Todays painting, along with three others, can be seen at the Society of Women Artists Exhibition at the Mall Galleries until 29th September 2019. For details of this and other exhibitions, please check out my events page.
Fortnum and Mason Painting – Wordless Wednesday Read More »
Walking down the back streets of London reveals many surprises
Looking for Urban Art inspiration? Take a walk. Read More »
The brown trefoil leaf and iron curls dominate the railings painting. The rest of the features are rough and incomplete. A mix of dark tones wrestle for space as the colours expand from their original places. Dark, nut brown, indigo and black merge together in a casual manner. We’re standing in front of the Royal
Meditation on RA Railings Painting Read More »
Dwarfed among the towers sits the historic Cathedral in this painting of the Irwell in Manchester. Dark colouring in stark contrast to the golds, ochres, pinks and purples of the dwellings to the right. Apartment blocks tower either side of the ancient River Irwell. Imperfect reflections on its rippling surface as the waters pass through.
Painting of the Irwell in Manchester, art meditations Read More »
It can be hard to escape the view that cities are grey, if you look at much London Art. Although in reality there is an exuberance of colour. Views like in this Leadenhall Street painting tend to reinforce that perception of a grey mass often in London art. The adjacent Lloyds building is more silver
Three Generations – icons of contemporary London Art Read More »
Sloane Square at night, it is what you see. More than half of the painting is road, wet road after a day of constant rain. The pink and orange sky a hint of better weather on the horizon or worse to come. Red sky at night shepherds delight? Londoners may be able to tell which
Meditation on Art – Painting of Sloane Square at night Read More »
Does September make you feel like new beginnings? There’s a feeling of new beginnings. Maybe it’s because I still have children at school or past memories of starting a new school term in September, but things always seem to change around now. This year even more so. A number of exciting developments happened recently. A
New Art for a new Academic Year Read More »
Painting the Haymarket I love iconic architecture, but some places are iconic in different ways. The Gherkin, Lloyds and the Shard are buildings that are distinctive in shape. They are relatively simple and easy to find a “classic view” and show the whole of the architecture. Somewhere like London’s Haymarket demands a different approach. When
Painting the Haymarket. Read More »
