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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How would you picture Manchester City Centre? If you know it then trams and the Central Manchester Library will probablty come to mind. This weeks work in progress combines two subjects I’ve had on my “To Do” list for some time. Manchester Library and a Tram. Manchester’s Trams are something of an icon now so
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Fancy a trip on the Thames? This week’s work in progress is something I’ve been longing to do for some time. Battersea Power station! Although it’s a bit hard to see tucked away on the far bank across from Chelsea Bridge. It was as close as I could get on the day, but I will
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Happy New Year! With renewed enthusiasm I bring you The return of the Wednesday Work in Progress It’s a work on canvas and seems to be a popular subject matter as well as a popular exhibition. The poppies exhibition at the Tower of London entitled Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, marked the centenary
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Something different this week. I’m motivated to work more on the abstract for a while so I’m back to the Gherkin for inspiration. The pencil stage has taken me a while but I’m hoping to have it finished for the weekend. We shall see… This is the pencil stage… And a close up of the
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Another Routemaster but this time the Full Monty. It’s amazing how cropping an image changes the character of a piece. After last week’s close up I wanted to show the whole bus for this one. Here’s a shot of it and all the general mess that goes on when I’m painting. In the background is
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As promised here’s the London bus painting I’ve been working on. It’s very small on 8 inches or 20 cms square. I was asked to create a canvas painting for the Windsor Art Fair on 7th November to contribute to the fundraiser for The Princes Trust. I’ve decided to take it to the Love Art Fair this
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Another iconic image now, the red bus. Although this one isn’t a Routemaster, that’s my next project… If you look carefully you can see the masked outlines of the Gherkin. (I know, I simply couldn’t resist.) I was taken with the statues and the Gherkin together. Then along came a bus… Maybe that should be
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Paintings can seem mysterious in the beginning. It takes a while for the shapes and character of a piece to emerge. This weeks painting is very much like that. It’s a favourite subject of mine, Old red phone boxes. This is probably the most famous one as it’s close to the Houses of Parliament so
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