
20 x 20 cm These paitings were my response to the Covid Lock down...

20 x 20 cm At the beginning of lockdown I took to cycling into central London for my exercise hour...

20 x 20 cm It was totally deserted, no planes, no cars, no people. The air was silent and clean...

20 x 20 cm I heard bees on Holborn Circus, saw Leicester Square empty at lunchtime. I cycled the length of Oxford Street without seeing a single car...

60 x 60 cm The shops were shuttered, the tourists gone, the commuters stayed at home. The city was quiet and grey...

60 x 60 cm London was void of colour. Subconsciously I must have been searching for some reassurance in a new and uncertain world...

20 x 20 cm Out of the grey popped RED. The post boxes and phone boxes. That bright red seemed brighter and shinier than before...

20 x 20 cm The more I noticed them the more they became symbols of an old more reliable world with systems set up...

20 x 20 cm ..by benevolent governments that cared for everyone and invested in infrastructure...

20 x 20 cm I found comfort in their presence. Red was our colour. I saw it everywhere, buses, fire extinguishers, life belts, fire engines even light ships. For those that like these things it’s Pantone ref 485c or DA291c

20 x 20 cm For those that like these things it’s Pantone ref 485c or DA291c .

20 x 20 cm