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.