Merry Christmas!
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Sometimes I create a painting and forget about it. This is one of those painting. Not because I don’t like it or feel that I did a good job, but because the finished painting isn’t in my possession very long.
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Crossley Engine. To me, Crossley’s evokes Christmas. My dad worked for Crossleys in Manchester and each year they’d have a big Christmas Party for the Workers' Children.
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Brollies in the Rain. After some surprisingly seasonal weather in the UK, we're back to rainy days.
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Wooden Tower of St Leonards St Leonards is a prominent feature my home town of Middleton in Greater Manchester.
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Waiting under the Railway Bridge Driving home for Christmas, as Chris Rea sings, how many will be taking a journey home today?
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What’s on at the Tate A crowd crossing the Millennium Bridge to get to the Tate Modern. I always wonder what exhibits they will have. The main features are always well advertised but there's usually something unexpected.
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Sketching London Fancy taking a sketching trip around modern London? This painting is an original view of today's London in a beautiful sketch montage of contemporary architecture. featuring some of it's most iconic and stylish new architecture.
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Anonymous City For this painting I wanted to create that sense of being lost not just “Where am I?” but that you could be any place in the world.
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Hints of Science Fiction Looking at Hints of Science Fiction, I see something familiar. The image leans to the abstract. Inspired by a staircase in Manchester Art Gallery.
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Oxford University Press Bookshop. Created for a competition, this painting was in the final three selected and a runner up. Now moved, the building is still there but under new usage.
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Taxi Marathon. Taxis are everywhere you look in London. Unless you want one that is. Then you can wait ages before three turn up at once!
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Natural History Museums and art galleries are the essential option for a tour of London. Especially when it’s raining!
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Misty Wheel. A single line defines the edge where the sky connects with the Urban rooftops, suggesting the buildings below. Hinting at what they might be, but only the Houses of Parliament and the tower of Big Ben give away any real clues to their identity.
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Hidden Shard. It’s easy to wander around oblivious to your surroundings but these little moments of discovery and wonder are a delight which should be savoured. If you can appreciate the little things in life then the big things are all the more valued.
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Gherkin Abstract Some abstract colour, love a warm hue. An experimental piece this, in that it's painted on canvas but using a watercolour style.
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Little Red Box A painting I've never shared before. It's a small piece and something of a favourite. Red feels right for Christmas and memories of phoning home near Christmas will always be associated with the old phone boxes.
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River Lights. Imagine walking along the Thames Embankment at night, the lights of the city reflecting in the river waters. The air is cold but the skies are clear.
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Inner Structure of an Idea. Do you look up when you’re out and about? If so, you will spot gems like this. Standing in the entrance to the Gherkin there’s a fascinating structure, a tribute to geometry and engineering.
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Original painting of people ambling along the Thames Embankment with ships in the background. Check out my website for more original paintings inspired by architecture in London, Manchester, Oxford and Milton Keynes.
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Designer Stadium. When I started working on London Architecture, I wanted to create a piece of Wembley Stadium Art and ended up using one of the worst photographs I’ve ever worked from.
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Spot the Gormley -This is one of my earliest architecutre paintings in this style. It features an Antony Gormley sculpture inside Manchester City Gallery.
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Ground Star - Stars are everywhere and there's nothing quite like a seasonal Star.
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The Haymarket - With all those lovely theatres, there's bound to be something to enjoy over Christmas.
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Fleet Street - Growing up, I crossed Manchester daily to go to school and part of my journey was past the Daily Express Building on Great Ancoats Street. I used to love watching the presses.