Manchester Cityscapes
In 2011, with the assistance of
Bruntwood plc, I commenced work on a series of paintings about the Manchester
skyline as experienced from a number of the office and tower blocks owned by
Bruntwood.
Now, about a year on there are about
15-18 paintings completed with others in production in addition to which there
are a number of b/w charcoal and also colour pastel drawings. In some of the
paintings i’ve introduced collage to
the painted surface both at the beginning and during the production. If you
know Manchester then you’ll know some of the buildings from where the work will
have been conceived and/or executed; eg Portland Tower, 111 Piccadilly.
As usual, some of the works have taken
almost a year to complete and some much less. Its difficult to be precise, but i
think i might be about halfway through the ‘project’ and now starting to think
about how & when the work might be exhibited – possibly in 2013.
None of the works from this series are currently
loaded onto the website as there are some things to discuss with Bruntwood themselves and
i think that out of courtesy to them, that should be done first. Hopefully
everything will be finalised in the next few weeks, at which point i will
update the site.
Finally, I am most grateful to Chris
Oglesby and his colleagues at Bruntwood plc for facilitating this project - they have been really helpful and accommodating.
If you’re in the market for office space then you might take a look at their website.
www.bruntwood.co.uk
Oct 2012
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