Urban Synthesis 

My artistic practice derives into a dynamic urban exploration of city life which is rooted in walking, sketching, and photography, synthesizing documentation with creation.

 I make artwork from my explorations.

By charting my city London,taking photographic images of existing graffiti, slogans, lines, and marks, and ephemeral tags. Within this process I connect to a creative stream of consciousness from which I re-transform the images in-to a new conceptual urban and contemporary art language.

My work distills the theoretical influences of the Situationists with the raw energy of action art, drawing inspiration from masters such as Franz Kline, Arnold Siskind, Jackson Pollock, Adolph Gottlieb, and contemporary artist A.R. Penck.

The final artworks—characterized by their raw, fresh, and energetic execution—are a direct translation of these collected marks and moments. Essential to this practice is the authentic process of sketching, map-making, and mark-making collage (including paste-ups), often done relatively fast.

My artworks which are raw, fresh, energetic and done relatively fast  are done using Acrylic,Spray & Paint Markers & Marker Pen 4B Pencil,charcoal or Japanese Ink. Using Printer Paper,Primed Canvas Roll and Handmade Beech Panels.

"Glen Paul Mendes ( The Urban Shaman ) When Glen walks the inner city and natural Landscapes it is as a form of ritual research,

Glen retranslates into sketches and photographs the lines he finds on walls, roads, and tunnels  a "hidden dialogue"

a palimpsest is revealed time place. space...His "walk" is an act of deep listening and observation. His abstract paintings, often made on-site, are direct translations of the urbangy, serving as anthropological discourse."