Urban Fables
The streets, parks and Tube lines of London are the backdrop to every kind of storyline, from the mundane to the barely believable. In my work, the characters in these dramas can be people or animals. The latter are often in the ‘wrong’ place, as in those news reports of rumoured zoo escapes that make headlines on quiet days.
These narrative works consider how we interact with our surroundings and each other. Most of the places are reconstructed from mixed memories of the capital and elsewhere, with added imagined elements. They are about experience rather than geography, but remain open to ongoing interpretation through the eyes of others.
The politician, the protester and the party-goer 2011, Oil on linen, 40 x 50 cm
Number 10 2022, Oil on linen, 35 x 45 cm (Sold)
Taking cover 2010, Oil on linen, 56 x 71 cm
Still a tiger 2015, Oil on linen, 41 x 56 cm
There in black and white 2014, Oil on linen, 35 x 45 cm (Sold)
The recluse 2012, Oil on linen, 35 x 45 cm (Sold)
Circus 2011, Oil on linen, 35 x 45 cm (Sold)
Lost 2022, Oil on linen, 24 x 30 cm (Sold)
A fox walks into a bar 2012, Oil on linen, 24 x 30 cm (Sold)
Champagne and chips 2009, Oil on linen, 45 x 56 cm (Sold)
In the company of birds 2007, Oil on linen, 61 x 77 cm (Sold)
Lights in the east 2012, Oil on linen, 35 x 45 cm (Sold)
Life in a box 2013, Oil on linen, 35 x 45 cm
Losing a shoe in the rain 2006, Oil on canvas, 50 x 60 cm
Self-reflection at a red signal 2013, Oil on linen, 50 x 70 cm
Pothole 2014, Oil on linen, 35 x 45 cm
Suburban survival 2011, Oil on linen, 46 x 56 cm (Sold)
Confirmed sighting 2012, Oil on linen, 35 x 45 cm
Halloween 2010, Oil on linen, 24 x 30 cm