The Fortnum and Mason painting’s a busy one. Lots of colour and texture everywhere. Two main colours dominate, orange/brown and blue/green. The scene is Fortnum and Mason on Piccadilly. A long-established, respectable firm with a reputation reaching back a few centuries to 1707. The Clock dominates and looks incongruous – French Louis XVI style against […]
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My paintings evolve over time. The creation process seems slow, taking a few weeks to complete, but, thanks to time lapse, I’m able to transport you through time. To show you in just a few minutes what usually takes many hours. Here’s my London painting’s dramatic emergence. Marylebone Station, London painting being Created. The painting
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Maps are at the heart of all journeys, we need to know where we going. Even in these days of Satnav, you can’t beat a good old fashioned map. The painting London maps is based on a one I found in the Victoria and Albert Museum, superimposed onto a photograph taken outside the Tube Station
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St Paul’s Cathedral stands centre stage, glowing white marble in the sunlight as it’s pale though is defined by a lavender Sky. This begins our journey through Millennium Bridge life. The waves of colour rippled by light clouds, textures, like white lichen, floating in the atmosphere. The colours are cool but this is not a
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Police Boat Ready for Action Take your time looking at the Police Boat painting. You initially see darkness only lifted by the large cream building in the background. Look closely, there are traces of lilac and purple trailing cobweb thin branches across the walls. The multi paned windows that trace into the darkness of the
Hidden in the Clouds You notice the sky with this London Painting. Dark and ominous, with hints of white that only emphasize just how dark that sky is. You can’t see the rain but you know it’s coming. Within the cloud you can make out a few lines to indicate where the Shard is. They
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It’s a dismal day or so some would say. Grey wet days on the Thames are a common occurrence. The only bright colours are the orange pod on the Eye and a few red streaks behind it. I can’t remember what they were. The drizzle, the eye and the view are what I remember. Walking,
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The star of the Kings Cross Painting is that roof. Looking up at the station you can’t ignore the way it stretches upwards. That vast expanse of glass and girders, fanning out like a net. Rising from the central buildings which house the offices. The roof dominates the painting, The concourse is a barely visible
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There are few, if any, London Icons which spring to mind before Big Ben. Dominating the picture, the image of Elizabeth Tower looms boldly against a pale, blue sky. Ostentatious attention-seeking, the tower has gravitas yet the numerous twiddly bits give it a sense of frippery. The tower has always had the associated Monica of
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