These paintings arise from my longstanding interest in British urban scenery.
I view areas of sprawl & decay not as eyestores but as subject matter to be explored. An accidental beauty occurs when the modern is adjoined by a crumbling past. A result of the ongoing process of manmade change & natural decline, with nature in control.
It is possible to experience something eternal & mysterious by simply taking a stroll around a town away from recongnised attractions. To my eyes everything - weeds, litter, brutalistic architecture - can appear beautiful. Form is a secondary, surface concern.
The symbolic section of my gallery contains a selection of my earlier work in which I have joined together different elements of landscpae & added figures, under the guidance of my imagination.
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