London Zoo from Primrose Hill
oil on canvas, 1000mm x 800mm

Collection Prudential plc

Shown at Bernarducci. Meisel Gallery, 37 West 57th Street, New York, USA Industrial Landscapes in Contemporary Painting September 2005


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NATURE AND LONDON

A view of London within the natural world created by a nineteenth century park, sky and distant hills. Wind, clouds and sunlight create natural change. The air moves in different ways at different altitudes. Shapes and textures echo between sky and land.

The Great Aviary is next to Regent's Park Canal. Pigeons fly away to the left. Beneath high contrails a low flying jet runs into Heathrow, above a telecommunications tower, tall buildings, cranes and church spires. Man and nature mix. People sit on the grass, in and out of the Sun, some self absorbed, others enjoying where they are - in nature and in the city.

A special, subrural view from Primrose Hill loved for hundreds of years by Londoners and visitors alike.

Inspired by a view of London from Greenwich by JMW Turner (1809) now in Tate Britain.