Dean pursued life-portraits, first, in a pop art style, then over time, added more and more details and features as he became accustomed to the paints & the medium. 

In 2018, he produced a series of London gangster paintings which were enjoyed by the friends and family of the subjects in the collection. Charlie Richardson’s wife, the lovely Ronnie Richardson saw his portraits then offered to host his first exhibition in London putting on display all the gangster paintings he had created, with all the remaining old school faces in attendance, it was a very surreal experience.

He met some of the most notorious men in Britain through his art. That particular exhibition was the start of a crazy year for Dean where he received a number of private commissions & offers for creating artworks for book covers etc, I