ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — Urban Shadow Highlights

My paintings at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition 2014

December 10, 2014 • Adebanji Alade • Edinburgh • Mall Galleries • Marylebone • oil • oil on board • oil on canvas • ROI • Sloane Square • Soho • Urban Landscape • Urban Shadow Highlights • Works for Sale

It's that time of the year again! The Annual Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters is currently on and will run from the 10th of December to the 21st of December at the Mall Galleries, London.

This year I am really pleased to have had four paintings selected for the show.

All my paintings this year focus on the effect of light in urban spaces. I decided to explore the mystery of shadows...

Afternoon light, PAUL, Kings Road (10) Chelsea Marathon, 10" x 8", Oil on Board

May 13, 2014 • Adebanji Alade • Architectural illustration • chelsea • Chelsea Marathon • Chelsea Painter • Chelsea Paintings • Kings Road • london • oil • oil on board • PAUL • trees • urban • Urban Shadow Highlights

This is number 10, of my current series of paintings and drawings of Chelsea. This is one of my favorite spots! The French Family Bakery Paul

Afternoon light, PAUL, Kings Road (10) Chelsea Marathon, 10" x 8", Oil on Board

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I just love the whole effect of light and shade on the scene and the fact that it is situated at the corner of a street makes it...

Urban Shadow Highlights- Series 8-12 (5 paintings) Oil on board

May 18, 2013 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • figures • Harpenden • light and shade • london • oil on board • oil on gessoed card • people • plein air • public transportation • Rickshaw • studio painting • Taxis • Urban Shadow Highlights

In all these paintings, the main subject is LIGHT! Once there's light, there's bound to be shadows! I love highlights and shadows!

The effect they have in urban space and settings is what this retrospective series of 5 paintings (mainly of London) is all about.

Light has colour, it has atmosphere and it has a life of it's own! The ability to capture this remains the task and duty of the artist,...

Urban Shadow Highlights VI & VII (Bath Marathon Plein Air)

May 09, 2013 • 6 x 8 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • Bath Experience • Bath Marathon • cityscape • landscape painting • oil on board • oil on gessoed musuem mount board • outdoor painting • plein air • Urban Shadow Highlights

These are the final two paintings from my retrospective series of 7 paintings that emphasize the beauty of shadows and raking highlights in an urban setting. All the paintings in this series were done en plein air (outdoor) in Bath. Because it was a great task of finishing these 212 paintings under a short period of time I called it my Bath Marathon, because it stretched me to the limits but I...

Urban Shadow Highlights V (Bath Marathon Plein air)

April 30, 2013 • 6 x 8 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • Bath Experience • Bath Marathon • cityscape • landscape painting • oil on board • oil on gessoed musuem mount board • outdoor painting • plein air • Urban Shadow Highlights

This is number 5 in the current retrospective series of paintings that show the effect of light and shadows in urban space. All these paintings are of streets and places in the City of Bath. It's a wonderful city and the sand stone buildings are always beautiful under the light!

Urban Shadow Highlights V, 6" x 8", Oil on Board

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A lot of people ask me what my...