to militarise it somehow, extract its energy, make bombs. Fools." Yuri paused to finish his drink before handing the glass back to Bishop. "They would have never let me explore medicinal qualities on it. The true potential of it would have been lost on them or destroyed by lesser minds. I had to get Tatiana and the meteorite out so I could continue my work in private." Yuri paused for a moment, overcome with a sense of frustration as he recounted the story to Bishop. Balling his hand into a fist, he slammed it on the red leather armrest of the chair, causing the red liquid in the tanks to shake and glow red, illuminating the bookshelves behind him. "Clearly, I only prolonged my suffering." Standing up now, Yuri rolled his neck and shoulders, feeling the treatment begin to work and give him back his strength. Bishop picked up Yuri's walking stick, silently offering it to him, but Yuri refused, feeling strong enough to walk around without it. "The treatment gives me strength for a few days. Let me enjoy that before needing that stick and going through this whole ordeal again soon." Moving his attention from the news reports about the 'Mystery Mojave Meteorite' as reporters were dubbing it, Yuri stepped back and focussed on the other set of screens. Live camera feeds from different parts of his facility showed scientists and engineers working in different labs. Several camera angles seemed to be coming from high above London and moving across the city. Yuri watched them all, flicking his gaze between different feeds and absorbing the information. Walking back to the chess set beside his chair, Yuri picked up the white horse piece and turned to Bishop. "Any news from Knight?" He asked. Bishop nodded slowly before unfolding his arms and reaching out a hand towards Yuri. Placing three fingers to the side of Yuri's forehead, he began to communicate directly into his mentor's mind. "Knight has informed me that the drug is becoming weaker. Clients are growing restless. The mutations are wearing off quicker." Taking his hand off Yuri's head, his voice went silent, and he returned to folding his arms as he awaited a response. Putting a hand up to his head, Yuri closed his eyes and felt a dull pain from Bishop's telepathic message began to ease. "It's a good job that I've got used to you communicating this way," he said as he looked up at Bishop. Two faint dots of red flickered in Bishops eyes after using his ability to convey the message. Yuri paced, pondering the implications of a weakened Met-X drug and how he would communicate this to The Grandmaster. Looking again at the video footage of the rainbow cloud being portrayed on the various news channels, Yuri knew he had to find this new meteorite before it was too late. 'Hurry, Tatiana', he thought to himself, thinking of his daughter flying there to investigate. 'Return with a gift for The Grandmaster'. “The Prism is a must read for all lovers of sci fi, superheroes and a scintillating story. Rich encapsulates his love of the all these elements and brings a story of justice, love and truth out of the page and into your minds, with a sprinkling of out of this world magic intertwined in real life London to keep readers from teenage upwards riveted throughout, leaving them wanting more. Can't wait for the next installment!” GRACE VON SIN "Rich has a way of setting the scene so well that it makes you feel you're in the room with the characters. The story kept me intrigued from the beginning. Sci-fi has a new superhero, his name is Rich Simmons." MARK GRIEF "Simmons combines his deep knowledge for science with his creative genius to tell the origin story of the Prism – relatable, believable and inspiring for its readers. It would make a great graphic novel and I can't wait to see the story unfold." JESSIE COHEN "Reading, for many people like me with a learning disability can be a sort of taboo subject and purposely avoided. Being able to understand the language, feel the writers story and allow my imagination to paint the scene was always an impossible challenge until THE PRISM! This captivating and emotionally gripping sci-fi novel had me continuously hooked from the first page and I can't wait for more. Rich Simmons has skilfully mastered the art of breaking through my taboo fears and managed to make the enjoyment of reading accessible for the masses. He is the true hero of this story!" HEATHER DENTON “I like very much the visual component of The Prism, which I have always considered a fantastic wonder of nature. The connection between a meteorite found decades past with a shadowy drug in the present is a very interesting hook also. I am anxious to continue this series and discover where the plot leads next for our intrepid scientists. Now that I have read your story completely through, I can say it was a thoroughly enjoyable tale. The characters are well-developed with their own motivations and alliances, yet you still provide surprises at key points throughout to keep the reader engaged and wondering what might happen next. The pacing is good as well with the narrative gaining intensity and urgency at about mid-point and proceeding briskly. Within the structure of a mystery you have included elements of plausible science, science fiction, spy thrillers, and superhero genres. As I type this I have close at hand a very dear book from my childhood called "Tom Swift and His Tripihibian Atomicar" from 1962. This series provided hours of enjoyment for my generation, and you have captured much of the same experience for a modern audience.” ROCKY PARSONS Waiting in a dark alley behind an office block, Carnegie checked his phone every few seconds like a nervous, twitching metronome. Even with his hood up, his faded white hair brushed across his forehead as the wind picked up. Leaning his skinny body against a large recycling bin, he rechecked his phone. His hands were thin, pale and looked far too withered for a man his age as he swiped on his phone to check the screen in case Knight had replied. Only two months ago, he had been working in an office, had a partner to go home to and a child on the way. Carnegie looked across the alley to a broken mirror that leaned against a brick wall. Pushing his anxious, broken body off the skip, Carnegie shuffled his feet over to get a better look at himself. His once dark hair and olive skin were now a sickly pale grey. His once handsome face and sharp cheekbones now sagged with more cracks in his complexion than the broken mirror he was staring into. "Why did she have to die?" he said to himself under his breath. "Why couldn't I stop it. It should have been me. I will make this right, no matter how many attempts it takes." Carnegie opened his phone's gallery and looked at photos of his girlfriend, swiping to an image of an ultrasound from the last scan they had been to together. After swiping through several more shots, he stopped at a screenshot of a news article. 'Pregnant woman pinned under collapsed construction site tragically dies.' Carnegie stopped breathing for a moment, re-reading the headline over and over, remembering that fateful day. The smell of concrete and rubble filled his senses again, vividly remembering how he tried to pull off the twisted scaffold poles and rubble to get to his love. 'I wasn't strong enough,' he thought as he remembers the police pulling him away. 'I should have saved her.' Swiping away from that news article, he found himself looking at a photo of another news piece about Met-X. 'London's growing mutant problem fuelled by mystery drug' read the article. Before he could read further, Knight's voice made him spin around, almost dropping the phone from his boney hands. "Do you have it?" asked Carnegie, an urgency cracking his voice as he walked forwards. "If you didn't pay over the odds for this, I wouldn't keep fuelling your demise. There are others more deserving of this elixir than you," said Knight, a sense of bitterness etched in his words as he spoke through clenched teeth. The cracked mirror in the alley reflected two very different men from the first time they met just six weeks prior. Knight admired Carnegie at first. Well dressed, handsome, taller than Knight when he stood with a straight back and, despite the obvious sadness in his eyes, Knight felt the drug would be used to give help Carnegie achieve some kind of hidden ambition. With his back now hunched over and with a hood covering his withered pale face, Carnegie was looking up towards Knight, who looked down with a disappointed pity. Carnegie opened his wallet and pulled out a large wad of cash. Knight’s tattooed hand reached out and took the money, placing the briefcase on the floor before counting the dirty notes and slipping it inside his jacket pocket. Pulling out a packet of cigarettes, Knight took his time selecting one and placing it between his lips before carefully lighting it. Carnegie stood frozen, anxiously waiting as he watched Knight exhale smoke. Knight enjoyed this part of the transaction, taking his time to read his counterparts and toying with their emotions like a cat playing with a mouse before making the fatal blow. Knight picked up the briefcase and moved over to a stack of wooden pallets, where he unlocked the case and released the red glow. The graffiti on the alley’s concrete walls basked in an ominous crimson glow as Knight pulled out two full syringes before closing the metallic case. The red light now emanated from Knights hand as he looked down at Carnegie. "I have a feeling this might be the last time I see you," said Knight as he handed Carnegie the Met-X. "Double doses can't be sustained and you are clearly on a one-way path to your own destruction. Try not to take too many others out on your way." Knight pulled the briefcase from the pile of wooden pallets, took one last disdainful look at Carnegie and turned to walk away. As he put his hand up to take the cigarette from his lips, he shook his head as smoke exhaled from his mouth. “What a waste”, he thought as he threw the cigarette butt into a puddle and turned the corner. Pulling out his phone, Knight sent a text to a contact with just a red siren icon as the name. Swiping to share his current location, Knight added two eyes with the word 'now' before closing his phone and continuing on his way. Carnegie now stood alone in the alley, looking down at the two glowing syringes in his hand. As he looked up at the cracked mirror, he saw himself reflected back in multiple shards, and each one looked more desperate with every crack. The glow disappeared as he pocketed the syringes as he headed deeper into the alley to a door that was held ajar by a discarded brick. Turning a corner inside the building, Carnegie headed towards a staircase and began to climb. With every step, his heart began beat harder with the exertion and it felt heavier in his chest. As he continued to rise, he gripped the syringes in his hoody pocket tighter as his weakened body ascended floor by floor until reaching a fire escape at the top of the stairs. Walking out, Carnegie found himself on the roof . He walked to the edge, looking down from the seven-floor building at the streets below. The sound of traffic rumbled below as the grey skies broke to reveal slithers of pale blue with sharp rays of light. The cold grey rooftop was suddenly basked in sunlight as the swirling skies broke overhead and Carnegie felt a wave of warmth wash over his pale skin. Pulling out one of the syringes, the deep crimson glow from the alley now shone a brighter, vivid red in the light. Carnegie rolled his head back and closed his eyes to feel the warmth as he pulled up a sleeve. Putting the syringe to his mouth, he calmly bit the plastic lid from the end and spat it on the floor, revealing the sharp metallic tip. Squeezing his fist to find a vein, he pushed the needle into his arm and injected the Met-X. A familiar burning sensation washed over his body and made him drop to his knees, clenching both fists and trying to fight through the initial reaction. A blinding pain quickly emerged as he felt every muscle begin to tighten into a full-body cramp as the mutation took hold. Muscles cracked and stretched as they grew exponentially. He felt as if his entire skeleton was moving under the pressure of the growing muscles which now filled out his once baggy hoody, making him look more like a bodybuilder than a junkie. As he opened his eyes and pushed himself off the ground, the warmth he felt was no longer the sun which had moved behind a cloud, but the sweat dripping from his burning flesh as the expansion of his body had made his skin feel as if it would rip if he moved too fast. Carnegie felt his heart rate start to slow as the wave of pain began to subside, as he got used to the new body he found himself inhabiting. He felt strong. How he wished he had been the night of the tragic accident that took his partner. He slowly walked forwards, rolling his shoulders as he felt the large muscles settle into place and feel more natural. Standing on the edge of the rooftop, he looked down at the busy streets of London. As the drug continued to pulse through his veins, Carnegie twitched as he felt an unbearable urge to use his temporary abilities. He closed his eyes, hiding the flickering red that flashed through his irises beneath his eyelids as he remembered the first times he had taken the drug. Fits of rage had ruined the previous experiences as he battled with grief, taking his powers out on himself. Running into traffic, hoping to be hit and end his pain, had only resulted in cars bouncing off him and jumping off Tower Bridge into the Thames had no effect besides leaving him with wet, cold clothes after the drug had worn off hours later. As he stood here now, Carnegie calmed himself as he fought off the twitching fibres in his muscles. Screams from the street below filtered up to the roof. Carnegie’s eyes opened widely, looking desperately for the source. Obscured slightly from view, he began to make out scores of panicking people running away from something he couldn’t see. The sounds of distant sirens now became apparent, growing louder and louder. Gunshots now ripped through the air, causing more screams. Carnegie ran to the side of the building and jumped down, landing on a roof below. He continued to run, jumping onto a fire escape on the edge of the adjacent building and dropping down to the alley below, where he ran into the street in the opposite direction from the fleeing pedestrians. Carnegie quickly found himself at the centre of the commotion and discovered the pandemonium was coming from a bank. As he looked around for the police , he heard screams inside the building and further gunshots. A blue haze of flashing lights drew closer to the bank. Before they or anyone could stop him, Carnegie ran inside. Almost immediately he was met by a balaclava-wearing thug, who he quickly tackled against a wall, knocking him out instantly. The sound of bodies crashing into a wall drew the attention of the other men inside. Carnegie had to quickly push himself off the first man and dodge a sledgehammer that was now swinging towards him. As the head of the hammer crashed into the tiled floor, Carnegie pulled it from the masked assailant and hit him in the ribs, knocking him down. Gripping the sledgehammer tightly, Carnegie walked further into the bank where he saw several scared hostages cowering on the floor and several more balaclava-wearing individuals who turned their attention towards him. Behind the masked men stood two more individuals that instantly stood out. Unarmed and unmasked, the two men looked at Carnegie with flickering red eyes, almost amused at his audacity . One of them was younger, and despite his ghostly pale skin and short white spiked hair, Carnegie could tell he was Asian. Wearing a white jumpsuit with sleeves rolled up, Carnegie could see that his body was heavily tattooed with red ink designs as dragons swirled through skulls, clouds and water. The other man was significantly older, shorter, just as pale, but far more muscular with a white stubble beard and bald head. 'Met-X' thought Carnegie as all five of the remaining men locked eyes with him. "Let the hostages go", demanded Carnegie, his fingers twitching as he watched the men in front of him, waiting for someone to do something. The older man laughed and elbowed the younger man in the ribs as they watched Carnegie confront them. "Hey Guǐ, looks like we've got a hero, and judging by his eyes, a fellow user. Boys, show this traitor how we treat people who turn their back on The Grandmaster." As one of the masked men lifted a shotgun, Carnegie threw the sledgehammer forward and dived for cover behind a small marble partition. The sledgehammer knocked the gunman down, causing him to shoot into the ceiling as he fell back. Dust and debris fell from the ceiling as the other two henchmen lifted their weapons and began to fire into the marble wall. Dust fell from the ceiling as debris flew up as bullets crashed into the smokey grey patterns on the marble. The sound of sirens outside was now drowned out by gunfire and bullets breaking against the stone. Carnegie sprung from the other side of the small, damaged wall and dived forward to tackle the gunmen from the side, like a big cat attacking its prey. His new strength allowed him to jump high above them, dodging the trail of bullets, crashing into them from, sending them both into an unconscious heap on the ground. The two unmasked men stepped forward now, confronting Carnegie, who had recovered the sledgehammer from the ground and was getting back to his feet. With their focus now fully on him, Carnegie signalled to the handful of hostages to get out of the bank. "Go, now!" he shouted, pointing at the bank's entrance behind him. As the hostages got up and ran towards the door, the taller of the men began to lift his hands, twitching his fingers as pieces of the broken marble began to rise into the air around Carnegie. "Show him why you are a ghost, Guǐ," said the older man who took a step back. “Róngxìng. With Pleasure.” Guǐ’s tattooed arms shot forward, directing a barrage of levitating debris towards Carnegie. Carnegie swung his sledgehammer as fast as he could around him, beating away some of the larger chunks, but smaller, sharper pieces broke through and cracked into his body. Letting out a cry of anguish, Carnegie dropped the sledgehammer and fell to his knees. Blood began to flow from a slew of cuts that now decorated his body as he gasped for air. As Carnegie tried to catch his breath, he looked up to see the older man's arms begin to glow orange. Guǐ moved out the way and let the older man step forward as the orange colour began to pulse through his chest and hands like lava flowing beneath his skin. Carnegie began to feel the heat radiating from his body as the colours grew brighter and more intense. "Let me show you why they call me Pyroxene", he said as his whole body began to glow like an erupting volcano, burning all the hair off his skin and creating a toxic smell of burnt hair and sulphur in the bank. Guǐ stepped forward again after recovering his energy, but kept his distance from the heat of his older mentor. "Zhǔnbèi hǎo. Ready when you are", said Guǐ, looking over at Pyroxene, whose face looked to be in agony as the heat overwhelmed his body. Thrusting out his arms, the skin on Pyroxene’s body seemed to liquefy and become molten lava. Letting out a roar of pain, he clenched his fists tightly together and the lava surrounding his skin began to crystallise under pressure. As long shards of black crystal began to grow, Pyroxene opened his eyes, now glowing an intense red, as his body’s lava glow had now cooled leaving his skin black and charred. Moving his arms and throwing a fist forwards, the shiny black crystals began to break free from his arms and hurtle towards Carnegie. Diving backwards, Carnegie's beaten, bloodied body narrowly missed a large crystal that smashed into the remains of the marble wall behind him. Guǐ now used his abilities to lift one of the crystals and aim it towards Carnegie from above, who dodged out of the way again. The large crystal smashed into the tiled floor just inches from where he had landed as he continued to roll backwards. Getting back to his feet, Carnegie saw the two men in front of him team up to create one last black crystal, the size of a baseball bat that emerged from the hands of Pyroxene and thrust forwards with more force by Guǐ's telekinetic abilities. Before he could move out of the way, the large crystal hurtled directly towards Carnegie's chest, which he attempted to catch and stop the impact, but the force and weight of the projectile sent him crashing through the bank's windows to the street outside. A sea of blue flashing lights filled the street outside the bank as police cars blocked off the area. Laying in the street surrounded by broken glass, Carnegie began to stir from the force of the impact. His heart beat fast and hard, hurting the inside of his chest like a hammer blow with every pulse of meteorite infused blood that flowed through his body. The effects of the drug was now wearing off and he began to feel every cut and impact from the fight. People watched on from behind the barricade of fluorescent yellow police cars and officers, whose bright yellow jackets appeared green under the flashing blue lights atop their cars. As Carnegie lay there, one officer ran forward to check on him. Holding his chest tightly, Carnegie grimaced as he saw the officer kneel over him. Looking up at his name badge, Carnegie spoke to officer Blanc. "Are the hostages safe?" he asked. The officer looked down and said, "Yes, they're all safe." Smiling through the pain, Carnegie closed his eyes and said, "I saved them, now I get to see you again." As his arms slumped to his side, Carnegie's body was now back to its original size and the red light from his eyes faded to darkness. As the officer checked Carnegie for a pulse, he also checked his pockets, pulled out the remaining syringe of Met-X, and pocketed it. Looking over at the other officers, Blanc signalled them to swarm the bank. As armed officers ran past Blanc, he switched the frequency on his radio and made a call to someone. "Knight, I have one of your clients, the same drop off as last time.” CHARACTERS Isaac Wells CRADLE Clara Banks CRADLE Kenzi Nakamura CRADLE Dr Arthur Kinsey CRADLE Orson Lawrie CRADLE Dr Yuri Prislov GRANDMASTER Tatiana Prislov GRANDMASTER Knight GRANDMASTER Rook GRANDMASTER Bishop GRANDMASTER VISION BOARD

