Original artwork description:

Almost a year after arriving back to the UK, I've finally finished a painting inspired by the sites I saw on a three week holiday in California in the summer of 2019. Like a lot of English painters I found the Californian sunlight, architecture, and general landscapes very inspiring, and so took a lot of pictures I planned to paint later on.

This one depicts a view of the skyline from street level that we saw on a walk back from Venice beach to our hotel, the Abbot Kinney on Washington Boulevard. The dry cleaners doesn't have any special significance, but I loved the retro design of the sign, set against the bright blue sky and the line of palm trees and lamp posts. The actual view. So the painting focuses on these elements, creating a bright, bold, and colourful image that would brighten up any room in the house.

As well as being inspired by LA itself, the work of David Hockney is another obvious influence on me here, being a pop inspired Englishman who famously painted opulent Californian views.

As with my other paintings, which are often of food, I've aimed for a bold, graphic style rather than classical realism.

It was painted in acrylics and Posca pen on thick high quality A3 paper. It is signed on the back. Some paint got smudged onto the back near the signature as pictured, but it doesn't show through the other side at all.

PLEASE NOTE: the painting doesn't come framed, but I've taken photos of it in a white A3 frame for display purposes.

Size - standard A3
11.69 x 16.54 inches
29.7 cm x 42 cm
Roughly 1mm thick

The painted will be packed in a protective plastic sleeve and rolled up in a strong cardboard tube.

Materials used:

Acrylic Paint, Paper, Paintbrush, Posca pen

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