From now until the end of February I have an exhibition of
recent paintings at Bingham Library. Opening hours are: Mondays 9 – 1 ; Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays 9 -7 ; Wednesdays 9 -12 ; Saturdays 9 – 4 ; Sundays
closed.
Bingham Library is situated in Eaton Place, off the Market
Place, and there is free car parking nearby (access via Newgate Street).
The works on display are unframed oil paintings. They are
mostly townscapes, with locations in West Bridgford, Nottingham, and London. Details
are as follows:
Autumnal North London £80
Inspired by a visit to York Way in Islington
Browne’s and Bellamy’s £100
The location is Cyril Road in West Bridgford. The title refers to
former nearby residents
By the Park £80
Imaginary West Bridgford. A hybrid of Holme and Albert Roads
Hickling £80
The Grantham Canal basin
Hopperesque at Hoylake £80
The breezy north west corner of the Wirral
Midland, bound for Cricklewood £100
The title is from Sir John Betjeman’s “Parliament Hill Fields” (1945).
An imaginary version of Lismore Circus, an area now demolished and rebuilt
Notting Hill night £100
Ledbury Road, as it might have been before gentrification
Place de Dublin £150
This strange road junction in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, the
“Europe” quarter behind the Gare St Lazare, was also the subject of a famous 1877
painting by Gustave Caillebotte
Road near the Park £100
Based on Edward Road in West Bridgford
Ryde Pier £80
The pedestrian pier at Ryde, Isle of Wight
Summer Shadows £150
Holland Park Avenue in west London
The Old School £100
The path in front of Musters Road Infants’ School in West Bridgford. A
Christmas Party is about to end, and a steam train on the adjacent Midland
Railway has just passed. Otherwise, “Nothing has changed it’s still the same”.
The Test Match £150
An optimistic view of a much loved pub in Gordon Road, West Bridgford
Weekday Cross Junction £150
A Nottingham location, where the Great Central Railway entered the
tunnel leading northwards into the Victoria Station. A spot now almost
unidentifiable beneath concrete and trams
