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 instantly recognisable around the world as the Gherkin. It’s a […]
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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 if it is only because they’ve seen their favourite band
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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? I remember my first London Visit vividly. A school outing,
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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 of triumph? Either way, they captured my attention. Thespian Talk,
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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 Rainbow Bridge. Perched on the bank of the Cherwell river,
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British Museum Sometimes I create a painting and forget about it. This is one of those painting. Not because I don’t like it or feel that I did a good job, but because the finished painting isn’t in my possesion very long. This particular one of the British Museum was sold within a week of
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