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The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career (29, 30)

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NUMBER 29- St Paul's Panoramic View



St Paul's Panoramic View, 44" x 20", Oil on Canvas, 2011 (Commission)


I was pleased to get this commission for two reasons, the first being, I just really love St Paul's as a building, I think it is architecture at it's magnificent best! Then secondly because it came from the fact that the client had seen my painting of The Royal Crescentand loved the way I...

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The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career 11

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Number 11- Summerlight Clapham Common





In Summer of 2009 an advert came out in The Artist magazine for an oil painting to be submitted no larger than 36" x 24" for a winning place in ROI exhibition of that year and for a mini profile in the November Issue of The Artist Magazine. I gave it a go and I really thank God, I won!


Summerlight Clapham Common, Oil on Canvas, 24" x 18", 2009

This painting took...

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