ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING
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...
St Paul's Panoramic View, 44" x 20", Oil on Canvas, 2011(Commission)
commission london oil on canvas
This was a commission I had recently from my Bath Exhibition, to paint a panoramic view of St Paul's, it was to include a 23 Bus, a Black Cab, Busy London Commuters, a typical Black London Telephone Box and the New Change Building. After about a months work with the client, The lovely couple were pleased with the final result.
St Paul's Panoramic View, 44" x 20", Oil on Canvas, 2011...
Sketches on the bus train and tube in July IV
In London you are bound to see faces from all over the world-That's just what makes sketching on public transport such a buzz!
These are a few more recent ones. Hope you enjoy them!
SPECIAL QUOTE
"The thing I admire most about this country is if you're talented you will be rewarded. It is the thing about England that makes it different -that foreigners have played a really large part in it's history....
These are a few more recent ones. Hope you enjoy them!
SPECIAL QUOTE
"The thing I admire most about this country is if you're talented you will be rewarded. It is the thing about England that makes it different -that foreigners have played a really large part in it's history....
Sketches on the bus train and tube in July III
More Sketches. All done on public transport with the spirit to capture what is right there before me. It's fun! It's an experience on it's own!
SPECIAL QUOTE
"If in your drawings you habitually disregard proportions you become accustomed to the sight of distortion and loose critical ability. A person living in squalor eventually gets used to it"- Robert Henri from his book "The Art Spirit"
SPECIAL QUOTE
"If in your drawings you habitually disregard proportions you become accustomed to the sight of distortion and loose critical ability. A person living in squalor eventually gets used to it"- Robert Henri from his book "The Art Spirit"
Early Morning Light, Hyde Park Corner, 14" x 10", Oil on Board, 2011
Enid Lawson Gallery exhibition london oil on board
Early Morning Light, Hyde Park Corner, 14" x 10", Oil on board SOLD
This is a painting of a scene I caught on an early morning bus ride. It's always great to be armed with some sort of camera device, because there are some scenes that one cannot just get right on the spot and that's where the camera comes in really handy.
I just loved the mysterious darks and greys in the scene, coupled with the...