Granary Square

In 2015 I received a commission from Townshend Landscape Architects for a triptych painting of Granary Square. The Square is the main public space at the new King's Cross development in London, designed by Townshends. The commission gave me an opportunity to explore in depth and on a large scale a subject that fascinates me - the way that people interact and behave in public space. I wanted to show how the Square is used and enjoyed by so many different people including lots of local families and children. I initially did a series of studies to explore how three paintings from different viewpoints would inter-relate to capture a sense of the scale and space of the Square, the activity and energy of the people, the play of the water and the light. I have since added to these with other paintings of the Square.


Granary Square triptych. Left Oil on canvas 115 x 122cm Private collection	Granary Square triptych. Centre Oil on canvas 115 x 180cm Private collection	Granary Square triptych. Right Oil on canvas 115 x 122cm Private collection

Related paintings and studies


Two boys, Granary Square Oil on board 100 x 100cm	Sketchbook study for Two boys, Granary Square Pencil on paper 19 x 24cm	Sketchbook study for Two boys, Granary Square Pencil on paper 19 x 24cm

Late afternoon Granary Square Oil on board 81 x 122cm	Sketchbook study Granary Square triptych Pencil on paper 19 x 24cm	Sketchbook study Granary Square triptych Marker pen on paper 19.5 x 25cm

Granary Square triptych. Study 1 Left Oil on board 43.5 x 40cm	Granary Square triptych. Study 1 Centre Oil on board 43.5 x 40cm	Granary Square triptych. Study 1 Right Oil on board 43.5 x 40cm

Granary Square triptych. Study 2 Left Oil on board 43.5 x 40cm	Granary Square triptych. Study 2 Centre Oil on board 43.5 x 40cm Private collection	Granary Square triptych. Composition study Marker pen on paper 19.5 x 21cm

Granary Square triptych Study 3 Left Oil on board 40 x 43.5cm	Granary Square triptych Study 3 Centre Oil on board 40 x 66cm Private collection	Granary Square triptych Study 3 Right Oil on board 40 x 43.5cm


Sketchbook study Granary Square triptych Pencil on paper 19 x 24cm	Sketchbook study Granary Square triptych Marker pen on paper 19.5 x 21cm	Sketchbook study Granary Square triptych Marker pen on paper 19.5 x 21cm

Granary Square triptych. Study Centre panel variant 1 Oil on board 43.5 x 48cm	Granary Square triptych. Study Centre panel variant 2 Oil on board 40 x 48cm Private collection	Small study, Granary Square Oil on board 21 x 25cm Private collection

Sketchbook study Granary Square triptych Pencil on paper 19 x 24cm Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Museum, China

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