Living in London the London Face paintings are a response to my surroundings.

 

In this series I combine London architecture and human faces to create anthropomorphic landscapes.  I am exploring the relationship between people and their environment in the city, how at once they are interwoven – the architecture tells a story of people who have built, lived and worked in the city since the Romans, and how there is an unease, the city can be a harsh, anonymous and unnatural place to live.

 

Working from sketches, photographs and memory I aim to capture the clashing harmony of the old and new and our relationship with the ever-changing urban landscape.

 

I generally paint on wood as it is responsive to working in fine detail rendering the many textures of steel, concrete, wood and brick.

 

Click here to watch London Live interview about this series.