Friday 30 September 2016

My Kind Of Place : An Exhibition of Paintings



Today, 1st October, sees the opening at Bingham Library, Nottinghamshire, of a display of twelve of my recent oil paintings. Called “My Kind Of Place” the show will run throughout October, and all the items are for sale.

Bingham Library is in Eaton Place, off the Market Place, with extensive free car parking nearby, accessed via Newgate Street. The library’s opening hours are: Monday 9-1 ; Tuesday 9-7 ; Wednesday 9-12 ; Thursday 9-7 ; Friday 9-7 ; Saturday 9-4.

Titles and prices are as follows:

Sunny Day, Brixton : £180
Chelsea Embankment : £100
West from Westbourne Park : £250
South Kensington After a Long Illness : £150
November : £80
St Pancras Morning: £100
Gas and Electricity: £150
Sodium Time: £80
Signs of Spring: £100
Boulevard: £100
The Gentlemen at South End Green: £200
Over the Hedge: £100

Five of the paintings are based on largely residential scenes in West Bridgford. Anyone familiar with that delightful Nottingham suburb will have little difficulty in recognising the locations. 


  Signs of Spring    © R. Abbott 2016


 The other seven works are of inner London, with locations that include Battersea and Hampstead, and favouring my interests in public transport, street furniture and heavy industry.

 West from Westbourne Park    © R. Abbott 2016



 All of the works represent “My Kind Of Place”, the sort of locations I find visually stimulating and commanding of affection. It’s so hard to describe one’s own creative efforts without waffling pretentiously, so it’s really much better if you go along and have a look at the paintings for yourself. I hope you will.