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Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. QUINTESTENCIL THE ART OF RICH SIMMONS APRIL 2023 - LONDON Rich Simmons is leading the next wave of artists pushing a new era of Modern Pop Art. Inspired by pop art and comic artists from the 50s and 60s, Simmons achieves his bold, graphical comic style through detailed stencils and spray paint, techniques heavily rooted in street art. The most intriguing influence in Simmons' paintings is his integration of Renaissance techniques in composition, golden ratio and Fibonacci. Euro News went as far to describe Simmons' work as 'Pop Art inspired by da Vinci' . At just 37 years old, Simmons has already exhibited in 33 galleries and museums across three continents, seven countries and 16 major cities, proving his versatility and global appeal. Simmons' use of colour and commentary is bold and unmistakable. His irreverent sense of humour invites his audience to question taboo topics. Inked magazine described the work as something that will make you blush, and it's easy to see how the combination of superheroes and pin-ups tell stories of romance, lust, mental health and social injustice. Prohbtd magazine described the work by saying, 'Simmons paints like a punk rocker' and as a self-taught artist and storyteller, that outside-the-box mentality and a willingness to write his own rules is clear. Rebellious and controversial but fun and humorous. What the Sex Pistols did with their music and lyrics is what Simmons is doing now with spray paint and canvas, rewriting the rule book and shaping a new genre of Pop Punk Art. "I have always needed to push my limits, whether it's the storytelling, engineering, colours or art style. I want to create work that challenges my abilities, people's conceptions and the limits of what's possible with this art form." "This collection of paintings spans a number of years, styles and stories. It is a collection that is quintessentially me. With every piece, the goal is to create something fresh but still look like my hands made it. Contrasting ideas created with continuity. Diverse but distinctive. An introduction to me as an artist, storyteller and technician. The quintessential stencil experience."

