As soon as I started creating art inspired by architecture I was keen to create a painting of the Gherkin. Touching the Sky was the first and there have been a few others since. 30 St Mary’s Axe is a familiar sight in London and … Continue readingPainting of the Gherkin or Touching the Sky
Canary wharf painting in progress. In the masking phase photo you can see a curious feature taking shape in front of the Canary Wharf buildings. What is that strange structure in the foreground? Looks like honeycomb inside a beehive, and that’s what drew me to … Continue readingCanary Wharf Painting in Progress
Walk the Dome painting is this weeks retrospective on my earlier art. Featuring the O2 arena, as it’s now known. It’s hard to miss and, whilst it started as something of a white elephant, I think it’s earned its place in the nations heart. Even … Continue readingWalk the Dome Painting of the Week
Sketching London is a deliberate attempt to recreate a photomontage, so often a favourite of the souvenir. These things often focus on the historic architecture. This one celebrates the new. Have you ever wondered what the impact the Capital has on a first time visitor? … Continue readingSketching London – Painting of the Week
Today’s painting of the week is from the Milton Keynes Project. Its focal point is a pair of sculptures, dressed in costume and facing each other. They are lost in conversation and obvously from some play. Maybe they are rehearsing lines or recapturing a moment … Continue readingPainting of the Week – Thespian Talk
Wolfson College is the first of the Modern face of Oxford paintings to be created for V A Prints. Oxford has such a historic reputation we wanted to reflect that it has contemporary side too. Enter the Wolfson college painting of a view from the … Continue readingWolfson College painting of the Week