Golden Locust – Just the Art
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Painting St Leonard’s Wooden Bell Tower
Some time ago I made a promise to paint St Leonard’s Church in Middleton, Manchester. I have been meaning to paint its Wooden tower for a long time. The Church dominated my childhood, so it’s a personal perspective.We learnt about it’s history at school. It’s unique wooden clock tower on a medieval church. The secret
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Bucks Open Studios 2015
It’s that time of year again… Bucks Open Studios! Alexandra and I will be joining forces again and opening the doors between 6th-21st June. As usual we will have an exhibition as well demonstrations and will be happy to answer any questions about our own or each other’s works. We thought we might mix things
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London Eye at Night
The London Eye at night has captured public imagination. It’s dominant, impressive and overshadows everything around it. Plus, it looks pretty. Near the London Eye is a statue. It too is impressive, but not on the scale of the London Eye but what it represents is arguably more impressive. It’s a memorial sculpture for the
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Painting Battersea Power Station.
Do you have a favourite building? Maybe there’s a romantic connection? Or it inspires you because of its beauty? Battersea Power Station… might be an unlikely favourite building but it captures the imagination of many and is a popular subject matter for art. I first saw it on an album cover in the 70’s and
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White Bicycle – The story behind the painting
This painting emerged from a moment of inspiration. I had a meeting in December with Artzu Gallery in Manchester. I took my camera with the intention of getting some new reference images. I didn’t have to go far.The gallery was in part of the old Granada TV studios where they used to film Coronation Street.
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Easter Cross Patterns
An Easter Cross pattern painting. This is an old piece I did during my more abstract days but since it’s Easter I thought it would be relevant today. Visually, I think it works. Whether it works as a concept I’m less convinced? At the time, as I say, I was in an abstract phase. I was
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