ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — figures
The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career 33, 34 & 35
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NUMBER 33- AROUND THE ROYAL THEATRE BEFORE THE RAIN
Around the Royal Theatre Before The Rain, Acrylic on Board, 40cm x 20cm, 2009
The painting won the Plein Air Plus prize at The Bath Prize in 2009
Now, if there's been any single painting that has opened up so many opportunities for me during my career so far, it is this little one! It was the year 2009 and things were starting to go from bad to...
The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career (31, 32)
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The face of Homelessness Charing Cross Road, 36" x 48", Oil on canvas, 2011
This guy is one of the people I randomly meet on the streets. Sometimes it's just impossible to resist asking if a sketch could be done when one sees a face with so much character like this guy has. I saw him way back in 2009, I think, and after asking politely he agreed...
The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career (29, 30)
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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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NUMBER 25-Evening Light, Leadenhall Market II, 24" x 30", Oil on Canvas, 2011
Both paintings featured in this post are two of my best spots in London. Leadenhall Market is an amazing structure and has its beauty at anytime of the day. I love it best at evening light and having painted it once before I decided to embark on a larger piece for a group exhibition I had last year at Enid Lawson...
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This painting was done in some of the worst conditions and circumstances I was facing at the time I did it last year. Things were going from bad to worse and I struggled to paint this piece for the Chelsea Art Fair last year. I knew I could do a large painting full of figures but I was also a bit timid and didn't know how the whole thing would work out. To...