ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — Bath Experience

On the Way to Bath Rugby Home Game, 36" x 24", Oil on Canvas

Bath Experience Bath Rugby exhibition oil on canvas The Bath Prize



On The Way to Bath Rugby Home Game, 36" x 24", Oil On Canvas, 2011 SOLD

This painting was one of my entries into The Bath Prize last year. It didn't sell at the auction but once it went up on at The Bath Galleryon the first home game after the auction- the inquiries started rolling in and one lucky couple got it and not only did they get it but they had the opportunity of having themselves put in...

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Marlborough Buildings, Bath-The sketch

A4 sketchbook Bath Experience graphite The Bath Prize



Marlborough Buildings, Bath-The sketch, 11" x 9", Graphite, 2011 SOLD

This is one of those sketches I really enjoy doing. The Architecture and Landscape!
This drawing also went under the hammer at The Bath Prize last year!




SPECIAL QUOTE
"Draw, draw, draw and draw-not short cuts just keep drawing"-Adebanji Alade

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Just After the Rain, The Abbey, 24" x 30", oil on canvas, 2011

alla prima Bath Experience cityscape landscape landscape painting oil on canvas The Bath Prize



Just After the Rain, The Abbey, Oil on Canvas, 24" x 30", 2011, SOLD

This is one of the paintings that got sold in the Bath Prize auction last year.

I went with my son Josh who was happy to see my painting go under the hammer, he got inspired and managed to sell one of his sketches for 30p!




Adebanji and Josh at The Bath Prize Auction, picture by Andy Short

I have tried to capture that freshness in...

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All Bar One & Starbucks(Moonlight Effect) Bath, 20" x 16", oil on canvas, 2011

Bath Experience cityscape commission exhibition landscape oil on canvas


This painting was another commission that came from my Bath Group Exhibition in May at the Bath Gallery.


All Bar One & Starbucks(Moonlight Effect)Bath, 20" x 16", oil on canvas, 2011

Two lovely ladies had a look at some of paintings from my Bath Marathon and found out that I didn't do any of All Bar One! They said, "How could you not do one of All Bar One?" I said, "I'm sorry I missed it out...

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The Royal Crescent Bathed in the Spring Sun, 48" x 20", Oil on canvas, 2011

Bath Experience exhibition oil on canvas



The Royal Crescent bathed in the spring sun, 48" x 20", Oil on canvas, 2011 SOLD



This painting of the Royal Crescent in Bath was done for my Bath Group show in May at The Bath Gallery. I went to Bath to do a study in graphite and then I took loads of pictures too. I came back to London with all the reference material and embarked on this piece, which is my largest painting of a place in Bath.

It...

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