The Rochdale Canal has a particular draw to me. I grew up near the canal where it passed through Middleton Junction. The water flowed with barely a trickle, except after heavy rain. The Locks were replaced with a cement wall. I spent the spring of 1984 beside the canal sketching that closed lock and the mill beyond.
Canal Heritage Tour and the Sanctity of Art Read More »
A shop front at the V & A.
No attempt at realisation was made here. Pure abstract emerges from real imagery. The feature was once shop frontage preserved at the V & A. Pinned to a wall, it forms a sculpture. The shell of its former glory, intriguing and lonely.
Footprint of a Business. Read More »
Chelsea Bridge dominates the painting, or rather, its pillar dominates. You can’t see the other three main pillars which support these giant cables. The rivets are on display in neat rows, each one of 1000s that has been painted with numerous layers, so that details are lost, their shape just perceptible. On this sunny day, they cast crisp shadows on the metal face.
Vanishing Figures on Chelsea Bridge Read More »
There’s an impression of the town hall, its Gothic majesty and historic importance tantalsingly vague. Details can be filled in with the imagination. I know it’s four twenty pm but the right hand clock face could easily be read as ten to four pm.
Mini Manchester Town Hall Read More »
Decision making is an essential part throughout the process of creating art. Decisions such as composition, the degree of abstraction or realism, the scale of the artwork and the degree of detail. All those factors come into play in the creation of St Pancras Station.
The Architecture of Choices: A Painter’s View of St. Pancras Read More »
The Albert Hall is a dream location, for many aspiring musicians. It’s a dream to perform there. More than that, the Albert Hall has a program of working with schools to make these dreams come true for groups of school children.
Ascent to a Dream – Albert Hall. Read More »
