Urban People

These pictures are an eye-level take on the city placing the viewer at street level. They aim to recall the experience of walking in the street, looking around warily, noting things glimpsed on either side, a heightened awareness of people, movement, traffic, visual dazzle.

I think of the street as a place where people display themselves, engaged in what Jonathan Raban in his book Soft City called 'the hazardous but necessary urban art of self-projection'. It is not just the people who are engaged in this self projection; the street itself, and the buildings that flank it, are a display of signals indicating cultural identity.


Starting from now Oil on canvas 150 x 200cm Private collection	Street conversation Oil on board 62.5 x 100cm	Bus queue Oil on canvas 129 x 129cm

Waiting Oil on canvas 115 x 162cm Private collection	Carpets Oil on board 92 x 62cm Private collection	Back Street Oil on board 60 x 72cm Private collection

Conversation Oil on board 62 x 93cm	Over a cuppa Oil on board 62 x 93cm Private collection	Seen through a train window Oil on board 62 x 93cm

CKY2K Oil on board 62 x 93cm	Cafe Oil on board 62 x 93cm Private collection	In or out of sight Oil on board 60 x 72cm

Crowded pavement Oil on canvas 42 x 60cm Private collection	Crossing the road Oil on board 75 x 75cm Private collection	Family shopping Oil on board 32 x 35cm

Man carrying child Oil on board 100 x 120cm	Pedestrian crossing Oil on board 60 x 72cm Private collection	Shoppers 1 Oil on board 82 x 100cm Private collection

Shoppers with children Oil on board 62 x 76cm	Street crossing Oil on canvas 52 x 92cm Private collection	Windows Oil on board 62 x 76cm Private collection

Bakery Oil on board 100 x 122cm	Fast calls Oil on board 62.5 x 100cm Private collection	Professional Nail Care Oil on canvas 115 x 129cm

Jewels Oil on canvas 62 x 76cm	Shop door Oil on board 62.5 x 100cm Private collection	Shopping centre Oil on board 56 x 60cm Private collection

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