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里奇·西蒙斯（Rich Simmons）是當代城市流行歌手，在世界各地都有演出。 Simmons的作品探索了視覺文化的交匯處，涵蓋了流行藝術，漫畫，文藝復興時期，當代時尚，性與其他。 總部位於倫敦的里奇·西蒙斯（Rich Simmons）在倫敦，紐約，洛杉磯，坦帕，邁阿密，多倫多和日內瓦的一些世界最負盛名的畫廊中展出，具有全球影響力和知名度。席夢思的作品現已進入博物館收藏，《鋼製男人，女性奇觀》展覽於2019年在美國水晶橋博物館首次亮相。去年，他的一件作品在佳士得慈善拍賣會上以52,000英鎊的價格售出。 西蒙斯大膽地運用色彩，精細的手工剪裁模版，幽默感和發人深省的敘事證明了里奇既是創新者又是極具收藏價值的藝術家。 Simmons的作品超越了畫廊，他的街頭藝術壁畫可以在世界各地看到，最新的3,400平方英尺壁畫在Rogers阿肯色州建成。 Simmons還是Art Is The Cure的創建者和創始人，Art Is The Cure是屢獲殊榮的Vinspired推廣藝術療法的組織，並在世界各地舉辦研討會和講座。 From structured stencil workshops and spray-paint sessions for schools, to Art Is The Cure experiences centred on creative wellbeing and mindful making, each format is designed with intention. Some workshops focus on skill and technique; others explore expression, confidence and the therapeutic rhythm of colour and repetition. For those seeking something more immersive, private one-to-one studio tutorials offer direct insight into Simmons’ methods, mindset and creative decision-making. Whether delivered in classrooms, creative studios, community spaces or the artist’s own working environment, these workshops are built to demystify the process and empower participants to find their own visual voice — grounded in craft, experimentation and the belief that creativity is not reserved for the few, but available to anyone willing to pick up the tools. STENCIL WORKSHOP Hands-on sessions that demystify the craft at the heart of my work. In these workshops, participants learn core stencil techniques — from planning and layering to precision cutting and clean execution — using tools and processes drawn directly from my studio practice. Whether you’re a novice or an experienced maker, the focus is on skill development, creative confidence and producing pieces you’ll be proud to take home. ENQUIRE SCHOOL WORKSHOP Dynamic, age-appropriate creative experiences designed for classrooms, youth groups and community settings. These sessions blend practical art-making — including spray paint fundamentals and expressive mark-making — with creative thinking and visual storytelling. Structured to be engaging and inclusive, they encourage participants to explore personal expression within a supportive environment and walk away with a tangible result. ENQUIRE ART IS THE CURE Creative space as creative therapy. These sessions are less about technique and more about presence — using colouring, pattern, expressive mark-making and moderated creative prompts to invite relaxation, focus and reflection. Accompanied by an optional talk, these workshops are ideal for organisations seeking wellbeing-centred creative experiences for teams, communities or individuals. No pressure, all play — and a reminder that making is part of being. ENQUIRE PRIVATE TUTORIAL A bespoke, one-to-one immersion in studio practice. These tailored sessions take place in my working space and are designed for artists and creatives who want direct insight into my process, decision-making and workflow. You’ll get focused guidance on technique, composition, conceptual development — all framed around your own creative goals and questions. Think of it as mentorship, not lesson. ENQUIRE

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Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. 里奇·西蒙斯（Rich Simmons）是當代城市流行歌手，在世界各地都有演出。 Simmons的作品探索了視覺文化的交匯處，涵蓋了流行藝術，漫畫，文藝復興時期，當代時尚，性與其他。 總部位於倫敦的里奇·西蒙斯（Rich Simmons）在倫敦，紐約，洛杉磯，坦帕，邁阿密，多倫多和日內瓦的一些世界最負盛名的畫廊中展出，具有全球影響力和知名度。席夢思的作品現已進入博物館收藏，《鋼製男人，女性奇觀》展覽於2019年在美國水晶橋博物館首次亮相。去年，他的一件作品在佳士得慈善拍賣會上以52,000英鎊的價格售出。 西蒙斯大膽地運用色彩，精細的手工剪裁模版，幽默感和發人深省的敘事證明了里奇既是創新者又是極具收藏價值的藝術家。 Simmons的作品超越了畫廊，他的街頭藝術壁畫可以在世界各地看到，最新的3,400平方英尺壁畫在Rogers阿肯色州建成。 Simmons還是Art Is The Cure的創建者和創始人，Art Is The Cure是屢獲殊榮的Vinspired推廣藝術療法的組織，並在世界各地舉辦研討會和講座。 Inspired by icons like Leonardo da Vinci and Stan Lee, Simmons approaches his art as both an inventor and a storyteller. His pieces often explore themes of identity, duality, and society’s contradictions, offering a layered narrative beneath each bold surface. Beyond the canvas, Simmons is also the founder of Art Is The Cure, a mental health movement he launched in 2008. Driven by his own experiences, he uses his platform to champion the transformative power of creativity, inspiring thousands to turn pain into purpose through art. Described as a visionary, a cultural disruptor, and a dynamic communicator, Rich Simmons bridges generations with his work — resonating with collectors, communities, and anyone who believes art can be a catalyst for change. My work uses familiar imagery, humour, and irony to explore the contradictions of modern life — love and loneliness, belief and doubt, hope and hypocrisy. Drawing on pop culture, street iconography, and storytelling, I create pieces that are immediately accessible but reveal deeper emotional and moral questions the longer they are considered. Rather than offering answers, the work observes human behaviour with empathy and quiet scepticism, inviting the viewer to reflect on the systems, symbols, and narratives we accept without question. At its core, my art is about making complex emotional truths feel simple, human, and honest. 他的風格和美感確實令人印象深刻。模具街道藝術超越了模具和街道。提防這個傢伙……” 馬克·霍普斯（Mark Hoppus），眨眼182 “藝術本身很可能被描述為成功的融合。他對現實人物和虛構人物的熟悉表示，使西蒙斯有時甚至只能在一個框架中構造敘事。 Rich Simmons生產的藝術品絕對是藝術品，從街頭到各行各業的畫廊愛好者都對他的作品有所反應。西蒙斯證明，激情，奉獻精神和各種各樣的影響力可以創造出引人入勝的跨文化藝術。” Decompoz雜誌 “里希·西蒙斯（Rich Simmons）是英國湧現的街頭藝術家浪潮的一部分。作為一名自學成才的藝術家，他使用複雜而詳盡的模具風格來傳達他頑強的幽默感。” 1884雜誌 “西蒙斯的油漆像個朋克搖滾歌手。” PROHBTD雜誌 “通過運用現代思維來拋棄圖像，Rich Simmons創造了會讓您臉紅的藝術品。” 墨水雜誌 “藝術專業人士正在密切關注Rich Simmons的進步。現在購買他的作品很有可能是一筆巨大的投資。” Jean-David Malat，倫敦歌劇院畫廊前總監 2015 CASS Contemporary Art, Tampa – Group Show – Corrosively Bright 2015 Artveras Gallery, Geneva – Group Show 2014 Soho Contemporary Art, New York – Solo Show – Studio 259 2014 Soho Contemporary Art, New York – Solo Show – London Calling 2014 Imitate Modern, London – Solo Show – Kryptonite 2013 Imitate Modern, London – Solo Show – The Inner Outsider 2013 Baku, London – Solo Show – Pop up Showcase 2012 Imitate Modern, London – Solo Show – Just be You Tiful 2012 Imitate Modern, London – Group Show – Proud to be British 2012 Baku Museum of Modern Art, Azerbaijan – Group Show 2012 Opera Gallery, London – Group Show 2011 Opera Gallery Pop Up Show, London – Solo Show 2011 Opera Gallery, London – The Street Art Show 2011 Opera Gallery, London – Group Show 2010 Gallery Rouge, St Albans – Solo Show 2018 Christies, London – Charity Art Auction (achieved an auction valuation of £52,000) 2011 Bonhams, London – Urban Art Show (achieved an auction valuation of £8,000) Rich Simmons is a rare force in contemporary art — a self-made, self-taught outsider whose work crashes through the boundaries of genre with unapologetic style. With a foundation in stencil and street techniques, Simmons has coined a genre all his own: Pop Punk Art. It’s a loud, luminous blend of pop art and punk rock, equally inspired by Blink-182 and Banksy, with the slick visual impact of comic books and the raw emotional undercurrent of subculture. What sets Simmons apart isn’t just his aesthetic — it’s his philosophy. A storyteller at heart, he carries the narrative DNA of Stan Lee and the visionary curiosity of Leonardo da Vinci. His works are more than striking visuals; they’re layered, conceptual pieces that invite deeper inspection. Beneath the punchy colours and bold compositions lie social commentary, existential curiosity, and cultural critique. Like da Vinci — once described as a “blithe societal misfit” — Simmons operates on the fringes, thriving as an innovative disruptor in a traditionally gatekept industry. He forges his own path, refusing convention and building a career that reflects the ethos of punk itself: DIY, defiant, and deeply personal. His art isn’t just something to look at — it’s something to feel, think about, and talk about. 2023 Prestige Awards - Contemporary Artist Of The Year - Winner 2022 Prestige Awards - Contemporary Artist Of The Year - Winner 2022 NFT NYC Best Artist - Finalist 2022 NFT NYC Best Emerging Artist - Finalist 2020 Autfest Texas Autism Film Festival - Short Documentary - Winner 2020 Impact Docs Awards - Short Documentary - Winner 2020 Malaysia Mental Health Film Festival - Short Documentary - Finalist 2020 Malaysia Mental Health Film Festival - Short Documentary - Finalist 2020 NYC Mental Health Film FestivalL - Official Selection 2020 Lift Off Film Festival - London, LA, Toronto - Official Selection 2019 Croydon Business Excellence Awards - Commended 2013 HP Smart Business Awards - Social Media - Highly Commended 2009 Vinspired Most Inspirational Young Volunteer - Winner 2009 Princes Trust Young Ambassador Of The Year - Finalist “His style and aesthetic are truly impressive. Stencil street art beyond the stencil and the street. Watch out for this dude…” Mark HOPPus, Blink-182 “The art itself could very well be described as a successful fusion. His representations of familiar figures, both real and fictional, allow Simmons to construct narratives, sometimes in only a single frame. What Rich Simmons produces is definitely art, from the street to the gallery enthusiasts of all stripes respond to his work. Simmons is proving that passion, dedication and a wide variety of influences can create engaging cross-cultural art.” DecOmPOz Magazine “Rich Simmons is part of a new wave of street artists emerging from the UK. As a self-taught artist, he uses an intricately detailed stencil style to convey his irreverent sense of humour.” 1884 Magazine "By implementing modern mentality to throwback imagery, Rich Simmons makes art that will make you blush." INKED Magazine “Simmons bold and beautiful work certainly stands out from the street art crowd despite employing many of its conventions. Somehow, in his hands, the use of montage and slogans feels fresh and new.” HuffingtOn POst “Art Professionals are following Rich Simmons progress closely. It is a strong possibility that buying his work now could turn out to be a great investment.” Jean-David Malat, JD Malat Gallery RICH CREATE SCENE CASTLE FINE ART SHOWS STREET ART PUBLIC SPEAKING MEDIA BLOG YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM ART IS THE CURE NFT

