‘Window’ Series - The juxtaposition of 'shop windows' in the red light district, the staid physical facades of church steeples, create a dramatic back drop for the fairy light lit canals which make up the magic patchwork of Amsterdam after dark. I have looked at the work of Dutch artists Johannes Vermeer 1632-1676 and Pieter de Hooch 1629-1684.
I also engage with the work of German artists Otto Dix 1891-1969, George Grosz 1893-1959,
Spanish artist Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 and British artist/illustrator Aubrey Beardsley 1872-1898. These artists, especially Dix and Grosz, who were very much influenced by WW2, looked at the macabre and the sometimes seedier side of life around them.
'Smile' painting on canvas - 12"x12"
'Elephant Bar'
Painting on canvas
60"x40"
'No Way Out'
painting on cavas 12"x12"
'Mournful Molly' painting on canvas
12"x12"
(copy of work by Spanish Artist
Julio Romero de Torres 1874 - 1930)
'Night On The Tiles'
painting on canvas 12"x12"
'Looking For Love' painting on canvas - 12"x12"
'Torso Divided' painting on canvas
12" x 12"
'Party Time' Painting 12"x12"
Tulips From Amsterdam
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'Time Out'
painting on canvas 12"x12"
2009
Paintings 'Window' series
'Working Girl'
Print from installation
2008
'Small Space' Painting 12"x12"
'Interior Space' Painting 12"x12"
'Out And About'
painting on canvas - from drawing
6"x6"
'Cheeky Pose' - Painting 12"x12"
'Money Makes The World Go Around'
print from installation
2009
'Captured Light' Painting 12"x12"