'Wapses' Lodge Sewer', Dan Belton

oil on board, 87.5x87.5cm

Lives in Brighton, gets sick of friends insisting on seeing the sea, works in a library, fronts three bands. Started to write lyrics and poems in 1985 to cope with being in a warehouse, "because it's bloody nuts in there."

Book of poems 'Self Hate in a Phone Free Heaven' (Hangman 1992). Has seen 'Withnail and I', "about a million times and can sadly quote it."

Writes for and performs in kraut rock, blues and punk bands.