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JOIN CREATESCENE CreaTeScene - THe Punk ROck SOcial netwOrk fOr a new Creative GeneratiOn Built by an artist, nOt an algOritHm. When Rich Simmons picks up a spray can, he doesn’t just paint — he ignites movements. From the alleyways of street art to gallery walls and global stages, Simmons has carved out a space for colour, chaos, and cultural commentary. He’s a pop punk storyteller with a mission: to use creativity as a stage, a voice, and a cure. Now, he’s taken that mission digital. Enter CreateScene — a radical new social platform built for artists, dreamers, DIYers and culture-shifters. This isn’t just another app. It’s a rebellion against the algorithm. A digital underground. A home for people who create not for likes, but for legacy. Born out of the same mindset that launched Art Is The Cure in 2008 — long before mental health and creativity were trending hashtags — CreateScene is Rich Simmons’ latest performance piece. Only this time, the canvas is global. And it's interactive. Where other platforms prioritise popularity, CreateScene prioritises connection. It was built to help people find their creative tribe, to collaborate across disciplines, to be seen not just as content creators, but as cultural architects. Visual artists, musicians, writers, performers, designers — all under one digital roof, building something bigger than themselves. “I wanted to build the kind of platform I wish existed when I was starting out,” Simmons says. “Something that wasn’t about followers and filters — something that actually brought people together through creativity.” There’s a touch of Da Vinci in the DNA — the blend of art and innovation, the vision to use technology as a tool for human evolution. And there’s definitely the spirit of punk rock — the rawness, the realness, the unapologetic rejection of the status quo. CreateScene isn’t just a platform. It’s a movement. A spark. The beginning of a new Renaissance. One that values imagination over influence, collaboration over competition, and celebrates creativity as the most powerful tool we have to shape culture — and change the world. CreateScene isn’t here to play it safe. It’s here to redefine what a creative community looks like in a digital age. To put power back in the hands of the artists. To build a new kind of social network — one where art doesn’t just get posted. It gets felt. So if you’ve ever felt like you didn’t quite fit on the platforms built by Silicon Valley — that’s because they weren’t built for you. CreateScene was. jOin createscene fOr free nOw RICH CREATE SCENE CASTLE FINE ART SHOWS STREET ART PUBLIC SPEAKING MEDIA BLOG YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM ART IS THE CURE NFT

VISIT ART IS THE CURE SITE BOOK AN ART IS THE CURE TALK My name is Rich and art is my cure. I launched Art Is The Cure in 2008 with a simPle idea, tO insPire Other PeOPle whO were struggling tO find creativity as a release." "I had always been creative growing up, so art was a natural release for me; I would draw or paint to turn away from negative releases through struggles I faced at home growing up. Realising that creative therapy was not widely spoken about, I made it my goal to raise awareness of it through inspiration. Over a decade later, Art Is The Cure has encouraged countless people to find their cure through art." — Rich Simmons, Founder Art Is The Cure wants to change the way people see art as a form of creative therapy and inspire people to turn to creativity instead of negative releases. Our mission is to introduce as many people as possible to the concept of art therapy and the transformative nature of using creativity as a vehicle for healing. By telling the stories of people who have used a version of art therapy in their life, we hope to inspire new people to see creativity in a new way and harness it for themselves. Through interviews, films, podcasts, workshops, school visits, fashion, street art, colouring books, events and more, we want to inspire hope, build a community and create a movement. We believe that everyone has the ability to be creative and everyone has a cure at their fingertips. Our goal is to inspire people to tap into that creativity and find the strength to harness their inner artist to overcome negative experiences in life. This platform will be used to inspire people, through inspirational stories, interviews and films to become part of this growing community. With your support, we can turn this community into a movement that inspires people all over the world. RICH CREATE SCENE CASTLE FINE ART SHOWS STREET ART PUBLIC SPEAKING MEDIA BLOG YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM ART IS THE CURE NFT

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. TOP VIDEOS PODCASTS BLOG VIDEOS CASTLE FINE ART BETWEEN THE CAPES HYDRO DIPPING MEETS POP ART CREATING A PAINTING WITH A NEW TECHNIQUE WAS DA VINCI THE INSPIRATION FOR BATMAN LEGO AND STORYTELLING PAINTING ANARCHY 🌷Ⓐ THE DEATH OF A PAINTING 💀🖼️ RIP BEHIND THE SCENES REORGANISING THE STUDIO THE ART OF WAR AND PEACE CREATING 3 BRAND NEW PAINTINGS CREATING A NEW PAINTING NEW YORK TIMES WONDER WOMAN EDITION CANVAS NEW BUTTERFLY PRINTS OPENING THE NEW PRINTS CREATESCENE STUDIO VLOG 3 DESIGNING MY DREAM STUDIO OFFICE CREATESCENE STUDIO VLOG 2 BUILDING A CUSTOM COFFEE TABLE CREATESCENE STUDIO VLOG 1 - MOVING IN STUDIO TOUR AND MOVING IN TO THE NEW SPACE HEADCRASH HOTEL INTERVIEW THE DEPARTMENT LONDON ARTIST GIVES LARGE ROGERS BUILDING A VIBRANT NEW FACE KNWA FOX NEWS BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN STREET ART AND NFTS NFT LONDON PANEL NFT CONVERSATION WITH THE OFFICE GROUP RICH SPEAKS WITH HAMISH JENKINSON, FOUNDER OF THE DEPARTMENT AGENCY ABOUT NFTS NFT SUCCESS STORY HARCO VISUALS THE MEANING BEHIND REFLECTIONS NFT RICH SPEAKS ABOUT THE NFT PROJECT THE STORY OF REFLECTIONS REFLECTIONS NFT ART IS THE CURE THE RICH SIMMONS STORY MADE IN LONDON A SHORT FILM CINCY NEWS TV NEWS INTERVIEW AMERICAN TV NEWS ARKANSAS MURAL, USA HI MY NAME IS RICH VIDEO FROM HI MY NAME IS MARK COLLAB HI MY NAME IS RICH VIDEO FROM HI MY NAME IS MARK COLLAB PODCASTS RICH SIMMONS PAINTS LIKE A PUNK ROCKER - PRØHBTD MAGAZINE LONDON SLIDE - DUBAI POP ART INSPIRED BY DA VINCI BIGGEST MURAL OF MY LIFE OWITY INTERVIEW BLOG RICH CREATE SCENE CASTLE FINE ART SHOWS STREET ART PUBLIC SPEAKING MEDIA BLOG YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM ART IS THE CURE NFT

