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D Contemporary is very happy to present
20th October – 2nd November
Monday – Saturday | 11am – 6pm
Private View: 19th October – 6:30 – 9pm
English artist based in Tunbridge Wells
A note from the artist.
I’ve drawn a lot of inspiration from working in London and this exhibition represents a collection of my paintings based on my working life. Commuting and working in an office, going to see clients, travelling on the tube – all these aspects of my life have provided me with great subject matter for paintings. I rely on my visual memory when I paint so all of my work is really a loose representation of what I see. The other dimension to my painting is that I often try and find a humorous theme or narrative to the image. The title is a very important element in conveying this and I enjoy trying to work out the wording to maximise the overall effect of the painting.
I am self-taught and have developed my painting style over the last twenty-five years or so. I always work in acrylic and try and paint every day if I can. In terms of the actual painting – colour harmonisation is probably the key thing I strive for in every work. When I first started painting seriously I would keep a sheet and my paints behind the settee and as soon as the kids had gone to bed, get all my gear out and paint lying on the living room floor. With the onset of middle age and a dodgy back, I have moved off the floor and now use an easel.
I have exhibited in a number of galleries over the years. My paintings have been used for greeting cards, a postcard at the Royal Academy, an album cover, concert poster, a cover for a law book, a shop window display for a major high street retailer in the West End and Convent Garden and also for designs on a number of products of a major high street retailer.
Selection of works on display
Enquiries: Please email Sophie – sok@strategyinternational.co.uk
The Defenceless Baguette
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 50cm
Quiet Fart
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 50cm
Charles trying to be flirtatious
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 50cm
Telling my boss a few home truths
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 50cm
Buying my first work suit with mum
Acrylic on canvas
50 x60cm
Watching my brief case slowly sink
Acrylic on canvas
50 x60cm
60 x 50cm
Norman made a very perceptive comment about Brexit on
the escalator
Acrylic on canvas
50 x60cm
Two passengers listening to Status Quo
Acrylic on canvas
50 x60cm
Thinking about early retirement
Acrylic on canvas
50 x60cm
Dozing on the District Line (framed 55 x 55)
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 50cm
Assorted tie stains
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 60cm
(framed 65 x 75 on board)
Loud kids on the platform
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 60cm
Thinking about my long term future
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 60 cm
Simon being unusually assertive
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 60 cm
Man watching a mouse
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 50 cm
Feeling good in my dry cleaned suit
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 60 cm
I suddenly lost the will to go back to the office
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 60cm
Tube Strike
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 70 cm
Before the big meeting
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 70cm
Delayed commuters with pigeon
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 70 cm
I quickly realised that John knows absolutely nothing about football
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 70cm
Paperjam
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 70cm
Me and the man I always say “morning”
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 70cm
Working from home
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 70cm
Taxi driver telling me what he thinks about Brexit, Donald Trump and Arsene Wenger
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 70cm
Stop this cruelty now
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 70cm
A random selection of commuters
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 70cm
Joyce with her leaving present
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 70cm
The confident member
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 60cm
I never took Maureen’s stapler without asking again
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 60cm
We often have a quick kick about after a board meeting
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 70cm
Taking no interest in Maureen’s wedding photos
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 70cm
“You’ll have to speak up John I’m passing a load of Hare Krishnas”
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 80cm
“I wish Douglas wouldn’t persist in doing that dance move in front of the secretaries”
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 80cm
New tie for Christmas
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 70cm
Tone Deaf Busker
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 70cm
Reluctantly going to the Gym
Acrylic on canvas
105 x 74cm
Feeling self- conscious in my new bobble hat
Acrylic on canvas
90 x 60cm (framed 98 x 69)
Green Park
Acrylic on canvas
105 x 74cm (framed on board)
One hour for lunch
Acrylic on canvas
91 x 91cm
Sometimes I’ll hide behind a tree to avoid walking to the station with Bob
Acrylic on canvas
76 x102cm