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Here is another take on the view from the Waterloo bridge over London’s Embankment. I took about 1 10 minute detour on my bus ride because of St. Patrick’s festivities going on at Trafalgar square, but it was not a drag at all. On the opposite, the detour proved quite rewarding. I hear many complaints about London’s public transport network, but thinking of how complex and expansive it is, I think it gets me around town quite well as it is.

oil on panel, 6×6 in, 2010, availability upon request

Yesterday I took a long bus ride from East End over to Chelsea to drop off my paintings for the upcoming show Real at Heatherly’s School of Art next week. When crossing the Waterloo bridge, I could not take my eyes off this sight, will paint more on the subject tomorrow.

oil on panel, 6×6 in, 2010, email me for availability

Finished up a largest piece of work ever, measuring 165 cm wide, too late and dark at the moment to get a proper picture up, here’s just a shot of my paint box in relation to the painting to get the idea of its size.

I am leaving for a few weeks  to Belgium and then Ukraine and do not promise I will post regularly, be back in touch in November!

oil on canvas, 165×106 cm, 2009

Posting third Regent st. drawing for the day, I did it a few days back with the first two while on the shopping trip there. Meanwhile working on the large commission painting today,  as well as put.

Mind I am updating my Etsy shop with more and more oils, some of them on sale.

ink & watercolor, 21×30 cm, 2009, sold

Sam used to meet up for memorable lunches with her friend here at the St. John Smithfield restaurant, when she lived in London. Now that she has moved away, she commissioned from me this painting to give it as a gift to the friend to remind both of the good times.

oil on panel 15×15 cm, SOLD

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Loved the play of colour of girl’s hair and the blue jumpsuit. This Sunday market was particularly busy today, in spite of the intermittent rain.

oil on panel 15×15 cm, 2009, sold

Of one of my favourite streets in East London, a little alley really, called the Dray Walk, that turns into a street party every night on weekends. The record shop is amazing, in addition the little cafe in it has the best coffee on this side of Brick Lane. Not to mention the amazing boutiques and sumptuous pizza at Story Deli.

Meanwhile I continue posting my tea and coffee cup watercolours on Etsy. I know its totally different from what I paint in oil, but I just can’t get it out of my system yet (saying this while sipping a cup of Napuk brew from Mariage Freres, yum!).

30 x 30 cm (12×12 in), oil on panel ,  listed on Etsy

A work in progress today – of the pedestrian street by the Rough Trade East record shop. It’s a four times larger then my usual 6×6 painting, so it will take a few days to make. I will be posting more work in progress pics here as I get used to the larger format. My previous attempt to do 30×30 was the picture of the Michelangelo Slaves last week.

30×30 cm (12×12 inches) 2009

Here’s a third painting from the Columbia road flower market, on a sunny day.

oil on panel 15×15 cm SOLD

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I am very lucky to live in the neighbourhood of the Columbia road flower market in London. Last week painted another view of it, thinking of putting these vignettes together a larger panoramic painting of the street…

oil on panel 15×15 cm , sold