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I don't removal from Norwich GoGoGorillas! trail. left is the believe Freddie Mercury was Now his hopes have come to fruition with Freddie gorilla misrepresented. At the end of the day it’s his return, albeit in a slightly new guise. as a work in just a painted gorilla sculpture.” But the artist has been upset by an progress but Mik was born in Yorkshire and grew up at apparent U-turn by Queen guitarist Brian with the facial the seaside town of Whitby. “It was a great May, who seemed to be supporting the features which place but as a kid I couldn’t wait to leave, appeal to keep “Freddie” at the outset but caused and at the tender age of 16 (with my head has since slated the artwork on his website controversy. firmly in the clouds) I joined the RAF.” in Bri’s Soapbox. Below: The new But art was his love, particularly Sci-fi Brian states: “When word of this got to look with artist and fantasy and, while serving in Germany Freddie's estate, they asked for an Mik. in the early 80s, he came across some approach to be made to Wild in Art, to ask stunning fantasy works by an artist called them if they'd have another go at the Chris Achellios, who used an airbrush to painting of the Freddie Gorilla. The way it capture realistic tones and effects. “I was was reported, it looked as if the MPT hooked and spent every bit of free time (Mercury Phoenix Trust) had ‘blocked’ the mastering the art,” said Mik. deployment of the statue altogether, but He designed artwork for squadron T- actually the issue had nothing to do with shirts and prints, for detachments, but the MPT; plus it wasn't a block at all - mainly he got to do large murals on walls simply a request for an update to the paint or hangar doors at military bases across job, to which Wild in Art kindly agreed.” the globe. Finishing his time in the RAF as He said there were ‘accusations of an instructor 27 years later, in 2006, and pettiness’ in the media and on Twitter, his life took an amazing turn. “I was asked adding: “You have to ask yourself how by an old acquaintance if I could do an you’d feel if suddenly people were making 18ft mural at his school while I had a bit of effigies of your dearly departed dad or son time on my hands. This was to be the first or brother, and you felt they were of many at his school and word spread . disrespectful. You’d want to feel you had Before I knew it I had a lot of commissions. some kind of a right to say yes or no, to gorilla. At the outset Mik said he was “quite I was then employed by Creative Arts East protect his reputation. shocked and disappointed” that his as a graffiti tutor, due to my use with the “That’s exactly what the people who run creation has caused such a negative stir. airbrush and being a qualified instructor.” Freddie’s estate do. They try to safeguard And it has upset him that Brian May Since then he has completed more than Freddie’s reputation, just as if he were still decided to slate his work on his blog. 300 murals and held countless graffiti around. They will pursue anyone who tells “He seems to have done a 180 degree workshops working for schools, youth a lie about him, or does something which turn and I was really upset by his groups and companies.