Tag: Painting
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Thank You For The Music
The Fulbridge Academy Music Room Project – The Cavern………. 4.1 – 10.6.16 The BriefI know I’ve said this before, and I’m certain I will say it again, but this was a most demanding and challenging project, perhaps the most complex and involved mural proposal I’ve been involved with. Even before I’d completed the Fulbridge ‘Sistine…
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My Hero
The ‘Casablanca’ Mural at Rowlatts Hill Primary School, Leicester 16.11 – 4.12.15 Why ‘The Casablanca Mural’? Humphrey Bogart famously said in the last line of that movie, “Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship”, and I looked upon my invitation to work with Rowlatts Hill Primary School in Leicester in the…
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Seasons Change
Landmarks & Milestones: A Painter’s Progress 5-29 October 2015 • The Castle, Wellingborough NN8 1XA Our lives follow a meandering path, taking us in different and unexpected directions. This retrospective exhibition is an opportunity to reflect upon a painting career that has incorporated a variety of subjects and activities, with dramatic changes in scale. From…
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Dans le port d’Amsterdam
Operation Amsterdam 1997 & 1998 Following footsteps I walk streets graced by Rembrandt To catch his shadow * Balancing bridgeways Over watery highways Cobble stoned byways * Coffee, freshly brewed Rijksmuseum, van Gogh too Mind that! Sidestep poo! Wet Streets, silver lines Hand rolled cigs (but not Woodbines!) Red lights, neon signs Bike bells ring,…
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Miss You
Oh, Vienna An ongoing memento…….. In Graben A beautiful voiceSinging in a crowded streetWith dark, closed, blind eyes Time stilled, lost in songIgnored by walking talkers– but not by us 25.7.08
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When in Rome
Roman Holiday 27.12.02 – 3.1.03 Like Hepburn and Peck It’s our ‘Roman Holiday’ Second honeymoon trek! * Speaking with gestures And an operatic tongue – Italiano! * Time to do nothing It’s ‘dolce far niente’ – Delicious idleness! * Rome Kerb Drill Firstly, find a Nun Wait close by her right hand side Don’t cross…
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Worth the Wait
Catching Breath in Venice 8 – 10.1.06 Learning from a Master A daunting prospect Following giant footsteps And reputation Walking in a dream And looking through Turner’s eyes With captivation * Drowning in adjectives! Incomparable Majestic, ethereal Unbelievable Irreplaceable Mystical, sensational Unforgettable! * Looking back at Canaletto They’re inaccurate But entirely convincing. Paintings come alive!…
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A Thousand Trees
Epping Forest Corporation of London Christmas Card Commission 2001 & 02 Centuries of leaves In a cathedral of trees Carpeted with breeze * Alone in a crowd Light dim. A face peers out From a crumpled skin * Ticker tape welcome Confetti fluttering like Pennies from Heaven * Rockin’ and Rollin’ Arms raised, Hallelujah’in Tall,…
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Under the Bridge
Warmington Underpass Mural June – Sept 2007 ‘Nene Valley News’ – 23 October 2007 ‘Nene Valley Living’ – December 2007 A605 Underpass by Warmington Mill, Eaglethorpe, Warmington PE8 6TJ