Brought up in West London in the 1960s, Bob Cosford’s quiet neighbourhoods, regular trips to the youth club and playing footie anywhere possible may not have been the most exciting place to grow up, but he says when the funfair came to town it was a different story – the lights, music and sounds; the groups of lads and girls coming together; the excitement of the rides – these are what ga
Brought up in West London in the 1960s, Bob Cosford’s quiet neighbourhoods, regular trips to the youth club and playing footie anywhere possible may not have been the most exciting place to grow up, but he says when the funfair came to town it was a different story – the lights, music and sounds; the groups of lads and girls coming together; the excitement of the rides – these are what gave a sense of escapism, which is what he is now trying to recapture in his artwork to take you back to a world before social media and digital dependency.
After four years of art school, Bob’s artistic career began as a freelance commercial illustrator, with many commissions coming from the BBC including the infamous ‘Flying Sausage’ sequence for the much loved ‘Grange Hill’ series, as well as the titles for Dennis Potter’s ‘Pennies From Heaven’.
Beyond this work for the BBC, spending many years in the Camden and Soho areas of London allowed Bob to pursue work as a creative director for film and television earning him several awards, and also included branding and design for major Ad Agencies and TV companies.
Returning to his creative roots in 2003, Bob was able to showcase his wide variety of work that was being produced for print including elaborate photomontages with digital hand drawn imaging, developing into socially and politically themed work. In 2011, a move to Bournemouth has now allowed him to develop his three dimensional fairground art.
