Painting of Siam Square, Bangkok

A couple of days ago I finished my latest painting. It is a scene from Thailand, in Siam Square, Bangkok, during the rain. I didn't want to create a realistic painting; instead, I used lots of blurred lines and merging of colour, with black outlines over the top. Much of the paint has been applied at an angle, partly to be reminiscent of rain falling and partly so that the colours are not confined to their outlines. The painting is acrylic on hardboard and is about 94cm x 54cm.

The City

Taxi stencil

I did a project on the city a couple of years ago at college. The taxi painting i recently posted is the final piece I created for the project. Here are a couple more pieces from that project.

Movement study -pastel on card

Pen sketches

Pastel on black paper

A large amount of the work was focused on speed and movement, and also reflections. I liked Estes' paintings especially, which have extensive use of reflections. In many of his paintings he shows only a small part of a car, or fills the frame with a window, but manages to depict the feeling of a city by bringing in additional information surrounding the object in the form of reflections.

Reflections study - pastel on blue card

Acrylic study of reflections in a London taxi

Taxi Painting

Here is a painting of a taxi driving through London. I did the painting in 2010 for college. It is acrylic on canvas about 60cm x 40cm. I remember through the project, looking at imagery of speed and how to exaggerate the appearance of motion.