ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — London

Stones at Westfield Park (7) Chelsea Marathon, 10" x 8", Oil on board

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This was a scene I couldn't resist painting.

It's number 7 in the current series of the Chelsea Marathon!

Stones at Westfield Park, 10" x 8", Oil on board
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I had nursed the feeling for a while but this time it wasn't going to last!


Adebanji painting at Westfield Park, Chelsea

I am happy I went to do it because it really got it off my chest, which is what...

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Morning Greys, Lots Road Pub and Dining Rooms (4) Chelsea Marathon

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Here comes number 4!

 The Chelsea Marathon continues.

Morning Greys, Lots Road Pub and Dining Rooms, 10" x 8", Oil on board

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This time I'm on Lots Road again and it's the lovely bend on Lots Road that caught my attention. I really love architecture and this one is just a typical example why.

Adebanji Alade painting Lots Road Pub and Dining Rooms


Just the...

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THE CHELSEA MARATHON (Introduction)

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The Chelsea Marathon is here!! 

Morning Light, Albert Bridge from Battersea Bridge, 8" x 6", Oil on Gessoed Card SOLD


Now, you all must have heard of my Bath Marathon and my mini-York Marathon! I had to travel far to get those done. But from tomorrow, the 8th of April till the 8th of May. I'll be running a Chelsea Marathon!

Rainy Day, Kings Road, 10" x 8", Oil on board, SOLD


This is no real race! But...

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Sketches on the train, tube and bus in London (March I)

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Here I will be showing some of the sketches in one of my sketchbooks. I sketch almost everyday on public transport. This has been my practice for many years now and I just keep this habit going as it is the way I see the world!



Hope you enjoy these sketches and I hope you can feel the way I felt for each face. I just love faces!!!



Nothing is so enjoyable, so interesting and so engaging as when I sit...

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Highlights of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhbition (Winsor & Newton Young Artists/Under 35yrs)

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This is another review of the ROI Annual Exhibition at The Mall Galleries, which is a bit late this year as the exhibition closes today! But for for those of you who couldn't make it and for those of you far far away...this is post highlights few of the paintings in the Under 35 category that got my attention.

They are young painters with so much potential and I know when I say young, some people...

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