Original artwork description:

Gas Station Lower Clapton Road 2023

The painting was developed from a range of drawings, some pencil on paper drawings that were drawn on location in east London UK, were brought together with figure studies in Ink. Colour and tone structure this composition, I was looking for a lightness, and a composition that connected the shadowy space of the Gas Station with the foreground narrative of figures, with some characters leading the eye into depth. The central background features a Petrol Station on Lower Clapton Road in East London UK. Near this location there is also recycling depot. The figures are caught in warm sunlight contrasting with the cool greys and blues in the Garage. I was looking to create a flow in the harmonic lines of the painting in such a way that a circular rhythm is created that takes the eye around, as well as in and out of the space. The characters are a mixture of maintenance workers, a mechanic, a cleaner and a mother on her way back from the shops.

Materials used:

acrylic

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