Dave Sharp is a UK-based painter and live performance artist. For over ten years he has performed speed paintings — large portraits completed in under ten minutes — at events across the UK, Europe, North America, the Middle East and the Far East, working with broadcast, sporting and major charity clients. Subjects span musicians, athletes, public figures and the natural world: Mercury, Hendrix, Bowie, Ali, Senna, the Great Orme goats.

This site is the Studio Archive. Where the speed paintings happen in front of an audience in minutes, these pieces are made differently — slower, in the studio, between gigs and tours. Different pace, often different subjects, same hand. Each is signed, dated, and shipped insured worldwide. Once a piece sells it leaves the archive — no prints, no reissues.

For live performance bookings, commissions, and Dave’s current work, visit davesharpart.com.