VIEW ALL STREET ART 里奇·西蒙斯（Rich Simmons）是當代城市流行歌手，在世界各地都有演出。 Simmons的作品探索了視覺文化的交匯處，涵蓋了流行藝術，漫畫，文藝復興時期，當代時尚，性與其他。 總部位於倫敦的里奇·西蒙斯（Rich Simmons）在倫敦，紐約，洛杉磯，坦帕，邁阿密，多倫多和日內瓦的一些世界最負盛名的畫廊中展出，具有全球影響力和知名度。席夢思的作品現已進入博物館收藏，《鋼製男人，女性奇觀》展覽於2019年在美國水晶橋博物館首次亮相。去年，他的一件作品在佳士得慈善拍賣會上以52,000英鎊的價格售出。 西蒙斯大膽地運用色彩，精細的手工剪裁模版，幽默感和發人深省的敘事證明了里奇既是創新者又是極具收藏價值的藝術家。 Simmons的作品超越了畫廊，他的街頭藝術壁畫可以在世界各地看到，最新的3,400平方英尺壁畫在Rogers阿肯色州建成。 Simmons還是Art Is The Cure的創建者和創始人，Art Is The Cure是屢獲殊榮的Vinspired推廣藝術療法的組織，並在世界各地舉辦研討會和講座。 A mural is not treated as decoration, but as narrative architecture. Each wall becomes an extension of his studio practice — layered, intentional and concept-driven. Bold colour, sharp line work and iconic imagery collide with social commentary and cultural undercurrents, creating pieces that feel both immediate and considered. Whether for brands, public spaces, businesses or private residences, a commissioned mural offers the rare opportunity to scale his signature aesthetic into an immersive experience. In a visual culture saturated with repetition, Simmons’ work offers clarity and character. His murals bring presence to a space — not through noise, but through intent. Each commission is developed with the environment and audience in mind, balancing impact with cohesion. The result is work that feels confident, contemporary and unmistakably distinctive — without losing sight of the space it inhabits. OUTDOOR MURALS Large-scale, site-specific murals designed to transform exterior spaces into visual landmarks. Each piece is developed in response to its environment — balancing impact with context. From high-footfall city walls to cultural projects and brand-led activations, these works are built to command attention while standing the test of time. ENQUIRE COMMERCIAL SPACES Art that shapes atmosphere. From offices and studios to hospitality, retail and creative workspaces, these interior installations are designed to strengthen identity and elevate environment. Each project is tailored to the space and audience — bold enough to define a room, considered enough to integrate seamlessly with its function. ENQUIRE PRIVATE RESIDENCE For collectors and homeowners seeking something truly personal, private commissions bring large-scale Pop Punk Art into domestic settings. Whether a feature wall, studio space or bespoke interior statement, each mural is designed with the architecture and client’s vision in mind — creating work that feels both expressive and intentional within the home. ENQUIRE AD CAMPAIGN Visually led collaborations for brands seeking cultural relevance and standout creative. From temporary hoardings and window takeovers to campaign graphics and digital rollouts, these projects extend the Pop Punk Art aesthetic into commercial storytelling. The focus is clarity, memorability and execution — ensuring the visual impact supports strategic objectives. ENQUIRE

I’m an artist, creative entrepreneur, and founder who speaks openly and honestly about what it really takes to build a career in the creative industries and use creativity to help with mental health. From schools and colleges to companies, conferences, and global events, my talks are designed to inspire, challenge, and empower people to think differently — about creativity, mental health, and their own potential.  Art didn’t just change my life — it saved it. And now I use creativity to help others unlock confidence, resilience, and possibility in their own lives. Public speaking with Rich Simmons brings the same candour and creative intensity that defines his artwork into a live setting. A self-taught artist who built his career independently — navigating galleries, street culture and entrepreneurship without traditional gatekeepers — Simmons speaks with lived experience rather than theory. His talks explore creativity as discipline, resilience as craft, and art as a tool for identity, mental health and cultural commentary. Drawing from the journey behind Pop Punk Art and the evolution of Art Is The Cure, his sessions move between personal story and practical insight. From schools and universities to corporate teams and creative conferences, audiences gain an honest perspective on building a career from the ground up, protecting originality in a crowded visual world, and using creativity as a form of clarity rather than noise. Whether delivering a keynote, hosting a Q&A, or combining a talk with a live demonstration or workshop, Simmons approaches public speaking as an extension of his practice: thoughtful, direct and grounded in experience. The intention is not performance for its own sake, but conversation — leaving audiences with sharper perspective, renewed confidence and a deeper understanding of what it means to create with purpose. LIFE AS AN ARTIST ART IS THE CURE - MENTAL HEALTH CREATESCENE - CREATIVE ENTREPENEURSHIP WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME A CREATIVE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX EXPERIENCE & CREDENTIALS AWARDS A real-world look at what a career in art actually involves — beyond the highlights. Breaking into the art world Finding your voice and style Rejection, resilience, and self-belief Turning creativity into a sustainable career An honest, motivating session for those considering creative careers. Skills that matter beyond talent Work ethic, mindset, and persistence Building opportunities, not waiting for permission Navigating uncertainty and self-doubt A powerful and personal talk about creativity as a tool for healing and self-expression. Art as therapy and emotional release Creativity, identity, and mental wellbeing Building confidence through making Creating safe spaces for expression From artist to tech founder — lessons from building a creative startup. Why creatives need community Turning ideas into platforms Bridging creativity and technology Thinking like a founder as a creative Ideal for companies and teams looking to unlock innovation. Thinking outside the box (and why it matters) Creativity in problem-solving Confidence, risk, and originality Applying an artist’s mindset to business Spoken at 30+ schools and colleges worldwide Former ambassador and speaker for The Prince’s Trust Delivered talks and workshops for charities, cultural institutions, and major events Ran creativity and mental health workshops for hospitality and corporate teams Panel speaker on art, creativity, and NFTs Founder of CreateScene , a creative technology platform Founder of Art Is The Cure , a creative therapy organisation 2023 Prestige Awards - Contemporary Artist Of The Year - Winner 2022 Prestige Awards - Contemporary Artist Of The Year - Winner 2022 NFT NYC Best Artist - Finalist 2022 NFT NYC Best Emerging Artist - Finalist 2020 Autfest Texas Autism Film Festival - Short Documentary - Winner 2020 Impact Docs Awards - Short Documentary - Winner 2020 Malaysia Mental Health Film Festival - Short Documentary - Finalist 2020 Malaysia Mental Health Film Festival - Short Documentary - Finalist 2020 NYC Mental Health Film FestivalL - Official Selection 2020 Lift Off Film Festival - London, LA, Toronto - Official Selection 2019 Croydon Business Excellence Awards - Commended 2013 HP Smart Business Awards - Social Media - Highly Commended 2009 Vinspired Most Inspirational Young Volunteer - Winner 2009 Princes Trust Young Ambassador Of The Year - Finalist INQUIRE ABOUT BOOKING RICH TO SPEAK AT YOUR EVENT RICH CREATE SCENE CASTLE FINE ART SHOWS STREET ART PUBLIC SPEAKING MEDIA BLOG YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM ART IS THE CURE NFT

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里奇·西蒙斯（Rich Simmons）是當代城市流行歌手，在世界各地都有演出。 Simmons的作品探索了視覺文化的交匯處，涵蓋了流行藝術，漫畫，文藝復興時期，當代時尚，性與其他。 總部位於倫敦的里奇·西蒙斯（Rich Simmons）在倫敦，紐約，洛杉磯，坦帕，邁阿密，多倫多和日內瓦的一些世界最負盛名的畫廊中展出，具有全球影響力和知名度。席夢思的作品現已進入博物館收藏，《鋼製男人，女性奇觀》展覽於2019年在美國水晶橋博物館首次亮相。去年，他的一件作品在佳士得慈善拍賣會上以52,000英鎊的價格售出。 西蒙斯大膽地運用色彩，精細的手工剪裁模版，幽默感和發人深省的敘事證明了里奇既是創新者又是極具收藏價值的藝術家。 Simmons的作品超越了畫廊，他的街頭藝術壁畫可以在世界各地看到，最新的3,400平方英尺壁畫在Rogers阿肯色州建成。 Simmons還是Art Is The Cure的創建者和創始人，Art Is The Cure是屢獲殊榮的Vinspired推廣藝術療法的組織，並在世界各地舉辦研討會和講座。 From graphic identity and packaging design to interior interventions, clothing capsules, window displays and large-scale super graphics for hoardings or digital campaigns, each project begins with narrative. What does the brand stand for? What does it want to say — and how should it feel? Simmons translates that essence into a cohesive visual statement, ensuring the aesthetic impact serves a strategic purpose rather than decoration alone. Whether developing a limited-edition product run, reimagining a retail space or creating campaign visuals that command attention in physical and digital environments, the aim remains consistent: to build distinctive, culturally aware design that connects with audiences while maintaining clarity and commercial awareness. Bold where it needs to be. Refined where it matters. Always unmistakably authored. BRAND IDENTITY Crafting visual systems that feel intentional rather than manufactured. From logos and typographic language to brand assets that anchor wider campaigns, this work is about more than decoration — it’s about defining character and creating a coherent visual vocabulary. Each identity is conceived with strategic clarity and visual purpose, designed to stand out in a crowded cultural landscape while remaining authentically rooted in the brand’s story. ENQUIRE PRODUCT DESIGN High-impact design that meets the physical world. Whether for limited-run capsules, merchandise, retail products or bespoke packaging, these solutions balance bold visual presence with real-world function. Colour, form and graphic language are used deliberately to enhance shelf appeal, excite audiences and create that brief, magnetic pause when someone picks it up. ENQUIRE WINDOW DISPLAYS Temporary or permanent visual interventions designed to transform glass, frontage and retail environments into immersive brand statements. From full-window vinyl takeovers to layered graphic installations, each piece is conceived to stop passers-by mid-stride and convert curiosity into engagement. These designs balance bold visual presence with spatial awareness — working with light, scale and movement to ensure the display feels integrated rather than applied. The goal is simple: make the storefront part of the story. ENQUIRE SUPER GRAPHICS Large-format graphic installations created to command scale — across hoardings, development sites, interior walls or campaign backdrops. Super graphics are about dominance without chaos: confident typography, striking imagery and cohesive visual language executed with precision. Whether supporting a property launch, cultural activation or major brand campaign, these pieces are engineered to hold attention from distance while rewarding closer inspection. Built for impact. Designed with intent. ENQUIRE

