The Battersea Power Station painting is a story of energy. Battersea Power Station abandoned and neglected for years. The source of London’s power besides the Thames the source/cause of London’s power in trade and Commerce. Both key to the success of the great city. Battersea Reborn is the moment when the old life of the
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The Haymarket painting is muted, for me. I usually choose bold and bright colours and, whilst they are here, they are small jewels in an earthy domain. Anyone familiar with London knows the West End, the theatre district and the Haymarket in particular. Her Majesty’s Theatre and the Theatre Royal. Big names within this world
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Looking at the St Paul’s Painting, What do you see? Russet reds, golden yellow against the night sky. Texture permeates the piece. The ground a rich display of oranges, yellows and burnt umber, like a molten path of lava moving ominously. Oblivious to the ‘danger’, a couple walk, focused on their destination. Are they heading
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Vertical Aspirations is one of my early paintings of Manchester. Developing my style involved created numerous paintings of Manchester. The essential components exist in this early painting. There are white lines, blown ink and blooms are there, but also elements that I don’t use in the same way. My trees have evolved into something else.
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In this London bus painting, the first thing you notice is the bus. You can’t really ignore that big red box with windows now can you? The second bus is less obvious but still easy to find. There was another behind that one as well but it’s lost below the page.
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Sloane Square at night, it is what you see. More than half of the painting is road, wet road after a day of constant rain. The pink and orange sky a hint of better weather on the horizon or worse to come. Red sky at night shepherds delight? Londoners may be able to tell which
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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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