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While on the way to the St. John Smithfield restaurant, passed by this colorful group: the green of the door and the purple of the shirt really captivated me…

Have been thinking more about why I chose internet to share my art and what I plan to do with it in the future (thank you, Walter, for asking these questions first). Really, I do  feel as if carried by a new and exiting movement in art - where artist talks directly to the collector, and this dialog creates a fresh and much more accessible experience for  both. I am very happy to be part of this movement and look forward to experimenting more with it and see what it brings…

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Now that I am more or less happy with the painting started last month, I am finally listing it here for sale.

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Meanwhile working on another larger-scale (30×30 cm) picture today - to mark my last week’s trip to the Louvre. Day 2 snapshot:

Minimal decor, old style furniture and young knowledgeable  spunky stuff - this is why the place was rated in the top 50 best restaurants in the world… in spite of serving traditional British cuisine.

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Another take on my favoarite Sunday morning cafe- absoutely love the play of light on the checkered black and white floor there.

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This is an interior of my favorite local pub, love the fact nearly every time I pop in there is someone I know already there. The pub reopened last year, being boarded off for a long while, reportedly because of the closure way back in association with the local East End gangster family, the Krays, I believe.

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Finally back at the easel…

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I celebrated my 3oth  birthday this weekend and was missing in action for a bit, mostly because of a wonderful suprise trip out of town I got for a gift, the hints to where I have been will come in paint very soon!

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L’eau a la Bouche is becoming my favorite coffee stop. A friend came down from Singapore to celebrate her birthday in London last week, and this seemed to the best place to take to on Sunday to drench in the  sun and soak in the East London vibe at the moment.

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Related paintings:
Broadway market street on Sunday
Little Georgia on Goldsmiths row
The Dove
Amy Winehouse at the Broadway bookshop
L’eau a la Bouche

update: fellow artist-blogger Suzanne Clem-Wheeler has just wirtten a super nice post about my shoes painting.

This is one of those images that seem so easy and yet so complicated to render… I am getting curious in the street fashion demonstrated by the Brick Lane types, would love to explore it more here…

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Related paintings:
Exit bar on Brick Lane
Summer has arrived to Case Blue
Story Deli on Dray Walk
Franze and Evans on Redchurch st.