WILL WE ALWAYS HAVE PARIS ?

 yo!.. first response.. innit!

above in the middle of this picture is the centre panel of..

DEATH IN PARIS

as a painter..

living in a safe suburb..

somewhere not paris..

I had these larger canvases..

sitting around with nothing to do..

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH

the tough get painting..

so I painted this triptych..

as part of the..

'figures in a souk' series..

'will we always have paris?'..

I asked myself..

and you too I suppose..

because sometimes..

it feels that civilisation is breaking down..

you know..

civility, tolerance, community, art..

ANYWAY

this was the effect that news had on my art..

one painting, three panels..

the souk can be a dangerous place..

as well as a place to shop..

https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Will-We-Always-Have-Paris/31203/2705863/view

                       November 2015 Paris attacks

TRIANGLES IN A SOUK

yo!.. heads up.. innit!

 latest paintings from the grand bazaar..

I have been busy this last while..

and thought these works worth sharing with you..

although the title of this project is..

figures in a souk..

other things happen when you paint..

here above we can see triangles..

several different triangles..

these are also figures no?

this time it's a square..

this one is hot..

in more ways than one..

school's out for this one..

although last completed this week..

the canvas was originally bought for me by my mother..

when I was just 18..

that would be 1970..

I painted a copy of a roland hilder village scene..

'ainsford kent'..

my mother and father were delighted with it and it hung on their wall for the rest of their lives..

it probably helped me get to art school..

since then I have painted over it..

the canvas is old but high quality..

this last version has developed into..

maybe what looks like like a school visit..

to the souk..

but really..

 they're all just figures in a souk..