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. POV FINISHING A BRAND NEW PAINTING WATCH AS I FINISH THIS NEW PAINTING WITH INSTA 360 GO CAMERA POV ANGLE REDDIT ART COMMUNITY MELTDOWN DISCUSSING GATEKEEPERS, CREATIVITY AND THE CRISIS OF DIGITAL POWER CASTLE FINE ART BETWEEN THE CAPES IS CREATESCENE THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING? VIDEO WALKTHROUGH OF THE PLATFORM BUILDING A STENCIL DARK ROOM STUDIO HACK VIDEO CONCRETE EFFECT PAINT TUTORIAL HOW TO CREATE CONCRETE EFFECTS WITH JUST PAINT SAVING OLD PAINT STUDIO HACK HYDRO DIPPING MEETS POP ART CREATING A NEW PAINTING WAS DA VINCI THE INSPIRATION FOR BATMAN LEGO BUILD VIDEO GROWING ANARCHY BRAND NEW PAINTING VIDEO THE DEATH OF A PAINTING 💀🖼️ RIP TO THIS ICONIC PIECE THE ART OF WAR AND PEACE CREATING 3 BRAND NEW PAINTINGS CREATING A NEW PAINTING NEW YORK TIMES WONDER WOMAN EDITION CANVAS NEW BUTTERFLY PRINTS OPENING THE NEW PRINTS CREATESCENE STUDIO VLOG 3 DESIGNING MY DREAM STUDIO OFFICE CREATESCENE STUDIO VLOG 2 BUILDING A CUSTOM COFFEE TABLE CREATESCENE STUDIO VLOG 1 - MOVING IN STUDIO TOUR AND MOVING IN TO THE NEW SPACE HEADCRASH HOTEL INTERVIEW THE DEPARTMENT LONDON ARTIST GIVES LARGE ROGERS BUILDING A VIBRANT NEW FACE KNWA FOX NEWS BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN STREET ART AND NFTS NFT LONDON PANEL NFT CONVERSATION WITH THE OFFICE GROUP RICH SPEAKS WITH HAMISH JENKINSON, FOUNDER OF THE DEPARTMENT AGENCY ABOUT NFTS NFT SUCCESS STORY HARCO VISUALS THE MEANING BEHIND REFLECTIONS NFT RICH SPEAKS ABOUT THE NFT PROJECT THE STORY OF REFLECTIONS REFLECTIONS NFT ART IS THE CURE THE RICH SIMMONS STORY

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. Reflections Noir was a celebration of the success from the original Reflections NFT and a chance to give back to our community. We minted 999 Noir NFTs as free gifts to our community members who held an original Reflections to give more art and utility back as a thank you.

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world.

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. LEARN MORE SKULLERFLIES NFT MINT SKULLERFLIES OPENSEA REFLECTIONS NFT REFLECTIONS NOIR NFT HEADCRASH HOTEL RICH CREATE SCENE CASTLE FINE ART SHOWS STREET ART PUBLIC SPEAKING MEDIA BLOG YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM ART IS THE CURE NFT

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. RICH CREATE SCENE CASTLE FINE ART SHOWS STREET ART PUBLIC SPEAKING MEDIA BLOG YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM ART IS THE CURE NFT

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world.

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world.

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. Skullerflies rePresent transitiOn. A metamOrPhOsis frOm negative tO POsitive, Pain tO freedOm. The best works of art stem from an emotional journey and explore the spectrum of emotions we all face but the artist's challenge is to capture this narrative in a piece that allows others to feel something when they see it. Pain, heartache, and negativity can be turned into positivity, beauty, and love but it is the ability to embrace both that is important. I want the Skullerflies to represent the importance of taking something painful and using that as fuel to create change and beauty in someone's life. To turn that energy into something positive and release it into the world through art, music, poetry or whatever someones creative release is and inspire others is my goal for the Skullerflies. It is an expression of freedom and release combined with the macabre to complete the balance that is needed in life. The Skullerflies are the Yin and the Yang, the dark and the light, the pain and the love together in one delicate, fleeting creature. SKULLERFLIES NFT MINT SKULLERFLIES OPENSEA

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. POP PROVOCATEUR-個展 BOX GALLERIES-倫敦 2017年6月21日至7月6日

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world.

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. 輕鬆自在-獨奏秀 模仿現代-倫敦 2012年10月11日 “藝術挽救了我的性命，我確實對藝術負有責任” 西蒙斯的講話引人注目，但隨著他一生的經歷，您可以看到如何做。他不僅致力於藝術-從小就逃避現實，還建立了“ Art Is The Cure”社區，該社區利用街頭藝術與學校和青年組織互動，並將各個背景的人們聚集在一起。 “只要你變得輕鬆”就是通過成為自己來探索美麗。通過魅力實現美麗，通過戀物癖實現美麗，在紋身中實現美麗，最重要的是，誠實。 Simmons使用他的塗鴉背景和風格來誠實地解釋這一點，並研究其他人如何看待美感。 “藝術就是治療”是Rich回報藝術界的一種方式。他本人是一個自閉症患者，他的藝術向他展示了一條通往人生的積極途徑，他想與世界分享。他試圖讓人們以自己的方式運用創造力，並找到使用藝術療法的新方式。 “不幸的是，太多的人轉向負面釋放，例如自我傷害，毒品甚至自殺。 Art是另一種發行版本，可以以積極的方式將所有情緒釋放出您的系統。無論是繪畫，寫作，音樂，繪畫等，如果它涉及您的想像力並以積極的方式擺脫情感，那麼它就是一種創造性的治療方法。只是將這種能量引導到不同的事物上，最終，您會感覺好些，有了一幅繪畫，詩歌或歌曲來反思，而不是手臂上的傷痕或去醫院的旅行。” 西蒙斯用最容易獲得的藝術形式來傳播他的信息。塗鴉他從漫畫書中學習了他的風格和技術，複製了波普藝術並使用了模具，從而使噴霧罐的多功能性得到了發展。他意識到突破界限的重要性，並看到了街頭藝術運動中實驗的重要性。 “我喜歡在大街上工作，因為這與工作室的畫布作品是另一種發行形式，其背後是一種不同的過程和思維方式。有時候，我需要挑戰以保持新鮮感，並使自己作為一名藝術家不斷嘗試和成長。” 西蒙斯（Simmons）因其整幅作品被阿塞拜疆公主購買而聞名。他是第一位受邀在巴庫街頭畫畫的街頭藝術家，這是一種超現實的體驗。 “那裡的人們從未見過像這樣的作品，去學校接受美術專業學生的反應並帶他們上街看看人們對此有何反應真是令人興奮。這是一個巨大的挑戰，但我很喜歡。我回到倫敦時感到鼓舞，激動不已，我不斷發展自己的藝術並前進，我認為我做到了。” Simmons作品的演變就是“ Just Be You Tiful”，它在模仿現代展覽中展現了街頭藝術和塗鴉的美，以及印刷，模版和實驗的美。

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. NFT NYC BEST ARTIST FINALIST NFT NYC BEST EMERGING ARTIST FINA LIST NFT NYC SPEAKER NFT LDN SPEAKER The REFLECTIONS NFT collection is based on a painting that has transcended being a painting on gallery wall and has been turned into street art, silk screen prints and now reimagined with a range of new elements for its debut NFT release. Different artworks now appear in the glasses, with different colours of hair, skin, nails, lips and lenses creating thousands of unique, collectable variations. Edition size of 3,333 sold out within an hour of mint at 0.1 Eth and less than 1% are now available on Opensea. Since its launch, the collection has generated over 350 Eth of secondary market sales. SKIN TONES 3 skin tones create the base layer of the artwork and are distributed evenly across the collection. LIPS 7 lip colours feature in the collection, from more common classic lipstick shades to rarer shiny options. NAILS 6 shades of nail polish are used in the collection, from classic red and lollipop colours used in paintings to rare shiny variants that compliment the lips. HAIR 10 different hair colours appear in the collection, from classic colours featured in paintings to new shades and shiny variants to make the NFT unique from physcial art. LENSES 7 colour variants make up the lenses, each making the artwork that reflects in the glasses pop in a different way with each colour variation. REFLECTIONS 13 paintings from some of the worlds greatest artists (and one by me) make up the reflections in the lenses. There are also rare signatures in the nails in a small % of the NFTs.

