An Oxfordshire-based artist and Oasis fan who auctions his art to raise money for charity has been revelling in the announcement the band will be getting back together next year.

Paul Fellows from Bicester started creating art as a side project during the Covid pandemic three years ago and it has since grown. 

Mr Fellows, who has met his hero Noel Gallagher, mainly creates Oasis-related artwork alongside his job as an illustrator at the Open University. 

He decided to raise money through auctioning his signed artwork to say thank you to Great Ormond Street Hospital, who take care of his son, Thomas.

He managed to get Noel and Liam Gallagher to sign his pieces to auction off, meeting Noel in the process. 

"It was just a hobby really, and then people started showing a bit of interest so I set up a website where I sell my prints," he said. 

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Thomas has a brain tumour and has undergone three lots of surgery.

So far Mr Fellows has completed three fundraisers, raising £2,500 for the hospital.

"It's an amazing hospital and quite humbling, we’ve been through a lot and they’ve been fantastic with us," he said. 

 

"I think for me, going there and seeing all the children in the hospital, it's a real humbling experience.

"I just thought - what can I do to help in any way, and say thank you to the staff and team there?

"That was where the idea came about for the fundraising.

"I've had letters from them thanking me for it.

"It's a nice feeling to give something back," he added. 

His Instagram account shows behind the scenes of his art and the steps in creating it. 

"A lot of people think [the computer] does it for you, especially with AI now," he said, adding that this is not the case.

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As shown on his Instagram account, Mr Fellows' ideas start with a rough pencil and pen sketch which are then are traced off and coloured up in Adobe Illustrator.

Speaking on meeting his hero Noel, Mr Fellows said: "It was quite surreal."

Paul Fellows with his art Paul Fellows with his art (Image: Paul Fellows) Laughing, he added: "They say to never meet your heroes, don't they?

"He was a really nice guy, he signed more bits than he should have done for us, and I think he was quite impressed with the artwork.

"He doesn't give too much away.

"It was an amazing experience."

Mr Fellows said he will be trying to get tickets for Oasis, who just this week announced that they will be reuniting. 

Speaking on the news, he said: "I think people always thought it would happen, but I thought it had gone too long to be honest.

"It's going to be an exciting time, I think."