Golden Locust – Just the Art
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Painting St Leonard’s Wooden Bell Tower
Some time ago I made a promise to paint St Leonard’s Church in Middleton, Manchester. I have been meaning to paint its Wooden tower for a long time. The Church dominated my childhood, so it’s a personal perspective.We learnt about it’s history at school. It’s unique wooden clock tower on a medieval church. The secret
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Battersea Power Station Painting
Battersea and Chelsea combined. Being from Manchester, I had no idea how close Battersea Power station was to Chelsea Bridge. In my mind the two have very different images. One a clean, flash symbol of luxury life and the other with the daily grind of the power plant. True Battersea Power station was decommissioned in
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A trip to Chelsea Bridge – Wednesday’s Work in Progress –
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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Gherkin Abstract Finished at last
Finally I can reveal my latest Gherkin Abstract! It’s taken a little longer than planned but I’ve finally finished the work in progress I started last week. After a hectic but thoroughly enjoyable weekend followed by far too much paperwork I’ve been able to finish a painting! I’ve taken a more abstract view of the
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What’s on my Easel today?
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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Bus Selfie – New painting
You nearly didn’t get to see this painting. I took the work in progress to The Love Art Fair so that I could finish it during quiet periods. I find it’s a good stage to work with when I’m showing people how I work. As it’s very tactile , it requires a different type of
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Work in Progress – The Bigger Bus Picture
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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Work in Progress – London Bus up Close and Personal
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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