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. 鋼鐵俠，神奇女俠-博物館秀 美國藝術水晶橋博物館-阿肯色州 2019年2月9日至4月22日 聖安東尼奧藝術博物館-德克薩斯州 2019年6月21日至9月1日 超人和神奇女俠是美國流行文化中最受歡迎的兩個偶像。在經濟逆境和世界大戰時期創造的這些人物迅速成為美國道德和平等的燈塔，代表著真理，正義和美國方式的理想。 在這個激動人心，發人深省的展覽中，《鋼鐵俠》，《神奇女俠》中的藝術家使用超人和《神奇女俠》來探索民族身份，美國價值觀，社會政治，代表制和人文概念。 《鋼鐵俠，奇蹟女性》是由水晶橋助理館長阿列霍·貝內代蒂（Alejo Benedetti）開發的一個新展覽，研究藝術界對超人和《神力女超人》的回應，範圍從抑鬱時代的起源到當今當代藝術家的詮釋。查找超過50位藝術家的70多幅繪畫，照片，裝置，視頻等。 《鋼鐵俠》，《神奇女俠》中的藝術家利用超人和《神奇女俠》為這些文化偶像提供了嶄新的視角，並利用了我們目前對超級英雄的民族愛，探索了民族身份，美國價值觀，社會政治，代表性和人性化概念。在一個激動人心，發人深省，令人難忘的展覽中。 我們認識到，超人和神奇女俠是熟悉的人物，並且可能對年輕觀眾有更大的吸引力。對於父母和家人來說，重要的是要知道，在《鋼鐵俠》，《神奇女俠》中，藝術家有多種方式來描繪這些角色。一些以熟悉和英勇的方式代表，而另一些則在探索成熟的話題，例如種族，性別，性取向和民族認同。 “超人代表真正的阿爾法男性。 現代的 上帝偽裝成一個舉止溫和的人。這種並置總是讓我著迷。我看到的每個人都走在街上用偽裝來掩飾其真實的感覺，長處 和 短處嗎？有多少人？我們中的一個人希望我們有上帝的力量從我們畏縮的外牆中掙脫出來嗎？也許最大的力量展示就是成為自己的能力，擺脫對 審判 和迫害的 恐懼， 以自己的方式生活。可以激勵我們擺脫陰影，成為我們都有能力成為英雄。” 里奇·西蒙斯

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. POP ROCKS-GROUP SHOW 模仿現代-倫敦 2018年5月18日至6月14日 模仿現代》第一次將倫敦最臭名昭著的視覺偶像破壞者聚集在一起：亨利·海特和里奇·西蒙斯。兩位藝術家因在傳統畫廊空間之外創作的作品而聲名狼藉。恨是著名的紋身藝術家，其客戶包括艾米·懷恩豪斯（Amy Winehouse）（包括標誌性的炙手可熱的女孩紋身），亞歷山大·麥昆（Alexander McQueen）等。西蒙斯（Simmons）最著名的是他在倫敦和紐約的街頭壁畫，例如《未來***王》（Future *** King）（將凱特·米德爾頓和威廉王子描繪成西德和南希）以及《蝙蝠俠之吻》超人。 Pop Rocks於5月18日開幕，匯集了兩位藝術家的新作品和特別委託的作品。 關於里奇·西蒙斯 倫敦出生並育種的屢獲殊榮的自學成才的藝術家里希·西蒙斯（Rich Simmons）於2011年首次以街頭藝術作品“未來之王”吸引了英國藝術界的關注。它描繪了威廉王子和劍橋公爵夫人從《性手槍》中飾演的席德和南希（Sid＆Nancy），這是君主制新興和年輕復興的視覺暗示，並在皇室婚禮前不久取得了進展。從那以後，他積累了名人粉絲群。 在作品獲得高度成功和全球影響力之後，西蒙斯在2011年繼續在“模仿現代”畫廊和國外的多個展覽中展出。他在Bonhams Street Artauction和最近的佳士得慈善拍賣會上成功出售，Simon de Pury在那兒以52,000英鎊的價格拍賣了Rich的一幅畫，所有收益都流向了英國的Gracious Hearts。令人驚訝的是，我們的一位藝術家參與了這一重要事業，為有特殊需要的孩子籌集資金。 拍賣結果將對他的作品產生巨大影響，他的拍賣價有望大幅上漲！可以肯定地說，他今年是值得關注的人……在我們之前的博客文章中，可以 找到有關Rich Simmons及其藝術歷程的更多信息。

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. 錯誤-SOLO SHOW 蘇荷當代藝術-紐約 2015年10月2日至10月18日 去年，他在休斯敦拐角處Bowery街259號的Soho當代藝術展取得了巨大成功之後，老闆里克·魯尼克（Rick Rounick）邀請了屢獲殊榮的藝術家里奇·西蒙斯（Rich Simmons）參加第二場名為“錯配”的展覽。展覽將於2015年10月2日至10月18日對公眾開放。 在英國成功舉辦個人展覽後，席夢思成為國際藝術界的明星。當他的街頭藝術作品慶祝威廉王子和凱特·米德爾頓的王室婚禮，題為“ Future *** King”（描繪未來國王）的街頭藝術作品爆炸時，他的作品便出現在商業藝術界。 ！他先前在Soho當代藝術展上展出了著名的有爭議的蝙蝠俠和超人接吻肖像。 西蒙斯（Simmons）在《錯覺》（The Misfits）中，將他的最新作品帶入《 The Bowery》，其中包括流行文化圖像，例如標誌性的超級英雄，在這些熟悉的圖像上表達出他的見解和幽默感。這位藝術家在展覽標題後面表達了自己的想法：“因為這次展覽融合了我的幾種風格和主題，所以它與針刺女孩，紋身師，穿著搖滾衫的DJ以及帶有美國國旗的性感女郎有點前衛。 ，還有性感的蝙蝠女-雖然仍然是我在街頭/流行/當代藝術中的替代/超越方法，但我認為描述所有這些的完美詞是“錯配”。 Simmons十分熱衷於重返The Bowery，“紐約在文化上是如此令人興奮，許多起源於這座城市的藝術家和藝術運動在塑造我熱愛的藝術和啟發我的風格方面發揮了巨大作用。風格的真正靈感來自街頭藝術，塗鴉，波普藝術和漫畫，而紐約一直是這些類型中最具標誌性的藝術家的震中。” 這位自學成才的藝術家開拓了街頭和波普藝術的新流派，這些風格通常受到復古，復古風格的50年代圖像的啟發，使用的畫報和銀器漫畫在他的作品中起著重要作用。翻下廣告牌海報，浸泡各層，將它們拉開，然後看到裡面的美麗，創造了一種街頭藝術考古學形式，使那些注定永遠不會再見光明的海報成為一種新的生活。 Simmons將它們粘貼到畫布上，並為視覺效果創建城市衰減風格的背景，從而提供獨特的紋理和效果。 自從Keith Haring和Jean-Michel Basquiat等藝術家稱街巷為家以來，Bowery就與街頭藝術聯繫在一起。 Rounick自信地說：“ Rich Simmons的藝術為有經驗的收藏家提供了投資新星繪畫的機會。” 席夢思作品的粉絲和收藏家包括皇室成員，名人和音樂家，遠至新加坡，巴庫，巴黎，迪拜，摩納哥，倫敦和邁阿密。

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. KRYPTONITE-個展 模仿現代-倫敦 2014年6月11日至7月12日 今年夏天，里奇·西蒙斯（Rich Simmons）再次參加了他的第三場個人展覽“ KRYPTONITE”，以模仿現代藝術。繼“ The Inner Outsider”和“ Just Be You Tiful”獲得成功之後，我們很高興推出此超級英雄主題系列，既展示Simmons的標誌性風格，又展示了他的創新技術，例如使用高光澤度樹脂和創作藝術品。通過3D眼鏡觀看，從畫布上跳下來。 “ KRYPTONITE”具有我們最喜歡的 漫畫人物，從 《神力女超人》 到《蜘蛛俠》，《蝙蝠俠》 和《 超人》 ，我們 從未見過。無論是《花花公子》 封面 上的《神力女 超人》，還是與蝙蝠俠的熱情擁抱，我們在一場展覽中對這些強大人物有了全新的認識，這挑戰了我們對漫畫和當今世界中“超級英雄”的認識。 對於這個系列，西蒙斯（Simmons）創造了一系列獨特的畫布藝術品，並輔以一系列限量版畫和海報畫，非常適合超級英雄迷和藝術愛好者。

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. 自拍-獨奏 蘇荷當代藝術-紐約 2017年

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world.

