Royal Opera House painting
Meditations on art, this time a Royal Opera House painting featuring the beautiful atrium roof. … Continue readingRoyal Opera House painting
Tag: London paintings
Kensington Olympia Painting Meditation
The scene is the Kensington Olympia station. The painting captures the grubbiness of a railway station. It seems no matter how well maintained it may be, there is a tiredness and careworn appearance within any railway station or undercover railway or underground station. Sure there … Continue readingKensington Olympia Painting Meditation
Looking back in 12 Paintings – My best art of 2018
These are my choice for each month in 2018. Looking back on 2018 these are my choice of the best Art of 2018. Some of them will be familiar, others I’m sharing for the first time. It’s curious how I have some months where there … Continue readingLooking back in 12 Paintings – My best art of 2018
The Haymarket – a guide by the Artist
The Haymarket painting is muted, for me. I usually choose bold and bright colours and, whilst they are here, they are small jewels in an earthy domain. Anyone familiar with London knows the West End, the theatre district and the Haymarket in particular. Her Majesty’s … Continue readingThe Haymarket – a guide by the Artist
Meditating By the Light of St Paul’s Painting
Looking at the St Paul’s Painting, What do you see? Russet reds, golden yellow against the night sky. Texture permeates the piece. The ground a rich display of oranges, yellows and burnt umber, like a molten path of lava moving ominously. Oblivious to the ‘danger’, … Continue readingMeditating By the Light of St Paul’s Painting
Meditation on a Kings Cross Painting
The star of the Kings Cross Painting is that roof. Looking up at the station you can’t ignore the way it stretches upwards. That vast expanse of glass and girders, fanning out like a net. Rising from the central buildings which house the offices. The … Continue readingMeditation on a Kings Cross Painting