Deansgate Artist’s Talk
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Balliol Door Meditation
The lone figure strolls past the Balliol door, deep in conversation on her phone. She pushes a blue bike, one that matches her phone. Her face is obscured. She focuses on that all important call. We can’t tell if she’s as a student or just a regular citizen, about her business. Oxford is an old
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Flaming Piper
When someone uses a set of Bagpipes as a flame thrower, it’s an impressive sight, and one I was keen to capture. Sadly, I didn’t get the money shot as he’d stopped flaming when I took the photo, but that didn’t stop me from letting imagination fill in the blanks. There’s an overall impression of
Roof of the British Museum – Wordless Wednesday
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Hay’s Galleria
Standing in a darkened portal, we look towards the Thames through Hay’s Galleria. Under the archway that frames a brilliant scene. Golden colour lights up the whole painting. Drawing your eyes, through light festooned arches, to the blue sky beyond. Perhaps you are attracted to the clock face, suspended mid air on barely visible chains?
Radcliffe Camera Oxford
Did I use too much orange in this Radcliffe Camera painting? The Oxford landmark needed colour to counter the greyness of the original image.
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Marylebone Station – Wordless Wednesday
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Mysterious Painting – Deep Dark Lock.
Cathy Read’s Deep Dark Lock is a mysterious painting. This intriguing lock leads off the River Irwell but where’s the canal?
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Empty Shop to Let
Old colours seeping from the woodwork, the type caused by age, composed of many subtle shades. Look closely at the Shop to Let, and you will find blue, purple, brown, green and red. The colours close together, so close that the brown becomes blue in a seamless join. This empty Shop to Let is on