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Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. 內在的外表-個展 模仿現代-倫敦 2013年6月13日至7月13日 今年夏天，藝術家里奇·西蒙斯（Rich Simmons）在名為“內在的局外人”的展覽中以全新的作品集重返模仿現代美術館。嶄新的作品向觀眾挑戰，要求他們以新的視角從不同的角度看待世界–在所有事物中觀察美麗，而不僅僅是顯而易見的事物。 展覽的標題傳達了Rich自身的身份，即他是一名自學成才的藝術家，未經正式培訓（他自己是OUTSIDER），他專注於展示一切事物中存在的美麗和並列。如果我們更近距離地看到周圍隱藏著的美麗，我們還將看到這種美麗的內在含義。 Rich希望激發許多不同的反應和問題-激發辯論和思想。 Rich本人為能 開創一種新的藝術流派而 感到自豪，這是 街頭藝術與波普藝術的融合，通常受到50年代復古風格的圖像的啟發。現在使用他標誌性的鮮豔 色彩（ 如泡泡糖粉紅色，猩紅色，茶色和靛藍）與咖啡和黑色卡布奇諾咖啡色調中相同圖像的對比版本相結合，可產生獨特的視覺效果。加上手工繪製和手工切割的模具，陰影和撕裂的廣告牌，Rich證明了自己既是創新者又是極具 收藏價值的藝術家。 翻下廣告牌海報，將各層浸透，看到層間的美麗，創造了一種街頭藝術考古學形式，並給注定永遠不再見光的海報提供了新的生命。 Rich將它們粘貼到畫布上，並創建3D樣式的背景和視覺效果的背景，以提供獨特的紋理和結果。 許多圖像引起了強烈的個人共鳴-美麗與扭曲的結合代表了Rich自己與抑鬱症和自閉症的鬥爭。里奇使用藝術作為自己的療法，將自己的惡魔困在畫布上，並利用負面情緒來創造出一些美麗的東西。 最新的35件藏品包括： 頭骨的蝴蝶–受Rich生動的夢想之一啟發，仔細觀察蝴蝶的編曲並看到裡面的頭骨。蝴蝶 象徵著美麗，顱骨發病與死亡，美麗的蝴蝶環境將發病率轉化為陽性。 香奈兒瓶和骷髏手–描繪了我們追逐虛榮和地位象徵的理想到墳墓的想法。您不能將虛榮擺在墳墓上-緊緊抓住它最終將無關緊要。在展覽上工作時，手上的小裂紋代表Rich自己的手腕骨折。 飛機和炸彈–在試圖通過戰爭進程實現和平方面表現出並列和諷刺意味。在炸彈上使用路易威登徽標，美元鈔票，和平標誌和塗鴉標籤表明，通過藝術而非戰爭創造和平的政治信息。 該系列中的其他圖像還包括“用隱藏的昆蟲製成的頭骨” –所有這些都代表著美與扭曲的並列。 Rich說：“這個新系列反映了我生命中過去6個月裡單手 24/7全天候 工作的情況，我 手腕上的手腕骨折，將白天和黑夜裡出現的所有想法都丟在畫布上。對我而言，激發和挑戰人們以不同的眼光看待世界非常重要。我覺得這是我上次收藏的完整步伐， 也是我成熟度 的自然 演變。整體感覺更暗，更 彩色，更美麗但也更扭曲。” 模仿現代畫廊總監法倫·汗（Fallon Khan）； ``我們很高興以全新的方式歡迎Rich回到畫廊。收藏家和媒體熱切期待展覽揭幕。我們很榮幸能夠代表英國所能提供的最好，最具創新性的藝術人才，而Rich絕對屬於這一類。”

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. 街頭藝術展-團體展 歌劇院畫廊-倫敦 2011年6月17日至6月30日 倫敦歌劇院畫廊自豪地展示由讓·戴維·馬拉特（Jean-David Malat）策劃的街頭藝術群展，其特色是： 基思·哈林（KEITH HARING）–吉恩·米歇爾·巴斯奎特（Jean-MICHEL BASQUIAT）–班克斯（BANKSY）–布萊克·勒拉特（BLEK LE RAT）–所見–羅恩·英語–洛根·希克斯–崩潰–倫敦警察–尼克·沃克–行為方式和諾姆–軍刀– b – D * FACE –紡織–兒童變焦– ALEXONE –安東尼·李斯特– ALEXANDROS VASMOULAKIS – RICH SIMMONS – MR。 JAGO –甜美的趾甲 背景：街頭藝術簡史 1970年代初，從紐約最深和最黑暗的角落出現了一種獨特的藝術形式，吸引了數以百萬計的行人，傳達了強烈而有力的信息，並代表了那些拒絕主流思想的人的聲音。誰懷疑“系統”的誠意。 一夜之間 ，幾乎在每個國家的城市地區， 磚牆，混凝土建築物和 人行道上都 出現了各種銘文，塗鴉藝術家的作品風靡全球 。從噴繪的簽名開始，這種表達自由的形式隨著時間的流逝演變成精美的圖畫，通常反映或融合周圍的空間。 因此，世界進入了一種新的藝術形式–街頭藝術。榮幸地匯集了一些最有名的和一些年輕的 以及來自歐洲和美國的有前途的街頭藝術家。

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world.

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. 倫敦電話-個人展覽 蘇荷當代藝術-紐約 2014年9月18日 9月18日，Soho Contemporary Art將介紹Rich Simmons，這是國際藝術界的後起之秀。來自英國的三場非常成功的個展之後，里奇·西蒙斯（Rich Simmons）將他的最新作品帶到Bowery進行他的第一場美國演出。藝術家從流行文化（例如超級英雄）中獲取可識別的圖像，並在這些熟悉且眾所周知的圖像上投射出他的見解和幽默感。他的信息是每個人都可以聯繫到的，愛自己。將他的作品與他的組織“ Art Is The Cure”聯繫起來，他想提高人們的意識，即創造力是一種釋放積極和消極情緒的方式。憑藉他的創造力，他獨特的評論和對事業的熱情，里奇·西蒙斯（Rich Simmons）聲名because起，因為公眾正在與他的藝術聯繫在一起並同意他的信息。

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. IMAGINARIUM-個展 BOX GALLERIES-倫敦 2019年5月2日至5月22日 展示他對視覺文化交叉領域的最新探索，涵蓋波普藝術，早期文藝復興時期，當代時尚及其他領域；盒子畫廊很高興宣布與當代城市流行歌手Rich Simmons即將舉行的個人展覽。 總部位於倫敦的里奇·西蒙斯（Rich Simmons）在倫敦，紐約，洛杉磯，坦帕，邁阿密，多倫多和日內瓦的一些世界最負盛名的畫廊中展出，具有全球影響力和知名度。去年，他的一件作品在佳士得拍賣行以52,000英鎊的價格售出，最近，阿肯色州的水晶橋美國藝術博物館推出了Rich Simmon的新50英尺壁畫，這是他迄今為止完成的最大壁畫。

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world.

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. 腐蝕光亮-集團展示 當代CASS-坦帕 2015年9月18日至11月6日 Amandine Urruty |萬德華|曬|本·弗羅斯特|弗蘭克·福爾特|克里斯·布澤利|拒絕|格雷格·邁克|獨立184 | Rich Simmons |鯊魚膏|約斯卡

Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. 反思-個展 彈出式展覽-倫敦 2016年9月

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There are legal areas all over the world to create street art and graffiti and we encourage you to find your local legal graffiti areas that are supported by local councils and businesses. RETURNS AND SHIPPING POLICIES Rich Simmons Art Ltd is committed to providing you with the best experience possible when buying art. Orders will be shipped within 1-2 working weeks and will be packaged with care and with the security of your art as our highest priority. We ship worldwide and shipping prices will be calculated in the store based on location and size of the order. Coupons are often sent out to mailing list subscribers for free shipping codes and discounts and it is up to the customer to be in the loop with communications to receive deals and rewards. You can also arrange for pickup collection of artwork from our Croydon based studio. You can contact us after ordering to arrange a time and date that works for you to come and collect the work and get the chance to see the studio space. 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If it is a new colour version of an existing piece you've seen, this can be done in 4-6 weeks. If it is a brand new concept, it is up to the discretion of the artist to decide if it's possible based on the concept of the idea and the time frame involved. +44(0)7540660353 richsimmonsart@gmail.com

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Rich Simmons is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who specialises in stencils and has exhibited all over the world. 100 x 100cm Gold Foil Between The Capes Reflections Print Commission PRINTS With new printing partners in place, I can now do one of a kind print commissions in a variety of sizes and techniques. If you would like to explore a one of a kind commissioned print for your collection, please contact me with your vision, size and colour ideas and I can work out a price based on the piece you want. Options include giclee prints, gold and silver foil and even glow in the dark which I have never done before. Sizes can anything up 100 x 100cm for square prints and 100 x 200cm for portrait prints. I can create larger versions of the small foil prints you might already have or completely new variants of art I have done in the past. I can also create prints based on NFT artwork you have if you want a physical, signed and embossed version for your collection. All prints will be sent to my studio first to sign and emboss for authentication before being shipped worldwide to your address. Contact info@richsimmonsart.com to inquire about a commissioned print. PAINTINGS I now have a new studio in Brighton and able to explore commissioned paintings again. If you have a piece in mind that you would like to commission, a different size or colour variant of a piece you've seen from my previous work or something different in mind, please get in touch so we can explore what it would take to make your vision come to life. I am excited to be able to create new works, cut stencils and paint again after a long hiatus without a studio so please reach out to make something unqiue and special for your collection. Contact info@richsimmonsart.com to inquire about a commissioned painting. MURALS If you have a wall in your home, on your building or in your business that you would like to explore a mural for, I would love to create something unique that fits your vision. I have created murals and street art all over the world, from private residences and hotels to large scale outdoor works that become landmarks in a community. I am happy to travel for the right project, create mock ups and concept art to show you how a piece could look before we start and consult on the best options to bring a project to life. To see examples of my previous work, visit the street art page . Contact info@richsimmonsart.com to inquire about a commissioned mural.