Old paintings from the late 1990s, some details of which were used as record sleeves in the early 2000s.
This painting was used for the sleeve art for Haven’s 2nd release, Beautiful Thing.July 2021. Tar paint and emulsion on paper, started 1998, it’s still breathing and moving.
https://www.discogs.com/master/135209-Haven-Beautiful-Thing
The vibe with the original haven art was a DIY feel, an organic process and a product that looked different from the formulaic approach. We wanted something people would like to hold and feel and get lost in. The vinyl releases were produced on thick,high quality paper, the heavy lacquer discs pressed in the Czech Republic which was the only place to get them done at that weight at the time.
From this painter’s viewpoint it was a win to take the art off the walls and put it into people’s hands, to see them used in promotional posters around the cities , on advertisements in the press, on tour and even on Top of the Pops decorating the bands onstage amp cases. At the time the art world said painting is dead but paint can’t be killed.
This from the first Haven Release, Til The End e.p. Tar paint, Oil Paint, coal dust.
This was used on the Til The End single release of the E.P. version. Tar paint, Oil paint, emulsion.
Some of the hand painted typography, oil paint ,biro and lacquer.
The original painting of the official logo, Oil paint, biro and lacquer
Haven, sketched rehearsing upstairs at Night and Day 2001. oil paint, ink.
the moss garden 
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