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The city walls are closing in on my skyscapes. I do love the subject though and only putting it away for some time.

Leadenhall market is beautiful passage in the City. Very original and often painted place, gathers a buffing number of people in suits since it’s sitting in between some of the tallest highrises in the City – the Gherkin and the Lloyds building (the latter faintly visible in the background here).

Today’s image is of the reflection of the beautifully renovated Spitalfields houses. I have been hanging out in the area a lot lately, for a good reason, more about it later on. Must confess though that the inspiration of Anthony Eyton’s work on the area had a lot to do with my inspiration on the subject.

2011, oil on panel, 19 x 19 cm, sold

other Spitalfields-related work:

Unlike with most third parties, artists on Etsy do not go into any kind of commission deal with Etsy and are truly independent in what they put out. Even though artists are supposed to quote same prices be it on offer directly from artist or through a gallery of sorts, (you see, the Etsy artists do all the work photographing and listing their stuff online, packaging and getting it out to you that the gallery takes care in exchange for commission) you are still bound to get a better deal by shopping directly. It’s a win-win situation. Tomorrow I will write a bit about the best way to search Etsy for the art you want.

Man on his front porch:

When on this spot, one usually turns the head the other way – where the magnificent St. Paul’s cathedral opens up to the view. Interesting how the buildings depend on the environment around them, it’s almost the uglier things around them – the likelier your building is to be noticed. When in company of another magnificent edifice, this little Wren church tends to get lost in my view. I think when displaying art on the wall, it’s the other way around, the nicer the paintings next to you, the better impression your own makes to the viewer. What do you think?

St. Vedast, Foster Lane, 2011, oil on panel, 19 x 19 cm, available via Etsy (105 gbp)

Playing with the idea of how the old and new buildings in the City of London interact with each other. It is said that all new buildings are designed so they do not obstruct the views over the old landmarks. For some reason I reacted to that notion quite a bit and would like to learn more about the subject.

First really spring-like day today here. Have been enjoying the muddy park, hardly had the time to paint. Feel sorry for the guys in the morning rush to the office. At least some get their vitamin D through sun while waiting for the bus.

I’ve painted this image of Karl Marx grave in this perspective because I wanted to show it in its surroundings, with many other graves very closely placed together actually. And yet, this is a very misleading picture in a way that it looks about the same size then other tombstones, when in fact, it’s much larger then most of the tombstones surrounding it.

When I look at art, I usually associate it with some piece of music, a song or a tune. If you do the same, can you share a tune that comes to your head when you look at these sunshine paintings?