One of the @venturearts_ stars currently showing as part of YESS LAD is Leslie Thompson with his amazing installation of models in ‘My New Favourite Shop’ 💥 When was a child his mother would take him to Affleck’s Palace in Manchester where there was a model shop he loved and where he used to buy tiny wrestling figures. Leslie here has created ‘My New Favourite Shop’ in the gallery with his own small action figure heroes, including one of himself, presented in limited edition packs accompanied by his drawings and writing about each character. Some are tributes to real people, his mother, father and brothers, and people he admires such as an old teacher, some are wild animals and others are famous stars such as Donna Summer, Mr T, Hulk Hogan and Burt Reynolds. Leslie is a self-confessed ‘superstar artist drawer’ paying homage to the heroes in his life. Leslie has been attending Venture Arts studios for over twenty years. He has a highly developed drawing style, drawing both from memory and through live observational drawings. Each figure is in a limited edition of 100, and there is also a book of all of them published by @papergallerymanchester Hard to choose a favourite but got a soft spot for Sweetums 🥰