Degree Show 2012

After three years of hard work I am delighted to invite you to the Fine Art Degree Show 2012 at the University of East London, ADI Gallery, Docklands Campus, University Way, London, E16 2RD. 

The Private view is on Thursday, 17th of May from 6pm to 9pm and the exhibition will be open to the public on Friday 18th May until Sunday 20th May from 11.00-17.00

Vast biblical skies pierced by epic ironmongery,
ironmongery dotted between, gardens, playing fields and wastelands
alongside rivers, canals and railway lines
stretching their wares across the land 
like the lines of a vast cable car
Between them the circular gas temples
rising up and down 
like an iron lung.

Keep away from them,
they are dangerous
you don't want one in your garden
or at the end of your street
they dominate the skyline
the gasometers and the pylons

The wind whistles through them they cast shadows that spread out across the land

they mingle with the clouds
and provide a respite for the weary birds

Urban Images

Old Tree - Water colour painting from a photograph taken whilst wandering around.  I think it would probably look good as some sort of book illustration, but I like the textures and different greens of the leaves and wanted to paint something in reasonable detail.

Oil on Canvas.

Another painting from a photograph.  I liked the way that some of the leaves caught the sunlight, making the shadows darker.  The foliage behind the fence was very dense meaning that it was impossible to see what lay beyond.  Small pieces of plant life that would have no place in an ordered and well kept garden thrive in empty and unloved urban derelict spaces.  Nature has a way of always filling the void!

Hackney Street

Oil painting on canvas, 4ft x 4ft.

This particular image appealed to me, the flats in the distance are Sivill House on Columbia Road.  The road is a small derelict back street in the city of London, quite close to the railway arches.  The whole image seems to leave lots of unanswered questions, as an urban landscape, it doesn't really mean anything, its just there, you might quickly walk down the street on your way somewhere, wonder what the buildings once housed, why the car was parked there and then move on.