Observing the Neon and the Shadow: Thoughts on City Street In this recent piece, Vibrant City Street, I found myself focused on translating energy into structure. The challenge of a vibrant city street lies not in rendering every window or…
Capturing the Friday Market There is a particular energy to a local street market that stays with you well after the crowds disperse. It is less about the individual items on display and more about the collective weight of colour…
Finding the Structure in the Haze There is a brief window of time at the end of the day when a city ceases to be a collection of signs, windows, and glass, and becomes a series of heavy, intersecting shapes…
Golden Hour Cityscape Abstract Painting A dynamic skyline with abstract representations of high-rise buildings in warm colours. There is a brief, transient moment each evening when the hard geometry of the city softens. As the sun dips, the clinical glass…
A Colourful Cityscape at Night with neon lights illuminating the tall buildings There is a distinct energy to a city after dark, a shift from the architectural permanence of the day to something far more fluid and kinetic. In Colourful…
Vibrant Market Scene The challenge with a busy market scene is capturing the movement without resorting to clutter. In this "Vibrant Market Scene Painting", my focus was on how the light cuts through the overhead awnings, creating pockets of high-contrast…